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- Google compensation package for SWE IC L6 Hi. My technical interview for a SWE L6 position at Goggle went well. The recruiter is asking me to share my expected compensation and she just wants s number before the compensation committee looks at my case next week. My 2021 TC at my current job was $634k. I currently have ~900k unvested RSUs.
- Compensation for L4 swe @ google? I've cleared the Google interview and team matching and they've asked me for a salary estimate. I was thinking of asking for a base pay of 180-200k. Is that fair market value? Currently a DS X4 @Walmart YOE:2.5 TC: 150k + 16% bonus + 20k stocks Edit: it's for the mountain view office
- Comp Negotiation for SWE L5, Google What’s a good Comp ask for SWE L5, Google, San Diego (was down-leveled to L5). YoE 15+, successful career. Please respond with the splits: Base - Joining Base - Total Initial Equity Offer.
- Google SDE reject Was rejected by Google in onsite interview last Nov.. Have been working my ass off last 3-4 months and feel much more prepared now but the 1yr cool off period sucks big time. I want to reattempt the interview but the recruiter says I need to wait for one complete year before I reinterview. What shou
- vote Cruise L6 vs Google L6 (SWE) My wife and I are expecting a baby soon and my wife worry about WLB at Cruise. I like Cruise better because I think it is more exciting and it's a great time to join. My wife think I should join Google for 1-2 year to have more time to take care of the baby then switch to Cruise if I still want to.
- L4 Google Interview SWE Done with a complete loop of interview with 4 coding and 1 Behavioral. Round 1: (Googliness) Asked a lot of hypothetical questions and round went pretty well. (Expecting a H or SH) Round 2: (Coding) introduction + 1 code. Explained them the approach and coded the approach. Explaining took some tim
- Google L4 SWE Salary Expectation What is the typical salary range for SWE? Will they go above $400k with competing offers?
- Google Hiring Process (SWE) I confirmed with my recruiter that there will be four rounds. They said there will be 3 Coding 1 Googlyness But through blind, I have heard there will be 2 Coding 1 Domain Specific 1 Googlyness Can anyone from Google confirm about the specifics of rounds? If there is a domain specific round, wh
- Google Software Engineer, Early Career Finally just now hearing back from Google after applying almost 2 months ago for their Early Career SWE position. They sent me a Snapshot survey along with a 90-minute coding exercise (two questions). I'm graduating in a few weeks and in desperate need of a full-time position. What does the timelin
- vote Snap vs Google SWE Got a few offers but deciding between fully remote Snap and Google as a software engineer Snap L4: $300k TC (negotiated with amazon offer to get this) Google L3: $180k TC - not negotiated yet but recruiter made it seem not much more room as remote L3 Also Snap has volatile stock which makes it not
- Google L7 SWE Just got a L7 SWE offer at Google. base $265K Stock 1.2M Sign-On 70K How does this compare to typical L7 engineer IC Offer at Google? Should I counter? Current TC - $680K YOE: 15 Years
- Google SWE L3 offer lowball 142k base 100k stock 15% bonus Location : Sunnyvale, CA year 1 : 196k year 2 : 196k year 3 : 185k year 4 : 175k Seems like this a is a standard new grad offer but I have 2 YOE (1 year I was a contractor at a FAANG). I have no competing offers but was told I got SH/H across the board. Would it fea
- Google SDM interview experience Not dissing on the company. I just have a few questions. Wanna understand if this is normal or just caused by my perception. 1. Whats with the system design interview? Why am i asked to design communication systems for people to communicate in the moon. I understand that this is to evaluate somethi
- Google L6 SWE vs. Amazon L7 SWE Offers ***UPDATED I am grateful to have passed HC for Google L6 and am matching with a couple teams. Recruiter is calling me tomorrow to discuss numbers. Interview performance was good. Amazon Seattle offer: Originally 500k, negotiated to 550k then to 575k (final offer) Amazon Bay Area offer: 630k, no ne
- vote Google L4 SWE Offer Currently L63 at Microsoft with TC ~270k YOE 15 I just got a L4 offer from Google, remote in California (outside bay area). I really wanted L5 but my recruiter has been resistant to trying to do extra interviews for L5. I am thinking of just waiting a year and trying again since still have my my on
- vote What else after Google SWE? for FIRE I have a good chance of attaining Google for new grad. For someone that just wants to go into industry and reach FIRE status as soon as possible, the next step seems something along the lines of investing my capital via side hustles / alt. investments or fully starting my own startup / joining one e
- Databricks vs Google SWE Currently L4 at Google and thinking of making a move (will likely come back to Google eventually but only at L6). Databricks is one of the companies I’m considering; my understanding is that it’s TC far surpasses Google. 1. How is the interview process at Databricks? Is it comparable to FAANG? Har
- vote Google offer L4 SWE - full remote Base = $163k Bonus= 15% =24k Rsu = 253k @ 33 33 22 11 Sign on = 20k First year = 290k All other years = $270k, assuming standard refreshers This is after negotiation 2 yoe l5 swe
- Google SDE interview Should I expect leetcode in Systems Development Engineer (SysAdmin, Infrastructure) interview at Google..? Job requires scripting (python, bash), not swe level coding TC: $180K 4 yoe #google #interview #sde
- What is Google SWE-SR? I did SWE interviews and I got the offer letter with a title of "Software Engineer-Site reliability" what is the difference from normal SWE? how is the oncall load.
- vote Google staff SWE system design Does google ask infra design questions (such as design SQS) for SDE with background of designing products? YOE 9 TC 375k
- Google L6 SDE offer rating A. G interviewed for L7 and recruiter came back with downleveled L6 news. B. 2-3 days later recruiter came back saying he can offer 450-500k not more for L6. C. Team matching has not yet began. —- Is 450k a normal offer for L6 level? —- I have MS offer > 625k and want to see if G can beat tha
- Google L6 (Staff SWE) offer Pretty happy, L6 offer. Base: 222k, bonus 20%, sign on $50k, GSU $900k (541k first year TC, 491k subsequent) LinkedIn current TC (Sr staff, promoted in recent past): Base 210k, bonus 20%, RSU (vesting in 1yr): 225k TC@ LinkedIn: 477k YoE 15 Joining GCP org in Bay Area Yeah, not A HUGE jump (esp
- vote L7 Google or SDE II Amazon I’m an L7 at Google, but Amazon reached out with the opportunity to interview for an SDE II position. I don’t know what to do. I thought I was doing pretty well, but you should always keep your options open right? YOE: ~20 TC: +700k
- SWE III Google Is Software Engineer III at Google L4 or L5? Is L3 Software Engineer II? If so, is there no Software Engineer I at Google?
- Preparing for Google Onsite? (Entry SWE) Hi I have a Google onsite coming up for swe entry role and I wanted to know how should one prepare for it? So far done blind 75 and Sean prashad list, and thinking about just redoing it again. Thanks! TC:85k #software #swe #engineering
- link Google L4 SWE Eval Got an offer for Base: 175K (with 15% bonus) Equity: 405K for 4 years (Front-loaded) Sign-on Bonus: None YOE: 3.5 Bay Area I kept trying to get the recruiter to give a first number. I initially got low-balled verbal offer with slightly over $200K TC and got the whole Google-brand-on-your-resume sp
- Companies that pay more than Google (SWE) Looking to find a new role, heard about Airbnb, FB, and Lyft paying more, but in terms of insurance, stocks, benefits not sure if this would be a good move. SWE L5/YoE 15/TC 350k/Bay Area
- Non Traditional Path to Google L5 SWE I've been on blind for a little over a year now and with all the negativity, I wanted to (hopefully) share some positive encouragement for those looking to break into FAANG. As the title states, I had a very unconventional path to ending up at Google. My undergrad was in Physics. Sure we had to tak
- Google SDE referral Hello all, I have been applying to Google SDE but have no luck at all. No one ever contacted me. Can you please help me with the referral if possible? TC: 115k YOE: 3 Thank you! #Google #referral #software #swe
- Google SWE == Bureaucracy [rant]? Graduated 3 years ago and worked ~2y at a startup. Joined G ~8 months ago and was mind blown at the amount of red tape and the pace of work. I didn't write a single doc in my startup in 2y and I did expect more formal work procedures at a big corp like G, but this is excessive. Daily I spend 10% c
- vote Google L4 vs Amazon SDE 2 offer eval Priorities: - WLB. Getting married next year - PTO. I travel a lot (6-8 weeks per year) - TC. (but prefer wlb over TC since my spouse is also a SWE at Google) - Learning. - Growth. Offers Base, Signing Bonus, RSU Amazon 181k, 191k Y1 + 141k Y2, 400k RSU 390k for 4 years Pros: TC, manager is ba
- vote Google L3 SWE offer SWE offer for Seattle Base: 137k Sign-On 20k Stock: 120k (33-33-22-12) TC: 217k Currently: TC 165k Microsoft level 60 1.5 YOE #engineering #software #swe
- vote Google Software Engineer vs Software Developer What is the diff, if any, btw Software Engineer and Software Developer roles at Google? Or is it just that the same role is called something else in different countries for example most of the roles in US are titled Software Engineer vs Software Developer in Canada #tech #google
- Google L5 swe offer Googlers, can you help evaluate if this is a low-ball offer for L5 SWE in Seattle ? Any scope of getting it higher? I have competing offer from FB, Twitter and few others at Staff level that are 130K higher than Google TC mentioned below. Debating if i should take google or not. Base - 190k Rsu - 9
- After Google SWE onsite feedback Hey Blind friends! How long does it take to hear back from a SWE onsite? Thanks! TC:0 I am on a long break. #google
- Google SWE onsite feedback timeline Gave google onsite for SWE role last Friday.. People who gave google onsite recently, After how many days or weeks did google recruiter reach out to you with the feedback?
- vote Which offer should I go with? Google SWE 1 (L3) vs Indeed SWE 2 Google SWE 1 (L3) offer: -Year 1 TC: $265k -Year 2 TC: $215k -Year 3 TC: $201k -Year 4 TC: $189k -yearly average TC after 4 yrs: $218k Indeed SWE 2 offer -Year 1 TC: $239k -Year 2 TC: $249k -Year 3 TC: $249k -Year 4 TC: $249k -yearly average TC after 4 yrs: $246k Both offers are Software Engineer
- Does SWE in Google research get a higher pay than general Google SWE? Just passed the team match process and will join google brain as L4 SWE, job scope will be fundamental and applied research. And I am negotiating the salary, I think current median for L4 SWE in Google is 275k, but will those SWE in research get a higher pay since they basically do research as the R
- vote Tough Choice: SWE Meta vs Google vs Coinbase Hello blinders, I finally got some offers and it’s a touch choice. Monster offer from Coinbase. Google is lowballing (surprise surprise) but coming back with a counter this week, should be in Meta ballpark I’d expect. Meta is countering but might not be able to do much more. Square is also in the m
- vote Google L3 vs Startup vs Amazon SDE - 2 (India) Hi blind community, I have offers from 3 companies - Google (L3) - 25L base + 3.75 perf bonus + 76K$ RSU + 5L Joining bonus ~ 54L Amazon (SDE 2) - 42 base + 20L first year bonus + 15L second year + 20 RSU ~ 64L Startup - 45 base + 3L perf bonus + 2L joining bonus + 7.5L ESOPs ~ 50L I am more incli
- Google SWE Offer Please evaluate: Level: L5 Role: Software Engineer YoE: 8 Base: $165k Equity: $189k Sign-in Bonus: $0 TC: $252k Location: Seattle area I was expecting significantly higher. Am I mistaken? Update: Final offer is in. Base: $185k Equity: $416k TC: $350k
- Infrastructure Software Engineer @Google I got a call from a google sourcer. I agreed to an interview. He sent me a prep guide which labelled my title as Infrastructure Software engineer. 1. Seems like it might be a different job family altogether or is it a title for people working on GCP products? 2. What’s the difference between the g
- vote Google (SWE-SRE) vs Meta (SWE) Hi, I received two offers from Google and Meta. Google's offer: level: L3 title: Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering TC: 210k in the first two years 144k * 1.15 + 100k RSU (33/33/22/12) + 20k signon Meta's offer: level: E3 title: Software Engineer TC 205k in the first two years 129k *
- Google SDM Interview What to expect in SDM Interview with Google?
- Google SWE interview process If I pass the tech screening, can I request to have the onsite coding rounds asap, but the system design round around 1 month after the coding rounds? Will this be allowed? YoE: 6 TC: peanut #google
- Google SWE interview I have an interview with Google pretty soon for a SWE . Does anyone have any tips in order to pass it? #engineering #software
- vote Google L4 vs Uber SDE 2 (India) Hey fam, Need inputs in deciding between the two offers Current Tc --------------- Base - 40 Bonus - 16 Tc - 56 lpa Google ------------------ Base - 40 Bonus - 6 (15%) Stocks - 138k (front loaded) Benefits - 3.2 (pf/gratuity) Total tc - 84 lpa (1st year) Wont be eligible for refreshers for this
- vote (L3 SWE) How many LC questions did you do before you passed google Interested in applying to google but don’t feel ready yet. Curious to see how many others have done to pass google! Please only answer if you passed l3/l4 positions. I’d like to get a concentrated sample size. Edit: forgot to put the popcorn option. Please refrain from clicking any option just to v
- vote TradeDesk vs Google SWE Similar comp - TDD is a bit higher (~15% higher). London. Considering opportunities to grow and stock appreciation. Current TC: 100K