Decent wlb. Most coworkers are nice and collaborative. Good benefits
Difficult to get things done. M10N Senior leadership is very political. Career framework was a disaster.
I just received an offer from Pinterest but I can not find refresh related information from my offer letter.
just got an offer from pinterest but my recruiter told me that there is no bonus at pinterest but every year you might be able to get a refresh. can someone explain how it works and how often do people get the refresh?
My recruiter told me that at Pinterest new grads get levelled at both L3 and L4 based on their interview performance and past experience. There's no system design portion, so I have no idea how that works. Could someone from Pinterest fill me in? Or was that just a lie that some new grads (bachelo...Read more
Just read an article about how Pinterest scales their fleet via mysql (https://medium.com/pinterest-engineering/sharding-pinterest-how-we-scaled-our-mysql-fleet-3f341e96ca6f). I don't have the working experience in an internet company like Pinterest. I am just curious if this is still what Pinterest...Read more
I've been reading that at Pinterest, refreshers are not necessarily tied to performance but also what your compensation is compared to your peers at the same level. Can someone who works at Pinterest offer some data points on the refreshers for L5 and L6 recently? Based on other's datapoints, if the...Read more
I have upcoming phone screens with the aforementioned companies in a month. even though I know how FB interview works, it would be great to know about the rest. Can someone help with MLE prep for Pinterest LinkedIn and Twitter? ML algorithms? ML design? Leetcode level? Other pointers? #machinelear...Read more
Cleared #pinterest onsite. Recruiter said they don’t have any hc now but it might open up next week. Then it’s going to be team matching; meeting with managers etc. Is this a done deal or is there still a chance of me not getting an offer? What is the probability of managers saying “I don’t like thi...Read more
How do companies at Google/Microsoft deal with low performers? My girlfriend is a SDE at Microsoft and I am shocked how chill her job is. She works maybe a few hours a week and spends the rest of the time on Pinterest or making us food. She went to Bali for 2 months for a “break” and didn’t even fil...Read more
Pinterest: - Level: L4 - Year 1 TC: 410K Apple: - Level: ICT4/Senior - Year 1 TC: 390K YOE 4 Torn between these two offers. With Pinterest, I got to work with my old-time manager (we are very close and have deep trust) on the same domain as at Twitter (server-side real-time machine learning infr...Read more
Hello, Like a lot of people I was recently laid off from my job. I have been applying and haven't received any hits. I was wondering if anyone is willing to refer me to either Nintendo or Pinterest? My background is in ecommerce/product marketing. Not sure how this works as it is my first time po...Read more
So I am 27 years old with 4.5YoE. I have 3 friends and all of them are millionaires when I only have 130k saved up. One friend is a guy who got into Pinterest 6 years ago as a new grad. Another guy is a guy who works at Affirm, and 4.5 years ago will have 1.5M worth of stocks when affirm IPOs at ...Read more
I recently received an offer from series D startup, during negotiation I was told I'll be given "x" number of options for the first year and they will be vesting 25% each year for the next 4 years. same way I'll be given "x" number of options for the second year and vesting schedule remains the same...Read more
Holy shit! This documentary on Netflix changed a lot of perspectives for me. Now, I view the things differently. They talk about how Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit and other social networking sites are affecting human behavior. Almost all the things they talk about is true. Honestly, F...Read more
Said I joined a company at a 100 million dollar valuation with 1% equity. So right now my paper money should be 1 million dollars. Then a funding round happens where the VCs fork over 50 million dollars and the company is now valued at 500 million dollars. This should mean the company valuation gr...Read more
This is just my list based on my perception of companies for product management, Most Sought after (mix of work/pay/brand/WLB) - Google, Facebook, Stripe, LinkedIn, Uber Great place to be - Standard (At least one of work/pay/brand/WLB) Amazon, Twitter, Apple, Airbnb, Microsoft, Adobe, Salesforce,...Read more
Currently Meta IC5 SWE, TC after stock crash: 🥜 Did 15 onsites for senior SWE positions and received 10 offers, but got downleveled by most of them. I'll follow up on a separate post with more details such as breakdowns/interviews after I've signed an offer. This is my personal ranking, and the r...Read more
I got laid off last November from Meta with 4 YOE (with PhD). Meta was my first job and since I got this job from PhD internship that's converted to a full time offer, I didn't have experience on the full onsite interview loops, which took me longer to land a new job. After all, I'm glad that I went...Read more
Heyo, College new grad w bachelors here nearing offer for SWE at MSFT. Want to know how easy it is to get L60 placement at Microsoft given I did really well in my interviews and have competing offer of TC 204k in the bay. Also, I know some teams hire new grad at L60 automatically, so deets on what ...Read more
Current TC: 250K YoE: 2.5 Current Level: E4 I'm debating jumping ship to join a late stage pre-IPO startup (haven't started interviewing yet, but narrowed down a list of promising companies w/ competitive comp). My main dilemma is analyzing the tradeoffs between jumping now, jumping after E5 promo,...Read more
I am not sure how to navigate this situation apart from just leaving Pinterest. My manager is very average and mediocre - nothing bad or toxic but also nothing great or outstanding about them. I know its rare to find amazing managers and I have had my fair share. What I don't like about my manager:...Read more