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- L3 google Finished my on-site for l3 last week sort of curious on how the process goes if I fail will the recruiter not submit to hiring committee? What is the general process from now until I find out if I passed? YOE: 1 TC: 140k
- vote Google L3 Offer Have an offer from Google at their HQ in Mountain View (MTV). I don’t have any competing offers, and I already tried negotiating and they said this was their initial and final offer. Wanted to get feedback on this offer and if the 15% target bonus @Google is normal or is it just a lie to get me to
- Google L3 compensation Guys, what's the maximum compensation or band range for Google L3 offer in India? YOE: 3 TC: 40LPA Competing offer: 65LPA #softwareengineer #softwareengineersalary #google
- vote Google L3 vs Amazon L5 I got promoted to L5 Q4 2021 at Amazon and didn't receive additional shares for 2022. I interviewed with Google, but I got downleveled to L3 (because I messed up interviews) Amazon L5 (current) TC for 2022: 231k TC for 2023: 290k Org is hybrid with optional RTO Higher TC for 2023 Worse WLB Google
- vote Google L3 offer check Super excited to have passed Google L3 interview. Went into negotiations with a TC number in mind and comp team came back with an offer that was higher than what i asked. Now im little paranoid that im missing something when looking at the numbers because they look too good. Wanted to get feedback o
- Google up-level L3 -> L4 Passed interviews, HC, and got team matched at L3. Thanks to Blind, i knew to ask HM whether he could help advocate for me to join as an L4. He said yes. Recruiter called to tell me they wanted to move on with L3 offer. I brought up the whole L4 topic, and got a blunt "this is not something we can
- Google l3 on-site advice Please give me advice on how to study for the early career swe/l3 onsite. Done ~150 mediums, can do most mediums in 20-30 minutes but still get stumped occasionally. Can do the odd few hards but often get stumped. Got ~1.5 more months to prep. What’s the best thing to do?
- Indeed L3 offer eval Tell me if I'm getting lowballed: Offer is 200k base, bonus 10% = 20k, RSU is 250k/4 so about $62k. Total is about $280k. I have 20 YOE, supposedly did very well for L3 (staff) interview loop. I was also offered a $65k sign-on. TC is about $280k, excluding the sign-on. Recruiter is saying this is
- vote L3 offer from google (take or reject) Been working at Microsoft as an L60 for one and half a year (1.5 YOE in total) due for promo to L61 in the next year - comes with small pay bump I am comfortable with my team at MS and would have to explore a new field at Google. Got an L3 from Google for 20-30K more ( did not mention Microsoft r
- Google L3 Team Match Well ladies and gents of blind, I think I’ve officially entered Google purgatory. I recently finished my L3 SWE onsite loop, recruiter called 3 days later and said my feedback was strong (except for 1 round) and that we should move to team matching for the next week before moving on to hiring commit
- vote Twitter SWE2 vs Meta E3 vs Google L3 Posting for a friend Twitter SWE2 TC 290k Meta E3 TC 220k Google passed L3 HC, waiting for comp and team match P.S. Any opinions for Twitter recent buyout, and how will it impact this decision? Please comment, thanks. Current TC 180k #twitter #google #meta
- Google L3 Range How high can google go for new grad with competing offers? Can they stretch L3 to 260k+ with written competitive offers?
- vote Google L3 no remote? Just passed HC and the recruiter said remote was not an option for L3 at all? Is this true, or is it largely team based? Tc: 200
- Google L3 negotiation I have 1 YOE at Amazon. Got a competitive offer from Meta for E3 level (150k base, 250 in RSUs, 50K sign on). Just passed HC at Google and recruiter emailed me asking expectations for comp and any competing offers. I gave a vague reply (didn’t give specific numbers) and stated I have a strong offer
- Microsoft L61 to Google L3? Got an offer for Google in Seattle Currently L61 in MS, Yoe: 2 MS TC for next 2 years: 190k (140k + 50k) Google TC: 160k (130k + 120k/4). 20k signing I am surprised that Google TC is lower. However I heard Google's stock refreshers are higher than MS. Is it worth it to switch?
- Google L3 offer What are your thoughts on this? L3 Seattle Base: $137k Annual bonus: $21K Stock: 110k TC year 1: $194k TC year 4: $171k 33% year 1 ($36K) 33% year 2 ($36K) 22% year 3 ($24K) 12% year 4 ($13K) Yoe ~4 Current TC: 167K
- vote Google HC (L3) chances? Just got off the phone with my recruiter: he said he was pretty excited by the feedback from my on-site, but there were still some gaps (so won’t be able to skip HC). I think at least two LH votes. He’s sending my packet to HC asap; he said his manager also was excited about the feedback? Is this
- Robinhood l3 offer Hi all, can you please help me check if this offer is ok? Base: 220k Rsu: 690k Bonus: 15% Signon: 100k/2 Tc: 425.5k without signon / 475.5k first two years with signon Yoe: ~5 Tc: ~ 300k
- Google L3 total compensation negotiation help Just cleared L3 HC for Google. Currently in team matching stage. How much should I ask as TC for the following cities: 1. NYC 2. Bay area 3. LA No competing offers. Current TC: 155k (L4 Amazon) YOE: ~2 #software #engineering #swe #sre #google #sde
- vote Google L3 vs AWS L5 YOE - 5.5 MCOL area Current TC - 200K (including paper money) Google TC - 200K Amazon TC - 250K Criteria(s) to consider in order: 1. Professional growth 2. Financial growth 3. Personal life and balance I joined Plaid at 15B valuation and am afraid as we move towards recession and want some stab
- Google lowball L4 -> L3 Is it worth accepting a Google L3 with 4.5 YOE? Is it possible to negotiate level? Location: Bay Area Expected TC: $255K - $280K Current TC $180K #tech #swe #google
- Google L3 max in Seattle What is the maximum out of band offer possible for Google L3 in Seattle? I passed HC for L3 without TM first. My recruiter says that with TM + HM support, the packet would had been enough to pass HC for L4. They proposed that I try appealing the level after TM. Competing offers: Amazon L5 in Seat
- Stripe L3 offer evaluation I have an offer for Stripe L3. This is their offer out of the gate. How much can I negotiate further? I have a couple other offer that I already shared with the recruiter - this was shared before they even made this offer. Does anyone have any inputs on what parts to negotiate on and how to go about
- Google L3 Chicago Received a Google L3 SWE offer in Chicago. This is after showing them my e3 meta offer. Base: $129k Bonus: 15.00% Equity: $85k (33% Y1, 33% Y2, 22% Y3, 12% Y4) Sign-on: $42k Total Comp Year 1: $218,400 Year 2: 176 Seems like still a lowball, especially with equity? Any wiggle room left? Y1 TC look
- Google L3 vs Amazon L4 I have been working at Amazon for 1.75 years and I'm current an L4. I don't expect to be promoted in the next 6 months (hopefully within 9). I have recently received an offer for google for L3 position. 1. I am hesitant to take the google offer considering the long promo process (another 2 years).
- vote Google L3 vs Snap L3 Google: 231K Location: Bay Area Base - 145K Bonus - 15% (Highest is 22%) Equity - 195K (4 years) Snap: 205K Location: LA Base - 140K Bonus - 10% (Highest is 40%) Equity - 160K (3 years; monthly vesting) Yearly additional equity - 50K (starts vesting only after original grant fully vested) Google
- vote Google L3 Offer Eval Got the following offer for Google L3 (non-bay area/non-nyc office, slightly higher than average cost of living area): base: 142k stock: 170k (front loaded) sign on: 20500 bonus: 15% target YR 1: 240k, YR 2: 220k Already negotiated. Negotiating for 10k more sign on. Probably not going to move much
- Can Google L3 match L4 competing offers? I have a few L4 offers at around 280-340k in Seattle. Can Google L3 match? I like the team, but I won't take a paycut. TC 220, 1.5 yoe
- L3 Google vs. L5 Amazon Hi SDE - Bay Area - L5 amazon TC 451k SDE - Bay Area - L3 Google TC 245k (interviewed for L4 but got approved (lowballed) for L3 after HC) Planning to go with Amazon, I like the team and the projects they do, and obviously, the TC difference is a no-brainer. Also, have an onsite coming up with
- Google L3 Interview Hi Blinders! I have onsites next week for L3. Do I need to have LH/H/SH in every round to proceed to HC. I mean is there any margin for a LNH/NH? Also, any last minute advice would be appreciated. YOE: 1 TC: 23L SH: Strong Hire H: Hire LH: Lean Hire LNH: Lean No Hire NH: No Hire HC: Hiring
- Stripe L3 offer? I'm expecting an offer from Stripe - L3. Recruiter has not gotten back with the numbers. How much can I expect? What is performance bonus and joining bonus? #stripe #tech
- Twilio L3 Verbal Offer Received a verbal offer today 175k 75k/yr RSUs TC: 250 Los Angeles While I was on the phone I asked if any wiggle room was there, as I’d love to be at the 300 TC mark and would shutdown search. Definitely said there’s flex. Think I pushed to hard? Update: So glad I pushed a bit. Thanks! After
- Google downleveled to L3 I’m honestly somewhat surprised that Google gave me L3. Currently at Microsoft at 62 Meta offer for E4 Snap offer for L4 Doordash offer for E5 I’ve already told all of this to Google recruiter. One Google interview went badly due to interviewer asking JavaScript async syntax for a backend track.
- vote Wayfair L3 to L4 promo I recently interviewed with Wayfair for L4 and got downleved to L3. The recruiter mentioned I'm at higher end of L3 with chances of L4 promo in 6-12m. Sounds too good to be true? Should I talk to the HM before accepting offer? What/how to ask? Yoe - 8 TC - 110K New TC - $270k (as per Wayfair inte
- vote Google L3 vs Microsoft L60 YOE: 1.4-1.5 (1 year and 4 months) Microsoft (L60 - upper level SDE 1), Redmond, WA: - Salary: $132K/year - Stock: $140k/4 years - 10% target bonus - Bonus: 45k signon Total: $228k first year, $184k recurring Google (L3 - SDE 1), Seattle: - Salary: $142k - Stock: $100k - 15% yearly target bonus -
- Robinhood L3 I’ve got an upcoming Karat interview for Robinhood for an L3 engineering role. How do L3 system design and coding questions compare to L2? Edit #1: After reading about all of the crappy experiences with Karat, I’ve asked my recruiter to move the phone screen in-house. Will update again when I hear
- Google L3? I asked for L4, but G recruiter pushed back to L3 due to lack of YOE. I'm L61 at Microsoft with 1 YOE, in Seattle. Current TC 220k. 128k base + 65k stock/yr + 16k/5 yr refreshers + annual bonus (+25k in signing bonus, which needs to pay back if quitting before year 2 anniversary) Worth trying for
- vote Google L3 vs Atlassian P4 (India) I have got offers from Atlassian (P4) which is SDE-2 equivalent. I also interviewed with Google for L4 but got down levelled to L3. These are the numbers I have recieved. Atlassian P4 Base : 32L Bonus : 3.2L PF + Gratuity : 2.15L Stock : 110,000 USD (25% each year) Total : 58L Team : Jira cloud mig
- Uber India - L3 Offer Uber offer (L3) SWE1 - (Non-Negotiated) Base: 24 LPA Stock: 32k USD (vested over 4 year) Relocation: 200k rs Joining Bonus - Nil Location: banglore Current Compensation: (L4) SDE1 Base : 19.5 LPA Stock: 18k USD (vested over 4 year) Joining Bonus: 3.5 LPA + 3 LPA (1st , 2nd year) Relocation : 150k
- vote Meta E5 or Stripe L3? Meta E5: 410 TC (200 base + 15% bonus + 720/4 stock) 100 sign on Texas First year TC: 510 Stripe L3: 483 TC (220 base + 15% bonus + 230 stock) 70 sign on Remote First year TC: 553 Curve ball: I have accepted stripe a while ago and haven’t started yet. I just got the meta offer. Should I renegoti
- Twilio L3 salary Hi everyone, I’m currently in the beginning stages of interviewing with Twilio. I have my phone screen soon and I don’t want to sell myself short on salary ranges. Any suggestions? @twilio YOE: 5 Location remote Texas
- vote Google l3 vs Apple vs Microsoft I have MS and phd dropout folks ML/AI Google L3 (downlevel L4) - SDE 1 240K SIRI AI/ml Apple ICT3 - SDE 2 220K Microsoft L61 - SDE 2 190K all seattle yoe: 2.5 google TC beats all but lowest level #engineering #software #swe #apple #microsoft #google
- vote Take Google L3 offer? Currently E4 @ FB. After a very long negotiation process, got G to beat my current pay. The recruiter told me the offer is L3, but looks to be solidly in L4 bands. 160k base 300K RSU with front loading 25K sign on 15% bonus target ~309 Y1, ~284k Y2, ~250k Y3. Manager @ FB mentioned there’s room
- Google L3 vs L4 I am joining Google NYC in a few months as SWE L4. I have less than 2 years of experience so I was pleasantly surprised when HC approved me for L4. How do the responsibilities differ between L3 and L4 SWE? Do managers set expectations based on your level or the years of experience? Current TC: $
- Google L3 Offer Just got an offer from Google and was downleveled to L3. Recruiter came back with second set of numbers. Didn't interview with anyone else, so I don't have any other offers on the table. Can these numbers be pushed up? Location: Austin Base: 129k Bonus: 15% Sign on: 15k Equity: 135k (33, 33, 22, 1
- vote Rate Google l3 offer Currently at Amazon Got google l3 offer for NYC. Seems weirdly lopsided (high in base low in equity?) curious to hear thoughts/ ratings Base: 160 Equity: 115 front loaded Bonus: 15% Sign: 15 Total 237 year 1, 222 year 2 Tc 180 yoe 1
- vote Why does Google down levels to L3? When I was in school/college and even in my early 2-3 years of working as SE, Google was my absolute dream company. 4 months ago I interviewed with them got L3, whereas other companies like Microsoft, Amazon all offered me one level up, and most offered better TC than Google. Recently a friend als
- vote PayPal sde2 vs Google L3 PayPal t24 (sde2) - senior but L4 equivalent 135 140 stock 15 bonus Tc 190k Google L3 (sde1) 150 130 stock 20 bonus Tc 200k #engineering #software #swe #Paypal #Google My Yoe: 1.5
- L3 @ Google Offer Base 160 No sign on Stock 200 over 4 Years (66 first two) Bonus 24 (15% for meets) Total (Y1 and Y2): 250K lt seems like a decent offer, already negotiated once from 216, so this is their final package. I wanted something around this range considering it’s also a down level. Is this a good offer f
- link Wayfair L3 or L4 They seems to have some fucked up levelling. I am 62 and soon to be 63.. watever so as per levels.fyi i asked recruiter that i would be fit and want to target L4. They kept pushing for L3 (saying L4 is 8-10 yoe) for a bit then said yeah sure go for it. Any views? And phone screening has 2 rounds -