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- Google L4 I’m currently an ICT4 at Apple and did Googles L5 round last week. Seems they will downlevel me for L4, should I say no? No numbers yet.
- Google offering L4 I have 10 years of experience , google is offering L4 should I consider it? I saw a couple of post in which people with 4 years experience getting L4. I am confused.
- Google London L4 Offer Negotiation Hi Community, Got an offer from Google London L4 SWE Base - 90k GBP Stocks - 130k USD Bonus - 15% of base Sign on - 9k GBP YOE - 5.5 Years Is there any scope for negotiation over any of the salary components? #google #london #tech #softwareengineersalary #l4google
- Google Bangalore l4 Got offer from Google l4 India Base: 38l Stocks: 99k (33%, 33% ,22%, 11%) JB: 5 Total: 38 + 24.5 + 5 : 67.5 Should I negotiate more on stocks? Current: 40l Yoe:4 #google
- vote Google L4 or Twitter Senior Currently at Twitter, as senior making around £220k. I have been lucky when I was starting the stock price was really low and had good refreshers over the years. Recently got L4 offer from Google. Pays £160k. I can retry in 6 months and push for L5 but don’t have much energy and 6 months later is n
- Google L4 HC chances? Onsites : H H LH LH Googleyness: LH Results were mentioned by my recruiter Idk if this is counted but my screening was an SH. Also my recruiter is going for a team match before HC. Current TC : microsoft india 40LPA Yoe: 4
- 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
- vote Google L4 interview Update 1: Got matched with search team. HC will share result by next week Update 2: Got L3 offer ( really disappointed) -------------------------------------------------- Had a recent Google interview for L4 SWE in India. Phone screen - Came up with the trivial solution very fast . Got some hin
- Google L4 band Recruiter told me to give them number. I already asked for theirs, didn't reply. I have an offer from Amazon for 380k. I know Google won't match. I'm gonna tell them 380k, but what should I expect from them? What's the most they'll do? Need help to see if it's worth the jump to L4 or go to Amazon.
- vote Google L4 offer Thank you very much everyone for sharing thoughts. Appreciate it very much. - UPDATE - Position: SWE Location: SF Bay Area YOE: 7~9 years (doesn't include PhD) Education: EECS PhD from Top 10 US I am not sure I can get competing offers on time. Now, what should be my counter offer? How much c
- Google L4 offer Not mine, a friends whose wondering about offer eval. Not gonna lie, pretty jealous Google L4: 170K base 225k/4 stock 15% bonus 5k signon 1.5 YOE Guess I should start leetcoding again My TC: 168K YOE: 3 years #google
- Google L4 almost L5 I’m currently L4 at Google. Promo likely in 1 year or so. Current TC: 360k Yoe: 5.8 Wondering whether I should continue at Google or jump ship. I expect my comp after promo to be around 380k/ year in bay area. Amazon is ready to interview me at L6. Facebook at E5. Stripe at L3. If I crack those,
- vote Google L4 interview Google L4 interview, had 3 coding rounds that went really well (optimal solution with little/no hints) and one round that went pretty bad (didn’t even finish coding a non-optimal solution). Moved on to team match and matched with the first team, now on to HC. The recruiter said very good chance for
- Google L4 chances I recently interviewed at Google for their L4 position. Although my interviews were not the best, they were not that bad either. I mean out of 4 technical rounds, Im pretty sure i aced 2 of them really well. Meanwhile for the other 2, i had come up with the right solution, just couldn't code the ent
- Teams hiring L4 Google PM? Approved after HC and currently going through team-matching. Would love to meet more teams across the company Experience: 5y in B2B ed-tech SaaS + 1y in e-commerce/fintech Education: Master of Science in Management (from France), dual MBA/Master in Intl Affairs TC: none, I just finished grad schoo
- vote Snap L4 vs Google L4 Got offers from Snap for L4 and Google L4. Both Seattle. Snap offer: Base: 190K RSU: 750K over 4 years (monthly vest) Signing bonus: Didn't talk about it. Annual refresher: discretionary 187/yr. Google: L4 SWE no numbers yet. Still in team match. What's the max Google could go for an L4 SWE. (Goog
- 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
- vote Snap L4 vs Google L4 - Seattle Deciding between L4 SWE offers at Google and Snap. Snap is paying like 40-55k more depending on how you look at it and has larger scope of work but they would be putting more senior responsibilities on me, a higher workload, and no real in-office experience for the near future. In contrast, Google
- Google L4 comp phase I have 3 YOE and have a offer from Oracle OCI India IC2 44LPA (29 base) which I am joining 4 days from now. I got L4 from Google( it was L3 by HC and L4 hold before but I pushed for L4, manager gave approval) Now I am in comp stage and I have few questions. 1) what are the consequences of resigna
- vote Google India L4 offer Hello y’all. So I’ve cleared the L4 interview loop at google and got the initial offer: 30L (base) + 15% bonus + $100k stocks front loaded. Total TC: 60L Yes, it’s a low ball offer (did not expect much from Google these days). So I’m negotiating with my recruiter to get those numbers up. My curre
- vote Needs suggestions: Meta E4 vs Google L4 Hi everyone, I'm currently trying to land a new job, and luckily got 2 offers as the title suggest. However, I found myself cannot make a clear decision based on my own information. So inputs from your guys would be greatly appreciated. Meta MLE Base: 180k Equity: 450k Target bonus: 15% Signon: 75
- vote Help with Google L4 offer Two questions up front: - is 270k avg/4yrs for L4 (HCOL but not Bay Area) low,mid,high? - how likely would Meta/Amazon etc be able to do better at E4/SDE2 range? I could maybe land an E5/SDE3, but definitely less likely Context: I got an L4 offer from Google. Because I had other deadlines, I didn't
- Google L4 offer... suggestion Current: Base: 52L Bonus: 24L YoE: 10.5 Google L4: Base: 38.5L Bonus:. 15% of base Joining: 11L Stocks: 140k USD Negotiation on-going. Any suggestions?
- vote Google L4 vs Meta E5 Help deciding between Meta and Google, Meta: E5: 215/800/50 TC: 447 (excluding sign on) Google will share offer next week Can Google L4 offer come anywhere close to this? YOE: 5 Location: Bay Area
- vote Boomerang to Google at L4 or interview for L5? Not sure if I should YOLO it or just come back and sack it for 2 years and grind to L5. Luckily still have my current position. Current TC: $350k after stock depreciation, $500k+ initial offer. 6 YOE. L4 would be a downlevel and probably around 300k. #tech #google #robinhood #wlb #comp
- vote Is Google L4 > Amazon L5? They are “the same level” in theory, but anecdotally, Google L4 seems much harder to land. I see way more 2yoe L5’s for example.
- GOOGLE L4, 10yoe, should i take it ?? Current TC :205K Offered : 280k Offered L4 , i had asked for L5, i feel its a lowball, dont have competing offers, how long would it take for promotion to L5 if i join? Ballpark?? Looking for some help in making a decision here #google # #software Edit: Also could you folks give some details on
- vote Google L4 possible? Got the following ratings : H(coding) H(googlyness) H(coding) LH(coding) on ny onsite. My recruiter wanted to team match before HC. Will I stand a chance at getting L4 SWE at HC review with HM statement of support? Tc:180k Yoe: 4.5
- Google India L4 offer I have recently received an L4 offer from #Google India. Base: 26.5 lpa Stock: 70000USD Bonus: 15% Yoe: 7 Edit: after a round of negotiations here is the updated breakup : Base 33lpa Stock:77000USD Bonus:15 % Joining bonus: 300000 Current CTC:35 Accepted offer: Base:38 Stock:150k USD Bonus:15% J
- L4-L8 in 9 years @ Google AMA I went from L4-L8 YOE 18 TC 1.3mil
- Google L4 SWE Salary Expectation What is the typical salary range for SWE? Will they go above $400k with competing offers?
- Google L4 Offer Negotiation Hi Blind Expecting an L4 offer from google soon (@HCOL city). I know they tend to lowball. What can I do to negotiate up the offer to average TC band for L4 if I have no competing offer? Is this possible, or is higher band only possible with competing offers? tc 195k yoe 4.5 #google #swe #enginee
- L4 Google Munich 105K EUR base 15% annual bonus 97K USD equity total vested over 4 years With PhD Is this good? Is equity low?
- vote Google L4 chance If you have strong hire in all your Google interview rounds (L3/4 loop so no sys design) but only have 2 YOE and just became L5 at amazon, is there any chance they would give you an L4 offer? Or do they always do follow up rounds? #google
- 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
- vote Google L4 vs Meta E4 Have offers from both in backend infrastructure. Google TC: 382k 190/400/60 (400 with front loading 33% year1 ) Meta TC: 375k 185/460/75 I care most about personal growth and climbing up the ladder. YOE: 4.5
- vote Google L4 vs Msft L62 offer Hello all, Few days ago I had a post on Msft vs AMZ offer. It seems Msft offer was favored amongst the crowd. I do now have another question on offer and was hoping you guys can help me consider them. I am at greater Seattle Area. 4.5YoE For MSFT L62 150K base 80k Signon (over 1 yr) 200K stock (ov
- vote Snap L4 vs Google L4 Was able to get both snap and google L4 offers. Currently negotiating with both. Details below. The things that matter most to me are: 1. WLB 2. Interesting project 3. Compensation The google team would be lower level and higher scale, so I think G would be better in 1 and 2. But obviously snap
- vote Meta vs Google L4 Have both offers from Google and Meta. Im more interested in product teams, so Meta is probably a better fit for me, but Meta's name value and stocks have been down hill. On the other side, all the team matching calls with google was all systems / infra / DB, all low level code that im not interest
- google L4 interview questions does anyone remember the actual questions they got during a google virtual onsite for l4 recently? i see a lot of posts just saying 1 hard 3 med etc, but hard to find actual questions. i know LC has googled marked questions but i feel tgat is unreliable. TC: 170k yoe 3
- vote Snap L4 vs Google L5 Snap, L4, Seattle: Base: 185 RSUs: 645 / 3 years Sign on: 30 / 3 years Bonus: 10% edit: Refreshers: no stacked refreshers, ongoing equity target 215 / year starting year 4 TC (without refreshers): 428 Pros: Good team, no need to move, no cliff Cons: Volatile stock Google, L5, Bay Area: Base: 21
- vote Snap L4 vs Google L4 Snap offer - 350k Base 155k Stock 180k Bonus 15k Google offer - 255k Base 160k Stock 50k Bonus 20k Perf bonus 15% of base - 24k EDIT: Looking just at the pay, snap seems like the obvious option but I am also looking at factors like job stability and company growth. I’m on an H1B visa so my visa s
- Google L4 TC Just got my final compensation from my recruiter at google. Is this a good offer? Am I being low-balled? Level : L4 YOE : 2 Current TC at Amazon : 170k Base : 180k Sign on : 30k Stocks : 240k (33|33|22|11) Location : Mountain View
- 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).
- Google L4 I have an onsite scheduled early next week for Google(L4 SWE). Have heard people posting 4 onsite coding rounds + 1 googlyness round. But my schedule shows only 3 coding rounds + 1 googlyness round. Happy to do one less round but wondering if its setup for L3 loop instead (recruiter denied saying it
- vote Bored L4, $355K Google -> E5, $440K FB? To get it out of the way, yes, I acknowledge the privilege of even having this option, and no, this is not a brag. I'm asking here because I don't really have mentors I can trust with this kind of stuff. I appreciate your candid advice. YoE: 8.5. Time at Google: 1.5 years, L4. TC: $355K. FB E5 off
- Promotion to L4 @ Google Does it take 2 years to get promoted to L4 at Google? Accepted an offer from them and TC is much above my current TC but I see people getting L4 at my experience. Having FOMO. And I believe compensation after promotion will be much lower than a new hire compensation. Correct? TC: 33 YOE: 1.5 #en
- vote Google L4 vs Microsoft L63 Microsoft L63 offer -> 47(base)+15%bonus+100K stocks Google L4 offer ->44(Base)+15%bonus+120K stocks Current(38+15%bonus) YOE 10
- Google L4 offer Google L4 SWE offer - Bay Area Base: $167,000 Bonus: 15% Equity: $331,000 (33%,33%,22%,12%) Sign-on: 23,500 TC first year: $324,780 Current TC: 230k, Seattle YOE: 5 What is the max TC for L4 band for SWE role at Google? Trying to see how can I negotiate more and where to. This TC is after competi
- 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