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Microsoft vs Amazon Interview
- vote MS vs Amazon interview difficulty? Having done both I think MS is harder but my friend disagrees. #tech #microsoft #amazon
- Microsoft vs Amazon behavioral interview I have an upcoming interview at Microsoft. Are they as hardcore as Amazon in terms of leadership principles? TC 200k
- link Difference in interviews for Mobile vs Backend development positions at Amazon / Microsoft? For senior mobile engineer positions at companies like Amazon and Microsoft: - Is the interview process different for mobile (Android / iOS) positions as compared to backend positions? - Is the focus is still majorly on Data Structure, Algorithms, System Design (like the examples in Grokking the S
- 💸Which companies care for referrals?💸 Trying to get a better understanding of companies where referral matters vs not! My personal experience of companies where referrals got me interviews: Google Meta Amazon LinkedIn Salesforce Shopify Stripe Snap Companies where I didn’t get much traction due to a referral: Apple 🍎 Microsoft Ne
- Life after Amazon brand on Resume. Does landing interview become easier ? Hi everyone, Posting on behalf of a friend. Want to know is it worth joining Amazon for the brand name ? I want to work as an Android Engineer at companies like Spotify, Netflix, Uber Amsterdam, Meta, Snap etc... But for some reason my resume is not getting through there! Not able to land an inter
- Facebook Group TPM role vs. MS vs. AMZN How does Facebook Group TPM role vs. MS vs. AMZN compare on work scope, levels and salary ranges? I am scheduled for an interview at Amazn and Facebook. Any insights would be super useful?
- vote Java vs Python in coding interviews (Poll) As an interviewer, are you biased / more inclined towards giving hire decision to someone who codes a solution in Java vs someone who codes in Python for backend team specific/ SDE 2 roles. P.S. - What language would you suggest candidate to code if they are equally strong in both languages? #tech
- IC4 PM at FB or stay at AMZN as L5 PM-T (promoted to L6 within 6 months) Hi all, Warning and apologies in advance - longer post so I can give full context: Brief overview of my career thus far: - BS in EE/CS, MS in Data Science - 6 months as L59 software engineer at MSFT - 6 months as L59 PM at MSFT - 1 year as L60 PM at MSFT on same team (promo-ed) - 2 years as L5 PM-
- vote Offer eval - Amazon vs Microsoft vs Salesforce vs Workday Hi, looking for Blind inputs. I had prepped for PM interviews for 6 months and very happy and shocked that I received multiple offers. Workday Role: P4 Sr. Product Manager Base: 170k Bonus: 10% of base RSUs: 225k over 4 years (25/25/25/25) Refreshers: recruiter mentioned 40-60% of initial grant. Re
- How is Support Engineer role at Microsoft Currently working as a dev, a potential opportunity as Azure Support Engineer at Microsoft. Need some insights about the role, How will be the career path for support engineer? any pro/cons between CSE at Amazon vs SE at Microsoft how hard will it be if I plan to move to dev role from support ? D
- Microsoft --> Amazon Seeing so many hate posts/comments on Amazon recently is not helping my decision to move from MS to Amazon. I generally stand by my decision once taken but would really appreciate inputs from other great minds around this time. YoE: 13 TC at MS: 190K L62 TC at Amazon: 280K. L5 Reasons I I
- I regret moving from Amazon to Microsoft (can I be rehired?) Recently a recruiter contacted me for an open position at Microsoft, I went through the interview process and I was offered a SDE 2 position with a bettee TC to what I had at Amazon (SDE 1), I accepted the offer. I've been working at Microsoft for 3 months now, but I'm not feeling like this is wha
- Easier interview process after being recommended How likely is to have easier interview process in big company (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft..) after getting recommendations from employees there? How much recommendation help in fact? Is it possible to get hired just because one got recommended? How does it work for regular vs senior/manag
- vote Which interview is easier to crack - L6/E6 IC or L6/M1 manager It's hard to make a generalization, but which do you feel is an easier interview to crack amongst the two ? Obviously, leveling differs from company to company, but basically its senior engineer vs manager in a FAANGMULA or an equivalent company. Please also comment with supporting thoughts and why
- vote Facebook or Amazon? I am PM 65 10yoe at Msft, another 10y outside of Msft as PM/TPM in consumer products. I am in Azure right now. TC: 340K I have two final offers after negotiations. Both role are in Seattle. I am told both are out of band and required approval: 1. Facebook TPM infra L6 TC ~ $510K ($230k/ 75k sign-
- FB to AMZN. Benefits cost difference for negotiation? IC5 at FB, interviewing with Amazon for L6 role. Going on-site and want to have my comp expectations lined up. Anyone have a breakdown of FB benefits, in terms of $ being left on the table, compared to Amazon? I saw a great breakdown on MSFT vs Amazon, it was something like 14k/year. I think Facebo
- Microsoft SDE2 (L61 vs L62) Hi Guys, I was contacted for an MS hiring event taking place next month. The content mentioned Hiring Event for SWE L61+. The reference role in the mail stated SDE 2 with 3+ years. My question is what's the difference between L61 vs L62 in terms of interview difficulty and loops. I am hoping for L
- Eqvt Levels for FB D1 I have been Amzn L7 and MSFT L67 and got potentially down leveled to M2 at GOOG. Just got promoted to D1 at Google...FB recruiter is wanting to put me in M2 loop - is that correct or can I ask for D1? Looking up M2s at FB on LinkedIn I see several MSFT L65/66 and Amazon L6 join as M2 so feel I shoul
- vote Help me decide- Amazon SDE1 vs. Microsoft SE2 Hi - I had accepted an offer from Amazon about 2 weeks back, and at that time had told them about a Microsoft interview that was pending. Well, Microsoft has given me an offer as well, and now I'm confused. Microsoft's benefits and compensation are much better. They're offering me a higher level pos
- Amazon L6 Product Manager Offer I just interviewed at Amazon Alexa and the recruiter informed me they will be making an L6 offer. I’m L64 at Microsoft, been in this level for 3 years. The recruiter said L6 is similar to a L65 at MS. Is this true? I’m worried about the 2 weeks paid time off, vs the 4 weeks at MS, and not to mention
- vote Amazon Vs Microsoft for Product Manager Just finished final rounds with Amazon & have final rounds with Microsoft next week. Expecting to get offers soon & would appreciate any insight on which is better for Senior Product Manager? Likely will be L6 at AMZN & at least L63 at MSFT. I have 5 YOE at Apple & another FAANG. The role at AMZN i
- link I made it!! From 85k to 350k TC in less than 2 years EDIT1: looks like this post blew up!! Thanks everyone!! I promise I will reply to all of the DMs/comments later tonight! EDIT2: I replied to all of the DMs, but won't be able to reply to any more DMs/comments. It's too much for me to keep up! However, as I mentioned in most of my replies, I am givi
- Seattle folks, ex-amazonian who joined fb, google, ms, oracle, expedia what was the level in amazon and comp when you left and how much comp and level you got? Fb, google, ms folks, how has been your experience while interviewing amazon sdes. Do you see any difference bw sdes from retail vs aws? I am high sde2 with ~6 yrs of experience in aws, where do you think i wo
- Transition from service to product company? Is it really so hard to switch job from service based company to product (like google, FB, Microsoft, Amazon etc)? Been trying so hard from a long time, role defined in job opening vs my current role is exactly same but no recruiter is even giving 1st level call for any interview. Applied so many ti
- Meta Preparation for Coding & Design I am trying to interview FAANG/MAANG and some startups, I have an interview with Facebook Coming up. LC count 300+, I have done 200 out of ~400 fb tagged from last 6 months. I did not sort by highest frequency. Say i'd have done 50 from top 100 frequency. Is that realistically enough? i hear plent
- System Design Interview Struggles, 1.5 YOE I have 1.5 YOE and I've had experience designing certain components of things, but looking at Grokking the System Design I'm incredibly overwhelmed. I've never estimated data sizes nor considered data partitioning methods. The extent of what I actually know is some basics between SQL vs NoSQL, data
- vote New Grad - Amazon or Microsoft + Negotation Hello, Looking for advice for my new grad offers. Amazon (return) Location: Seattle Base: 120 Sign-on: 37.5 yr1 /23 yr2 RSU: 88k (5/15/40/40) TC: 161 first / 155 after Team: Devices (not-alexa) Microsoft Location: Atlanta Base: 105 Sign-on: 25 RSU: 130 (25/25/25/25) bonus: 0-20% TC: 162 first / 1
- Leave current job at MS or stay? I’m debating between interviewing outside vs. continuing at MS. I have enjoyed the work life balance offered by MS but my career has been growing at a slower pace with constant reorgs. I have been thinking about quitting and coming back after a couple years. I’m happy with my TC (300k) and benefits
- vote Amazon AWS vs Microsoft Teams I have offers for both companies. At AWS elastic search team and also for Microsoft Teams. Which of these orgs are better from a career/learning point of view and has better culture. I'm not keen on working to the point that I burn myself out but I welcome a challenging work environment nonetheless.
- Starting out career at Amazon as new grad So I didnt bother to interview around at other companies after i recieved a return offer from Amazon after my internship. I didnt have enough motivation. It seems to get a lot of flak on Blind as a meh place to work. Will this still be an above average career move for me to start here vs. companies
- vote FAANG Prep Hey all, Thanks so much for your help on my last post “Canada vs US”. I wanted to get some help to understand how long would be good enough to crack FAANG interviews ? I do come from coding background but haven’t coded in past 3 years(worked mostly on technical architecture - multi-cloud n hybrid
- vote How long to prep for full time interviews? In early Feb, I began applying to companies and doing Leetcode (2-4 hours a day after work, a bit more on weekends) and as of this week I have cleared 3 phone screens and I've scheduled all final rounds for late April. This is my first time interviewing for full time positions (I joined Amazon afte
- Design questions at senior engineer level Hello, I'm curious what kind of design questions are asked at senior engineer level at Microsoft and Amazon. I looked around on leetcode and most of the things asked there were basic distributed systems (replication, async vs sync, failure recovery, cap theorem, compression, paxos/raft stuff) etc.
- vote FB/G/Netflix Engg Hiring Bar before 2015 vs after On blind, I have seen conflicting viewpoints of FB/G/Netflix hiring-bar. Some think it has dropped given the headcount targets, but others think its gotten more strenuous over the years. Anecdotal evidence for the latter being the fact that some friends of mine in FB/G who got hired way back mention
- vote Principal/Staff Offers Evaluation.. + Prep Strategy [AMA] Interviewed with lot of companies in last 2 months and narrowed it down to below 6 companies based on team, level & TC. Priority: Long term career growth, Scope of work, company culture. Company: Level TC: Base + Bonus + Equity (per yr) + Sign-On Team (if known) Meta: E6
- link THANK YOU Blind! Got offers from everywhere I got to the final rounds for! It’s been the toughest 5weeks but it was worth it. Said ‘almost everywhere’ since I’m waiting to hear back from one company. (Update: got an offer from the last company) Feel free ask me any questions- I got tons of tips from Blind so would like to give back. Some companies I got offers from: Stash
- LC sucks, but FAANG puts a tremendous effort into prepping you It's a lot of complaining about LC and how it's bad for the industry and maybe it is. But to Tier 1/2 companies credit look at the amount of resources and TIME they dedicate to getting you up to speed. It's like they are literally holding your hand through the process, telling you the EXACT thing
- vote Oracle (OCI industry cloud-GBU) vs Startup vs Keep Interviewing Hi All, These are my current choices: Oracle M3, not under OCI, team is under the GBU but builds OCI SaaS services to support GBU platforms. 200k Salary / 150k RSU/4 / no signing bonus, team really seems like a great fit Startup recently acquired by FB - risky as once FB acquisition closes there c
- Is it worth it to work at FAANG in the bay area? My ultimate goal was always to make it to a FAANG company after I graduate. But lately I’ve been contemplating if it is worth it from a COL/ QOL standpoint. I currently live in florida and there are two companies here in SOFLO that start you off at 100-110k even though the work isn’t as meaningful,
- link Senior UX Designer Salary at Microsoft I am currently interviewing with multiple teams at Microsoft for a Senior UX Designer role. I've been asked for my salary expectations on a pre-interview form, and I do not plan on providing this. Either way I'd like to be prepared so I did some research and found that there is a lot of variance bas
- Product Strategy role in MSFT that bad an option? Current PM lead, YoE 2.5 at a smaller agency, and 2 years strategy at big tech/MBB. I polled Blind previously comparing a L63 Microsoft Cloud & AI strategy offer (with a plan to transfer internally to PM) vs a Walmart L4 Senior PM offer. I since rejected the Walmart offer, because I talked to the gu
- Google, Meta, DoorDash, Microsoft Offers I recently went through an extensive interview cycle with many big tech companies. My goal was to land an exciting senior SWE job with top tier pay. In the end I signed with Meta due to best TC, exciting teams, collocation of office, and desire for a faster work environment. ————————- Final Offers
- Venting: Sad about my job and just life overall So last month, I received a lay-off notice then 2 weeks later it got canceled. I was pretty happy and hella grateful b/c now I’m not on a time crunch. I don’t like my boss bc hes micro. Even tryna teach me how to schedule a meeting when he was the one who didn’t read carefully. He also said if there
- Choosing between two offers Have two offers, and am very confused between the two. I just graduated college and am not sure what to prioritize in early career. Offer A is at one of Amazon/Microsoft, where I am on an internal team but am working with seemingly relevant technology. However, I may not have as much development wo
- Roast me (and my resume) Hello, wise people of Blind. I am looking to get some honest resume feedback. I am aiming for a position at a FAANG or similar (west coast USA) company at the SDEII level. A little about me, I transitioned out of hardware/controls engineering to join my friends start-up as a technical co-founder.
- link Is it possible to negotiate an up-level at FB/Google? I've recently finished interviewing with a handful of companies, and I'm feeling good about receiving offers from all of them. I did the on-sites at an E4/L4 level with the assumption that I could be up-levelled to E5/L5 if I did well during the interviews... unfortunately, this seems to not be the
- Google L3 vs Amazon L5 First of all, thank you all for creating such an awesome community! From the last few weeks, I have been spending more time on Blind than on any other social sites :) About me: I am currently pursuing MS CS in one of the top US universities and will be graduating soon. This summer I interned at Goo
- vote Rant, Amazon Product Manager (PMT) wanting to move to Google in 3-6 months I've spent about 9 months in my role here, happy with my pay, current manager, WLB and nature of work/impact. What sucks is: - Dog eats dog culture - High attrition (I need to constantly recoach someone or wait for a position to be filed or fight/beg with other peer teams to get work done. I've se
- 10 Interviews over 1.5 Months I saw a post that was extremely helpful of someone's interview experience and I thought I'd share my thoughts on mine. Thanks Blind for all the help! This was my first time interviewing for a software engineering position. I didn't need to do it out of undergrad and was already happy where I was at
- link FB,Google,Amazon,Lyft offers Hi Blinders!! Happy to share my interview experience over the last 3 months. Current Job: Microsoft L62, YOE: 7, TC: ~220K Job Offers: FB E5: 200K base/637K equity/4 years/ 95K sign-on/15% bonus == TC ~ 480K for first year (Signing FB offer letter soon) Google L4: 170K/590K(38%,28,20,14),/0/15% ==