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- Square Offer - L6 It sounds like my onsite loop went very well and I received offer details from my recruiter today. Salary: $225k RSUs: $275k/year ($1.1M total) Sign-on bonus: $20k TC: $500k This is for an L6 SWE position; I'm in a tier-1 city but will be working remotely. How excited should I be? This is a >5
- Square onsite experience I had my square onsite earlier this week. Coding Round 1 - was able to do only two parts, but interviewer said he doesn't see any edge cases at the end of it. Went down a slightly wrong path during the second path, stopped halfway through, told the interviewer I need to take a step back, used his c
- vote M1 offers: Facebook vs Uber vs Square Have 3 offers Facebook M1(E6): $250k/$1.55mil/$100k (20% cash bonus) Uber EM2(L5b): $245k/$1.6mil/$80k (17.5% cash bonus) Square M2: $320k/$1.8mil/$30k (no cash bonus) From pure TC play Square wins. For first and second year TC Uber wins. For best refreshers I think Facebook wins at $275k. Team w
- Square Product Manager Levels Trying to figure out the levels at square in the Product management space. Had a conversation with a recruiter and she didn’t know the levels for the Product space since she recruits for engineering. She’s trying it bring me in but I’d like to gauge a level that best fits me. One reason is so I don
- How is square payment infrastructure team? The title said it. Received an offer. Wonder how the team is doing. Any insights into the tech, wlb and growth? Thx TC 220 YOE 3
- Referrals pls (Coinbase, Doordash, Pinterest, Square, Airbnb) Looking for referrals at these companies and any other that are hiring designers. #design #coinbase #doordash #pinterest #airbnb #designer #productdesigner #square #robinhood #square #dropbox
- vote Amazon vs Square Got an L5 offer from Square, Amazon immediately matched and promise L6 promo by EOY. Should I stay or GTFO?
- Square/Block Hiring Bar Hey all, I had my interview a week ago, and my recruiter reached out today and said that that my onsite feedback has been positive and they’re moving me forward to the hiring bar phase. How likely is an offer at this point? Is it pretty much just a chance to see if there are any red flags/determine
- Square team match question Hi Square folks, I passed the technical interviews for a L6 SWE position, but unfortunately the team didn’t have the headcount for my level any more. Recruitor is trying to find me a new team. How likely and how soon could team match happen in this situation? Is there anything I can do on my side t
- Square Pair Programming Having a pair programming session coming up with square. Is it actually pair programming or it's extremely similar to other FANG style? Also will you need to compile and run the code?
- Thoughts on Square? Curious on how people working at Square think the company is doing and whether they enjoy working there? In particular, is there still a lot of potential for Square to innovate? Create new streams of revenue? Separately, how is leadership? Promotions? Culture? I only ask this as a few people I k
- vote Meta E4 vs Square L4 Meta tc: averages out to be about 360 over 3 years Square tc: 325 per year (but didn’t give me a breakdown can’t confirm) Meta has boot camp so can join any team but looking something in reality labs infra. square in looking to targeting some cash app infra team. I’m not sure if there’s a chance th
- vote Square Phone Screen Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. I have a phone screen coming up with Square tomorrow. I’m currently a Senior Software Engineer at Capital One and was promoted recently. According to levels.fyi, my current role correlates to L4 and L5 at Square. Should I try to shoot for L5 at Square? H
- Finished Square / Block interview - now what? I finished all the rounds of my interview with Square for SWE. The onboarding guide says I would have a meeting with the hiring manager scheduled, but it wasn't part of the virtual onsite. Additionally my recruiter didn't show for the last part of the interview that was scheduled with myself and the
- Square morale How’s the morale over at square/block/cash app? Square used to be a rocket ship and was known for amazing work culture and wlb Has anything changed? Is it a good time to join?
- Square SD interview I have square onsite interviews coming up. According to a lot blind threads, the SD question is given beforehand, which is not the case for me. Should I reach out to the recruiter to inquire? #swe #interview
- Square stocks I accepted an offer from Square about 3 weeks ago, my starting date is in another month. Square stocks has dropped since, at what value do I get my RSU? TC: 140k #square #block #rsu
- vote Square vs Stripe If you had similar offers from Square and Stripe, which one would you take? #square #stripe
- Square / Block L5 Offer Accepted an offer earlier this month for L5 SWE in HCOL. Base: 195k Stock: 580k Sign On: 30k 1st year TC: 370k YOE: 4 I think this is a good offer but sharing for others to potentially get the same or more. Thanks. #square #block
- Block/Square rate offer A friend of mine got an offer from Square on Monday. It's for a PM L5 role in HCOL. Base 200K Stock 390K over four years with one year cliff and quarterly vesting afterwards Sign on 30k He's thinking of trying a final round of negotiations as he has other competitive offers from big tech. How mu
- Square Vs Roku Hi, I have offer from both Roku and Square. Roku - Sr. SWE : 280K base + 200K RSU for 4 years + no bonus + 15% refresher but refreshers get vested after 4 year cliff Square - L5 : 180k base + 500k for 4 years + 20% refresher + 10k sign on + no performance bonus I want to evaluate the offer base o
- vote Block (Square) vs Apple Block and Apple both are offering the same total compensation (140k base plus 140k stocks vested over 4 years). Block is offering complete remote work and for Apple, it’s in Austin, TX. Which one should make more sense to choose or to think about? I was thinking Apple as I would get boost in my resu
- Square vs Veeva vs Teletracking NEW GRAD L3 Trying to decide between 3 offers remote/Columbus Square is 84k salary 5k bonus and 80k stocks vesting over 4 years Veeva is 100k salary 20k bonus and 25k Stocks each year forever Teletracking is 125k cash 5k bonus I know about Square the most and if they paid closer to Veeva and Tel
- Minimum square footage to raise family Currently living in the Bay Area and looking at open houses. By the looks of things, we can only afford a 2 bed, 2 bath, 1100 square foot condo. We don’t have kids now but are planning on trying within the next year. Is 1100 sq ft do-able if we don’t buy too much stuff? TC: $180k Household TC: $28
- Square interviews How does a full interview loop look like for L5/L6 in square? Is it LC heavy? How is system design? Any info will be very helpful. TC: 🥜 #tech
- Joined Square recently I joined square a few months ago and my RSU are down 50%. Can I talk to my manager to give more RSU? Current TC after dip: 230k
- Square L4 bands? Have an offer for Meta E4, however I do want to work at square more than Meta, but I have some doubts that square will match Meta (or you know get even close). Can anyone tell me about the bands for square? TC: 250k, maybe 300-330k with meta depending on refreshers #square
- Square Offer - L6 Recently got notified from a recruiter that I’m getting an offer, and we’ll discuss comp tomorrow. What comp range should I be aiming for? Position is fully remote TC: 285k YoE: 7 #square
- Square Interview Experience Wrapped up my Square interview for L5 late last week. Here’s how I think I did: Coding 1 - C Coding 2 - A+ Coding 3 - B Past experience interview - A System Design - C+ Coding 1 I got flustered for about 5 mins near the end but recovered well after a hint. System design I honestly don’t know how
- vote Square vs Robinhood vs Roblox Square Level - L5 Base - 190k Bonus - no bonus RSU - 600k vested over 4 years Sign on - 30k Location - remote Total compensation ~370k/year Pro - Great WLB Stock near 52 week lows Good long term vision Con - Low tc when compared to the rest Robinhood Level - L3 Base - 230k Bonus - 10% RSU - 800k ve
- Thank you Square As someone who's joining in two weeks and was holding onto my asshole in anticipation of this earnings report: Thank you. I can sleep a bit better tonight. Old / New TC: 300k / 435k (Google L4 to Square L6) YOE: 7
- vote Square vs Stripe Similar offers from both companies ~450k (L3 for stripe and L6 for Square) Leaning toward Square for wlb and being public. Is there any reason to consider Stripe over Square? YOE: 8 TC: ~350
- Square / Block levels? What do "Staff" and "Principal" levels map to? Is there a "Sr Staff"? I'm thinking, E6 / L7 = Staff (org impact, 30-50 people) E7 / L8 = Sr Staff (multi-org impact, 50-100 people) E8 / L9 = Principal (company impact, 100+ people) Thoughts? What's TC band for each? Meta's E6 = 600k TC + 260k refr
- Square health insurance I have an offer from square. I would like to know which is best plan for health insurance and how much would cost for pregnancy? Any squares, pls share your opinion. Offer tc:360 #Square #Health insurance
- vote Offer Eval - Block/Square Hi Blind community - I have been offered a data engineer role at Block which is completely remote. I need your help in determining if the compensation being offered is good or bad or negotiable. Base - 135k Sign on - 5k Stocks - 140k over 4 yrs Yoe - 4.5 Location - NY Not sure if there are stock
- Square Lowball? Just got an ML Engineering offer from Square for ($CAD) 190K TC in Toronto as an L5 Seems a little low to me, given that Amazon gave a verbal offer for ~220K as just an SDE 2 with no ML knowledge required Does Square just pay poorly in Canada? I see their SF ranges are all around USD 320K+ for the
- vote Square Stock Tanks. Quit? SQ has taken a massive dip, my initial vest is significantly lower in value now (30-40%). TC is significantly lower because of that. Quit or continue working? Boomerang or find new opportunities? Also let me know if you could do referrals for remote eng positions. Would be forever grateful! TC: L
- vote I would choose Instacart over Square for? I am expecting offers from Instacart and Square. I've heard Square usually is not able to match Instacart. But Square is a publicly traded company and Instacart is not. The latter also has its valuation cut which might work in my favor. But I've heard work life balance is better in Square and also t
- Square offer I am currently negotiating an offer for a Business Systems Analyst position from Square. I love the team and enjoy my conversation with everyone during the interview process. However, the salary structure is location based and my location falls in Tier C. The compensation is around 160k base and 250
- EM Looking for Twitter / Coinbase / Square referral Love Google but hate RTO. Looking for referrals please 🤖
- Square/Block L5 offer evaluation Got the following offer from Square for L5 after negotiation: $190k base, $575k over 4 years, $0 target bonus, $35k sign-on First year: $369k, year 2-4: $334k YOE: 5 HCOL Looks pretty good compared to findings from levels.fyi, but I heard that Square recently significantly upped their bands, ca
- Looking for Airtable/Instacart/Square referrals Kindly comment/DM if you can get me Airtable, Instacart, or Square (Block) referrals for Senior SWE band. Thanks! Yoe: ~5 TC: ~225k Leetcode: 200+ (and grinding) #instacart#square#block#airtable #referral
- Square Interview I have a first round interview scheduled at Square. The position is for a SWE. The recruiter gave me 2 options to choose from: 1. Do two rounds of pair programming with a team member 2. Do a take home project Has anyone done a take home project for Square recently? I am trying to weigh my options b
- Square Offer I found out today that I’ll be receiving an offer from @Square! The offer is for an L6 product manager. I’m having issues figuring out what seniority that role is (previously Amazon L6, currently a director at Nike). Could someone at #Square help me figure out leveling for product? I’ve seen the eng
- vote Square vs Robinhood Square: 210k base No bonus 830k stock 30k sign on Robinhood: 220k base 10% bonus 780k stock 90k sign on 8 yoe
- vote Google vs Meta vs Square (New Graduate) Note: Google has been negotiated completely. Square and Meta do not negotiate for New Grads Google (Cambridge, MA): Base: 127k RSU: 130k / 4 years (33, 33, 22, 12) Bonus: 19k (15%) Sign-on: 35k Team: Google Commerce (Travel) Review: 223k for Y1, 188 Y2 _____________________________________ Meta
- vote Evaluate my square offer I have got an offer from Square for one of the tech teams for L5. Numbers are Base : 200K Stock : 650K TC : 362.5K annual This is the initial offer and I want to know how much negotiation is possible. Blind tax : 290K Yoe : 4+
- Square interview result I finished the virtual onsite interview with Square 2 days ago and the recruiter said that they will say the result in 2 days and haven't heard back yet. How long do they take to say the result of the interview? #square #interviewresult
- Square PM L6 compensation Looking for TC range for L6 PMs at Square for Bay Area. Levels doesn’t have much information and would really appreciate any help! Current TC: 400K Yoe: 5 #pm #product #square
- Square Job Listing Reposted After Being Rejected? Pretty much what the title says. I had interviewed for a job at Square, which the first part went pretty well or so I thought. The recruiter then advised that we were now waiting for the hiring manager to return from a retreat, and that she would follow up with me as soon as they return. About 4 day