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- Full remote Blockchain companies Hello Blind friends, I'm currently scoping out companies for my next job and the blockchain/crypto/NFT space is my top target. Ran a startup in the space previously that ultimately failed and looking to re-enter the arena. Targeting management or ops roles and really trying to go for full remote as
- Initiate Microsoft EM interview discussion Whom should I reach out for Microsoft EM interview loop? As we know that interview is team dependent, so is recruiter right point of contact or should ask any Hiring managers? Targeting Principal EM
- College friend is depressed because he thinks he's a FANG diversity hire My friend recently graduated from a CS program at a low-ranked US university and was hired into FANG as an SDE. After hearing stories about how difficult it is to get into FANG in general, let alone as a minority from a non-target school, he feels that they only hired him because he is black, and be
- Msft offer Is this okay offer? Azure L65: Base 200, Stock 280k, new hire bonus 30k. Bonus:30% (I hear 20% is target, but letter says 30%, so unclear on this) Yoe 19yrs Location: redmond
- Google India HC review 1 LH, 2 H, 1 SH. Target: L4. Can I expect a positive decision by HC? What is the TC I can expect? YOE: 4 TC: 35 LPA
- Facebook TPM roles Hey TPMs at FB - If I want to work on consumer products at FB, which teams should I target? Most job postings I see are for infrastructure. What are the top PAs/orgs that hire TPMs? Thanks
- Is it okay to refer your spouse for a role within your company? Would it work against your spouse's application if you refer them to the hiring manager directly? Considering the spouse will be targeting a different job role than yours and not in the same reporting chain. #referral #spouse #workplace #ethics
- Google L5 Target TC Approved by HC, in team matching. What should a target TC for Product be at L5 with 10 yoe?
- Confluent needs references after onsite? Hi i completed loop earlier this week and asked for expedited feedback. Recruiter reached out and said great news, positive feedback. They need 2 references including direct supervisor. And they would start team matching calls meanwhile. Is this indication of weak hire signal from interview or just
- L3 Google SWE pay range Hi recently got approved by HC and currently in TM. Wanted to ask what salary does google offer at L3 nowadays. Target area : Bay Area Y.O.E : 1 TC : 105k
- Microsoft L63 Senior Finance Manager Comp Do senior finance managers receive annual stock grants? Just got an offer from Microsoft but was told only directors are eligible for annual grants which I find very hard to believe. Also, is a 145k base, 15% cash bonus target, and 75k stock over four years upfront reasonable for a L63? #corpfinanc
- vote Is January a better time to apply? Does it really matter? Applying in December: + end of the year, recruiters who haven't reached their targets or goals are cramming to hire? - holiday time, so they probably don't even have time or are even out of office - they might have already met their goals Applying in January: + new year, new goals and targets,
- [India] Where after Microsoft? Joined Microsoft as a college hire. Now bored and looking for better compensation (realised how much folks are making only after discovering blind !! ) Yoe: 1 yr 8 months, TC: 23-25 lpa 1. I value mental peace and WLB highly. Suggestions for companies with similar wlb? 2. Can I target SDE 2 ? After
- negotiate up level at FB??? my friend got an offer from FB and recrutier put her onto another round of interview for E5. the E4 interview was all positive. now recruiter told her that she has gaps to be an E5 so they will hire her as E4 is she accepts. she has 8yoe in a non FANG company. anyone has successfully negotiated in
- downleveled @ google seattle based. im an above target performer (14% rewards vs 10% target) at Microsoft for the past few years. interviewed at google. the hiring comittee couldnt agree on a level across the board so they decided to give me an L3 offer. they offered to do two more interviews to solidify my level (at ei
- link Microsoft L65 Manager Offer Rate a msft offer ( : Base : 188K On-Hire Stock : 75k / says immediate Sign on : 30K Annual Refreshers : Target bonus : 0-40% Target Stocks : Only mentions eligible? YoE: 13 Would TC be calculated as 188k+75k+(188k*.40) ? It seems subsequent years, based on how its read, I would have TC at 188
- link Google REQ cancelled My previous post: https://us.teamblind.com/s/4GBiBNUS Unfortunately Google came back yesterday and told they decided to cancel a few REQs and mine was affected. It is very disappointing to know after clearing multiple rounds of interview and knowing target numbers as well. Looks hiring freeze on t
- Thank god I didn’t join Snap Had a Snap offer in 2021 when stock was trading at $75, now at $25 in after hours trading. Thank god I didn’t take it. Is Evan doing anything to top up 2021 new hires back up to their target comp? TC: $375k, L5
- Cloud Solution Architect I'm invited to interview for a Cloud Solution Architect position at Microsoft. What base salary, bonus, and RSU should I target for? I will bring 7 years of experience in Analytics on cloud. #hiring #jobopening #recruiting
- High School -> Bootcamp -> SWE? Is it probable? Do you know of anyone that has taken this path or is college necessary? My brother signed up for Thinkful bootcamp. Is that a good one or should he consider another? Have you hired someone with this level of experience as a SWE? Edit: FAANG isn't necessarily the target. He is okay
- 2022 Prediction: More PIPs coming Amazon PIP culture won't change. Amazon hired the largest chunk of it's corporate workforce in 2021, more people with same/similar/slightly URA target = more PIP Let that sink in for anyone applying. Welcome aboard folks. TC: 275
- Team matching google and HC I got a good team match and seems positive talking to hiring manager , team is very relevant to my experience as well. Will hiring manager feedback be useful in Hiring Committee decision . Targeting L5 but recruiter said could be L4 inclined so will HM feedback help make it L5 #Google #seattle
- Military career and job in tech Should I keep my Army Reserve experience on my LinkedIn profile? Do tech recruiters care about that at all? MOS is unrelated to IT. Targeting SWE position, haven’t heard of any firms hiring specifically vets, besides Amazon. Thanks.
- vote Help me choose from Meta vs Google vs Snap offers Hey community, I got offers from all three for L4/E4, and am in team matching for Snap, matched with a team for Google and waiting for the offer, so Meta is the only one that gave the actual numbers. I need to give meta my answer by Monday otherwise they are closing out all standing E4 offers becaus
- vote Tips on getting higher TC Joined MFST couple of months back. Wanted to understand what kind of TC bump I can expect during appraisals? Current Level - L62 TC 53 LPA (34 Base + $50k on hire stocks + P.B 20% Base, 3+2 J.B) YOE 9 PREV TC - 30 LPA (28LPA Fixed) Or Continue interviewing and jump ships? Want to increase my TC w
- Targeting director role with 3 years of M experience I manage a 15 person group at Google and have 3 yoe managing. 12 YOE total, almost all of it at G. I am looking to move out and ideally target a Director role. Which companies (preferably public) would be open to hiring me at Director?
- Walmartlabs offer Title : staff software engineer. Base: 190k Bonus: 20%. Signon : 80k. Relocation included cashed out. New hire bonus: 60 k usd RSU with 4 yr vest Every April : target 60K usd RSU 4yr vest. Yoe: 20 What do you think?
- Age of Applicants and Coworkers [[ Recruiters: ]] What's the min/max age you'd hire as a senior engineer? entry-level engineer? How does age fit as a target ML (or manual) target data-point to determine in your process? [[ Applicants: ]] What's the min/max age you'd feel comfortable working with? How does coworkers' ag
- Oculus Research scientist compensation Wife got offer today for a scientist position in Redmond. Didn't say job grade but I guess E4. Base $140K, 10% target bonus, $220K new hire RSU. How does it fair? Which part could use a big deal sweetening? Thanks all~
- general hire for L7 @ google? Does google also do gnernal hire for L7 roles and then team match?I thought L7 would have a target team first. Can anyone from google provide any insight? YOE: 12 TC: 600k
- What are other companies doing to make pay consistent ? I see stocks like Snap, Rblx, Pypl, Hood, Sq etc which are down 60% in last 5-6 months. New hires who joined in Q3 having a significant TC drop, is the company doing anything ? Meta just raised target refreshers by 25% TC : 430K (pre crash), 360k (post crash) Yoe : 4
- Rejected by Google SVP Approved by HC and also Team matching was done perfectly, hiring manager liked me and my work. Recruiter also told that i am approved by Compensation team but SVP of the org rejected my packet. He also told me that he is now targeting different org, I know chances are very thin but anyone face this
- Is it weird to contact Software Engineer Managers/Hiring Managers on LinkedIn to get feedback? I need to move to a more challenging role and that option doesn't exist in my current department/company. Is it weird to reach out to Software Managers and Hiring Managers for my target roles in my area on LinkedIn and ask for examples of skills they don't see on my profile but would want to see for
- Amazon L6 PM salary expectations I'm interviewing for [what I expect to be] a L6 PM role at Amazon. I'm currently a level 64 PM at Microsoft with a target total comp (cash + stock) next 12 months of $250-275k. What's a reasonable figure to tell Amazon I'm targeting? Personally, the move is not worth it for anything below $300k. Wi
- Thoughts on diversity quotas Maybe instead of diversity quotas we should have anti-quotas restricting how many employees can be hired from abroad. Eventually this will make the big tech companies invest in local communities to acquire talent from here ensuring adequate representation of the target groups.
- E4 at Meta / Facebook at <2 yoe I might be overreaching, just considering yoe. But is targeting E4 possible for me? I am decently confident for design rounds. One issue is that I applied through university hiring role. Bachelor + 1 yoe (India) Masters + 7 months (US) TC wise, do you take a hit if you join as E3 and then get pro
- Which companies to target as a new grad? Which companies are best to target for the first job after school? and why? I am a PhD new grad (non ML) with 3 YOE during and before school. Some companies (Netflix, Linkedin ...) prefer to hire senior developers so the chances are slim with them. Please suggest companies that hire new grads.
- Supply Chain or Logistics Referral Can someone please refer me to Supply Chain or Logistics roles at one of these companies? Walmart Google Microsoft Apple Target .. or other companies/teams that could be hiring I have 6 YOE with 2.5 years at Amazon.
- Facebook Hiring freeze I remember last year facebook froze their hiring around June. Is that a yearly thing or it just happened last year? If I am targeting facebook what would be a good time to start interviewing so as to not miss the opportunity?
- Is 'targeting L4' common for interview at Google with 2.5 yoe? My recruiter told me targeting l4 is fine since there is fallback option to l3(and there will be no design question asked). Is it common that a downgrade happens in the hiring process? Kind of afraid since l4 may be challenging and interviewer may give 'no hire' directly instead of 'consider l3'.
- Meta PM General Interview for Targeted Role Meta hiring manager found me on LinkedIn for an open PM role. Confirmed interest, recruiter reached out next day and setup a phone screen. Went well and was told that although intention would be for the role they contacted me about, would have to go through a general PM interview loop for a hiring d
- is FB hiring L4 in California Menlo Park? I have an onsite coming up next week but recruiter never discussed level as such. Is the fb still hiring for L4 or is my onsite probably an L5 targeted position? 5 Yoe 160k
- While getting an offer or interviewing does already being at a FAANG++ matter? When you are switching or negotiating being already at a FAANG++ have any advantages in getting top band salaries, RSU etc? When targeting roles according to YOE. And Hiring Managers or committee has any preferences? TC:🥜 YOE: 9 #engineering #software #swe
- FT Search in the US? How should one go about Ft search right now in the US with consulting hiring apparently on a freeze? International undergraduate student - Non-Target in Boston Work exp in PWM at a BB + VC + consulting in home country + FP&A #finance #consulting
- Nutanix Offer evaluation and leveling Got an verbal offer from them. The hr mentioned hire as staff MTS but with title MTS. That sounds very interesting. Offer TC around 330k. Targeting TC 380-400k. Is that reasonable ask? Current TC is 300k And advise or suggestions?
- Google SWE L4 India expectations I've recently cleared HC for L4 and recruiter wants to know my expectations for compensation. What numbers should I provide them? YOE: 4.5+ TC: 35+10 Lacs (INR) Update: Final offer: 35 LPA base + 125k usd stocks + 15% of base as target bonus
- FB borderline interview what are the chances of cleaning hc? recruiter said borderline on coding and design both, originally targeted for e6 and now recruiter saying borderline even for e5 :-)
- Offer Evaluation- Lam Research Program Manager III role at Fremont, CA Hello, I received an offer from Lam Research for PM role: Base Pay:$105K New hire RSU’s over 3 years:$12000 Annual Bonus Target: 10% Sign on Bonus:$7500 Please help to evaluate the offer. I need to talk to them tomorrow to negotiate the numbers. Any help/insights would be appreciated.
- vote Google leveling I had a final round at google recently, and just heard from the recruiter that I’m moving on to HC. From the beginning they said they’re targeting L4, and that after the final round feedback that’s still the case. What are the odds I get downleveled at HC? Edit: I just heard back that I was approv
- Mba interns in tech? I am currently at a T10 MBA program and am wondering what tech companies hire MBA summer interns outside of FAANG? I am having a hard time figuring out what firms to target outside of the very large companies. Please let me know! #tech #Mba #intern