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- Target interview Hello, I have an interview coming up for a lead position at Target. What should I expect? Tc: 150k
- link Google "Level targeting Interview" experience Previous post : https://www.teamblind.com/post/Google-Level-targeting-Interview-how-to-prepare-LAmtuoJZ In short, I failed to target the L5 bar, and I'm going to taking "one more level target interview for L4". The coding interview went like this: The interviewer gave me a question. (it's difficul
- Google interview target level Hello blind My friend has a Google on-site for L7 EM coming up - currently a Sr Manager . He is now concerned he could be up leveled and is worried of not being able to perform well at a higher level . Any advice from Googlers familiar with the interview process is greatly appreciated. Thanks #te
- Google "Level targeting Interview", how to prepare? YOE : 6 I applied to Google last year and was rejected at the onsite. The target level was L4 or L5, ML software engineer. The interviews consisted of 5 sessions, 2 coding, 1 ML design, 1 ML domain knowledge, 1 behavioral The recruiter said : "You did well in others but ML domain knowledge perform
- SWE interview moving target When last year I interviewed companies were having coding, system design and behavioral interviews. I have few on-site scheduled, I see one round as project deep dive round. How do I Prepare for this round ? Do I need to talk about my current project ? How depth do we have to talk about decisio
- Target Interview for Sr.Software Engineer I have an upcoming phone interview scheduled for Sr.Software Engineer position at Target. The recruiter asked me to focus on CS fundamentals. What exactly should I expect in this round ? Will it be a standard LC style coding round ? If yes, do they ask easy/med or med/ hard ones? Anyone who has in
- vote Which interview I should target? Which interview I should target? Very less time to prepare, which interviews might be easier than others? work life balance utterly important. Yoe:2yr Tc:150
- Target level for Oracle interview I have been working in MS Azure for more than 5 years. Currently, I’m going to have interview with OCI, which level should I ask for? IC3 or IC4? Many people with 2 years of experience in MS can get IC3 in Oracle, so is it reasonable for me to ask for IC4(Principle MTS)? Meanwhile, how should i tel
- 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
- What levels to target while interviewing? What levels should I target while i interview externally? #facebook #google #uber #snap #doordash #dropbox #stripe #microsoft #zillow #amazon I know g downlevels hard. I don’t have a lot of impactful projects to show from Msft. Is it all based on interview performance? Should I focus too much on s
- Target interviews in Nov/Dec In the midst of my interview prep and wont be ready till Oct. Is Nov/Dec really bad time to attempt for a job change? Considering hiring freeze, holiday period and number of job openings. Any thoughts?
- vote Prepare for interviews or target Amazon SDE2? Its been 6 months at Amazon as a SDE1. So far it has been good experience but I have been working 10 hours a day and a lot of stress because of deadlines. I really wanted to work for Google but I didnt want to switch jobs till I gain some experience. Right now Im not sure what would be better for
- Target interview - Senior software developer role What should i expect in Target’s interview? For senior software development role? There is nothing much online. Its through GHC
- Target TC when interviewing with 1.5 YOE? Hi all, I have a bunch of onsites coming up for IC2 roles at Roblox, Snap, Pinterest, Twitter, Citadel, Qualtrics and Uber. Recruiters are inquiring about my target TC. What should I tell them? What's a reasonable range in this market? TC 210k, 1.5 YOE, SDE 2 at Microsoft
- Does practicing interviews with non-target companies help? Does it really help? What's the main thing people focus on when they interview with companies that they are not going to go to? #software #swe
- What SWE level would I be targeting in interviews? Looking to jump to tech company soon L4? Don't think I'd be L5 yet but idk. Profile: Things that count - 1.5 yr MLE @ national lab (mostly doing models not much SWE) - 1 yr SWE @ top HFT Things that probably don't count but idk - Have both an MS & BS in CS - 1.5 yr MLE internship @ national lab
- How to interview prep? Targeting L6 in a few months Starting to prep and have a few months to get serious with changing jobs. Don't think I can spend way too much time due to family commitments, so looking to optimize prep strategy What would you suggest I do for LC and system design? Starting from scratch. TC: 210k Yoe: 17
- What companies to target for interviews for backend engineer roles? Planning to start job hunting soon. I want to do backend engineering since I like working with APIs, DBs, wiring stuff up, etc. Obviously I'll apply to FAANG but what other big companies would be a good fit for someone wanting to make a career out of backend work? Any in particular or just all of th
- What do you learn from having a practice interview with non-target companies? I know many people do interviews with their non-target companies to practice for their target companies. What do you learn from doing this? It's not like they will provide you feedback on how you did and what you should improve on (only in some cases). Is it just to get used to the interview settin
- 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'.
- Senior EM/ Director interview prep- Anyone interested in preparing for interviews together(online) , Targeting FANGs #interview #communications
- How much does being at target school actually help with getting interviews. I was always wondering that, as it seems like nearly everyone who went to CMU at some point was working at Faang or similar top tier companies. I can't even get an interview after 50 applications, and yes I did get my resume reviewed. Part of it is of course sponsorship, but not all hopefully. Does
- vote How many companies would you practically target when interviewing for your next role? Assuming Software Engineering roles. Choose closest number.
- Target interview level at Google and Facebook - 9 YOE currently, L5 at Amazon (2 at Amazon) I have been at Amazon for almost 2 years now. I was wondering what I can target for interviews. Facebook E6 and Google L5? assuming Google L6 is out of reach. About me: TT (Top tier) at Amazon Too overloaded to work on promo doc, manager keeps pushing to start, but I just don't have the energy. Dom
- How would you retract an initial targeted salary provided to an employer during an interview? I recently had my first interview with an HR person and I low balled my desired salary. Since then I realized the amount I gave was $30K lower than the industry standard. Now I’m moving to my second interview. Any advice on how I can renegotiate and provide my new desired salary?
- How can I practice for target companies if there are no other companies that use LC for their interviews? I have a special situation, not sure how to navigate. I work in a niche where there are only ~7 FAANG-level companies who are hiring for engineers in this niche. Netflix may join them soon, but not yet. Every other company in this space is small to mid-sized, and do NOT use LC as their interviewin
- How to prepare for Google interview while working? Which level at Google should I target?I'm 62 at MSFT with 8 YOE. Title:) How many months should I ask for preparation? Recruiter is open to have conversation about higher levels, as long as I clear the interviews.
- I hv 18 yoe & I'm looking to target Principal TPM in Bay area.Would you pls recommend platforms to prepare for interview #tech #principal
- Data Engineering - Interview Prep Where should I start interviewing to gain more confidence and momentum in cracking interviews for Data Engineering? And then target FAANG. #dataengineer #interviews #bayarea
- Anyone else think that firms recruiting from "target schools" is a form of serious discrimination? I've met incredibly smart individuals at non-target schools, and unbelievably dumb people at target schools. It's like these MBB/IB types won't give non-target school geniuses a chance. Personal experience: I interned at #accenture Consulting, and wanted to interview for Accenture Strategy. I was w
- Evaluate Meta E7 Offer Remote LCOL Hello Blinders! Base: 280k Stocks: 2.1mm/4 yr Target Bonus: 25% Signing: 100k Fully remote, LCOL area (no state income) Target TC: 875k, 975k first year Current TC: 650k I tried to bump the stocks higher but was not willing to accept lower base. Edit: this is not a humble brag, I could not find
- Final Round Rejections I have 3.5+ years of FP&A experience. Overall 6+ corporate finance experience. My current title is Specialist of FP&A, I manage an entire P&L and I’m target a new role at the Manager level. I constantly keep getting bites, interviews. I have made it to final round over 5 times now and seem to get re
- Uplevel from Meta E5 Been here in meta for 2 years, already taken a good preparation, planning to start interviewing. But want to target for staff level. What all the companies I should target for? Yoe 13 Tc : 410
- How to prepare for Google and meta interviews after work? Looking at interviewing in next few months. What are some useful tips to follow to keep a consistent practice, and aim at strategic learning for interviews? Targeting Level: E4 and L4 #tech #Interviews
- vote Snap leveling at the time of interview Does interviewers at Snap knows the level the candidate is targeted for, I heard Snap has flat level structure.
- HELP! Asked to leave for not complying with RTO I am a senior engineer(11 YOE) who was working at complex group level projects that involve more than 5 teams(~50 engineers). Due to my non compliance with RTO policy and being vocal with team and management - I have been asked to leave. I have been sidelined with I am aggressively interviewing at F
- Meta and google interview prep💰💰🤑💰💰🤑 Blind family Have done bunch of onsites and expecting few offers. Kept meta and google for last.. focussing on Meta and Google most as i feel my other onsites will be done in prep of these 2 My upcoming onsites are - E5 at Fb - L6 at Amazon - L5 at google - 5a(i think) at uber - might get a 63/6
- vote Meta E5 Years of Experience expectations Thinking to start an interview process with Meta. Wanted guidance about what level should I target. I am currently 62 (swe2) at Microsoft and will become 63 (senior swe) in August/September according to my Manager. I have 3.5 to 4 years or experience. Should I be upfront with the recruiter and ask
- TikTok Cloud Security Pay Expectations Interviewing with TikTok for a cloud security DevOps position. 1 YOE but my skillset goes beyond entry-level. What TC should I target?
- Does target level make a difference at meta? If you are targeted at L4 and perform the same vs targeted at L5, do you get L4 in one interview and L5 in the other? Does it not matter at all? #interview
- Is 2 months of prep enough for Google/Meta/other decent tech companies 1. Assume I'm average, never done heavy Leetcode practice 2. Assume at least 8 hours of workload on weekdays 3. 3 hours of prep a day Need to decide interviews timeline, as I have several other things lined up too (house moving, getting married etc). Thinking whether I should target the big interv
- I did it, I'm going to Google! Thanks to all of you on Blind who answered all my questions in the past and for providing valuable insight into the industry and the interview process. Approximate timeline: Early Jan: Google recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn, initial phone screen Skipped phone screen and went straight to onsites,
- TC for a LEAD ENGINEER @TARGET(MN) Hey Guys, I have an upcoming Interview for a Lead Engineer at Target(MN). Wanted to know the Range of TC that I can ask for. #tech #target #tc
- PM opportunities outside Amazon Tenured L6 PMT here reporting to L8. Promo doc didn’t went thru. Frustrated, burnt and tired of politics. And underpaid. And hate the stack rank style evaluation. Looking for opportunities outside Amazon - any leads and interview tips are welcome (haven’t interviewed in a while). Targeting senior r
- Finally I got into Google Finally I got into Google. Still remember 4 years ago back in 2018, I took my parents and my brother to visit the Googleplex in Mountain View. I even can’t imagine I finally get in. Share a timeline and appreciate all the help from blind community. 11/2021 Sourcing recruiter reach out but I was hap
- Showing confidential work in portfolio Do candidates typically show confidential/unreleased work in product design interviews? I’ve been in my current role for a while and I am refreshing my portfolio for job applications. Planning to target senior level roles. Hoping to interview with Meta, Netflix, Apple, and Google. Due to the slow
- Is Leetcode Premium Worth it? I am targeting Amazon SD2, is buying Leetcode Premium worth it? It costs150$ approx. #interview #leetcode
- Sales Roles - Account Exeuctive $350K+ 💰 Which companies offer $350K+ TC for AEs? I know data is available on Compgauge but looking for blind community’s input. Will be interviewing soon and seems like ads sales doesn’t pay as well as SaaS but targets are harder to achieve in SaaS so essentially a wash. #sales #enterprise #ae #saas #ads
- M1/M2 Offer At offer stage at Meta. Leveling is still unknown but between M1 and M2. Market: NY Current TCT: 450k (250k base) Role: L5 SDM YOE: 10+ Competing offers and late stage interviews for comparable roles in the comp range of 800k to 1.2M. What range should I target? #engineering #software #meta
- What does it take to get an L5 offer from Google? That’s what I’m targeting, planning on interviewing January time frame 4 YOE, 260k TC