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- vote Are you long on square? Do you believe in square long-term 250
- Square Sales Engineer Anybody on here a Sales Engineer at Square? Would love to pick your brain for a bit! Specifically about the interview process & sales culture. TC: 180ish #sales #enterprise #se #salesengineer
- vote Offer Compare: Airbnb, Google, Square Hi everyone, I am current at AWS @ Seattle with L5 and 5 YOE. TC 290k. I love my team at AWS but not sure about the promotion and cliff will happen soon. Got offers from Google, Airbnb, and Square. Airbnb Seattle 200K + 592K Equity + 40k sign on, 15% bonus Google Kirkland 178K + 424K equity + 22
- Square vs FB Which one should I accept? Base / Annual bonus / Initial RSU grant SQ E5: 175 / 0 / 500, so TC is 300 FB E4: 155 / 23 / 450, so TC is 290 I'm a bit leaning on SQ due to the higher level and TC but maybe FB offers a bit more for personal branding. What would you choose? All offers are for SWE pos
- vote Bloomberg VS Square/Block Hey ya’ll. I’m torn between choosing an offer from either company. Bloomberg’s base pay is higher than Squares, but the tech at Square seems more modern. Promotion seems more likely at Square/Block after joining. Bloomberg: base 150k, bonus: 20k Square: base 120k, equity: 170k 4yr vested, sign on:
- Square employee benefits Do square new hires get a company phone, swag package, monitor, other things? TC: 190 Yoe: 1 #square
- 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
- Square cooldown Anyone know what the usual cooldown is after failing onsite?
- 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+
- Referral for Square, Revolut? Hi all - looking for a referral for Square and Revolut for a non-technical role (marketing/comms). Please get in touch, happy to chat further and share my CV!
- Square offer negotiations I interviewed at square recently and did pretty good. Solved second parts on all of it and did great on design round. I’m worried I interviewed for L4 and not L5. The role just said software engineer and not senior. How do I negotiate level ? Also does L4 goes 300k+ ? TC 250+ L5 6 years
- vote Square vs. Robinhood Both positions for NYC Both positions are mid-level Square: ~330k TC - better wlb - boring work (seller side) - cool team and manager - value the company mission a lot more Robinhood: ~400-500k TC (as of last funding round) - worse wlb - same work I do now (networking infra @ aws) - don't have a
- Square/Block - new comp band SQ folks, is the new comp band announced yet? What are the numbers like? Planning to apply to Square, started grinding LC. TC: 275 YOE: 5 #tech
- Square hiring bar How hard is it to pass the Square’s hiring bar? Do I need to be perfect in every round, or would it be okay to be so-so in one or two out of all five- maybe in system design? #square
- vote Square vs Splunk I have 2 fully remote offers (in L/M COL) to choose from between Square and Splunk. Splunk has higher TC but I'm not sure it's worth passing up on Square culture and potential growth. What does blind think? Square L5 Base: 160 Equity: 380 / 4 years Sign on: 15 TC: 270 Splunk P4 Base: 180 Equi
- Square SWE interview 1. What is the best way to prepare for L5-L6 swe interview at square? Especially since they are not leetcode-like 2. Would you recommend take-home over algos?#software #swe #interview 3. What do interviewers look for to differentiate L4 vs L5 vs L6?
- Square L6 comp Just wondering what’s the typical comp for an L6 SDE at Square. Current TC: 400
- 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
- vote Amazon vs Square offer YOE: 6 Location: SF SWE Amazon: Level: L6 180k base 150 RSUs vesting 5/15/40/40 Sign on 215/160 TC: 418/410/366/366 at current valuation. Recruiter seemed to bake in 15% equity growth though (which would lead to 400+ TC every year) - will they top me up to that higher number even if it doesn't grow
- vote Square vs Salesforce Both offers equal, which one would you join? Both are remote, MLE domain. Salesforce offer is in mulesoft. Square’s offer is in CashApp. Please comment you reason if it’s anything other than the brand. Yoe: 8
- vote Can Square beat Coinbase offer? I have a Coinbase offer for M1. TC offered is $650k (Seattle). I am expecting an offer from Square too. Can Square beat/match Coinbase offer at M1? Tc: $350 yoe: 7
- vote Evaluate offers Chime vs Square Reposting because I realized I should put some numbers Square $300k ($180k base) Chime $360k ($210k base) I really like both companies mission and products. People seemed great and culture seems good at both places Biggest factor for me is thinking about the future growth of each company. Chime
- Stay at FB or Square offer E6 at FB, offered L6 at Square, 7 yoe. Equally exciting work as an IC software engineer. FB: 220k/1.5 mil Unvested over next 4 years Square: 200k/700k over 4 years A good portion of FB RSU vest by Feb2021 (450,000) H1B India, GC Priority Date 5/2016 EB3. Obviously comp at FB is way higher, but
- vote Square (L5) vs Affirm (L6) offer AFAF Square (L5): $185k base, $520k over 4 years, $0 target bonus, $35k sign-on TC: $350k first year, $315k next 3 years Refreshers: from what I see on Blind, 20%-25% of initial grant over 4 years? Affirm (Senior, L6): $180k base, 2 grants ($240k/3 years, $150k/2 years), $0 target bonus, $20k sig
- Square/Block Interview Have an upcoming interview at Square/Block. Any tips on the type of DSA problems to be freshening up on? Also, the interview is for a role on the internal tools team. What are peoples thoughts on working on internal facing apps at companies like Square/Block and otherwise. Tools are built in React
- Uber vs Square Got initial numbers from both. Here's how they look - My yoe - 7.5 Uber ------- position - SDE 2/high L4 base - 160K rsu - 385K sign-in bonus - 25K Square ----------- position - Senior SDE/high L5 base - 170K rsu - 400K sign-in bonus - 15K There's still some room to negotiate
- vote Microsoft vs Square I've gotten verbal offers from both companies and estimated TC. Conflicted in which offer to pick. Both teams seem great so I think I'd be okay at either company. Square has the advantage of being a fully remote position so I can stay in my low COL state. Microsoft seems to have better benefits thou
- Square (CashApp) Intern Comp Hi, I recently finished my on-site interviews for the Cash App Software Engineering Intern position and got word from my recruiter that the feedback was very positive. He also mentioned that I would now be in the team matching stage and asked what pay I would be expecting. Does anyone have insight
- Square (Cashapp) Offer Hi! Currently interviewing for a Product Design role at CashApp (L4/L5). Would love any insight on leveling and TC. Role would be fully remote from Austin. Thanks! #tech #design
- vote Plaid v Cash (Square) Title. Square/Cash = Plaid - 40k/yr (most of it more equity) Like team a more at Plaid and eng bar seems higher, but paper money short term. Square has public stock and espp/401k match, but lower TC as above. Both supposedly have good WLB (unless I’m mistaken). Which is better? TC: 220
