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- Google considering L4 due to past interview YOE 18 Embedded SWE. Try for Consumer HW. Last year, Interviewed for L5, did terrible. Got L4. Turned down. This year, interviewed for L6, went to L6 HC, they simply say leadership and system design not strong. Total BS. Anyways, HC approved but they asking VP to decide L4 or L5 JUST because I h
- Google L4 vs L5 SDE interview loop I have google onsite coming up. Recuiter says I am between L4 and L5 SDE levels. So I have an option to sit for L4 loop and later sit for additional interviews for upleveling if i crack L4. If i do not clear the L5 rounds, will it jeopardize my L4 offer? Wanted to know from current Googlers if any
- Meta E6 equivalent in MSFT? Asking for a friend. My friend is E6 at Meta. TC is around 530k due to recent stock price drop. He was reached out by MSFT recruiter last week, but the recruiter wasn’t willing to put him into L65-L67 loop due to lack of YOE. (YOE: 7). 1. What is YOE requirement for L66? 2. If he proceeds to accep
- vote Google vs Snap L4 Hi, Currently evaluating L4 offers from Google and Snap (both bay area), and wanted to get thoughts from people who work at either company. Google TC: 290k (front loaded) Snap TC: no numbers yet, likely 320-350k without competing offers Current: 180k YOE: 2 From my own research: Snap pros - bigg
- Microsoft L61 offer A datapoint. Offer is for O365 team Base: $142k Stock: $100k ($25k/year) Bonus: $35k ($20k y1, $15k y2) 10% base bonus per year (depending on performance) $12k refreshers per year (depending on performance) TC: $201k first year, $191k repeating. Location: Redmond I asked for an uplevel but they r
- Why all banking positions are VPs with low TC? I interviewed at a couple of Banks for SWE role and I got offered Senior Vice President. I felt like wow I got upleveled but when I got the offer, it seems like a scam. TC is too low. TC offered: $240k-$280k at GS and MS. Currently making: $300k as E4. I have 5 YOE (3 at FB). Why are VPs paid pean
- FB recruiter reaching out for "Senior SWE" role I joined Google at L4 about 6 months back, amd recently had a FB recruiter reach out for a senior swe position. I would assume this maps to E5, but I heard FB's policy was to only interview candidates with 5+ yoe for E5 (and also to not uplevel from G). Is it likely that I could actually get an E5
- Coworkers don’t level me up I’m on a team with nice, good design researchers and service designers (not bcbs). But I don’t feel like they really push me to be better in my craft. I feel like I’m not learning as much as I could if I had teammates with more experience in my discipline. Can anyone relate? I was spoiled in my las
- Up-leveling at Facebook from IC4 to IC5 I recently interviewed at Facebook for a analytics role and was offered an IC4 level and subsequently lesser comp than I expected. Has anyone successfully been able to get themselves upleveled in such situations? I told the recruiter I am happy to interview for another round if they want to confirm
- Don't fight PIP/dev plan: My success story: AMA Don't waste your time, energy and mentality to fight back. Even if you win, it's not worth it at any aspect. Grief for a short while (maybe a week?) to take it off your chest and then start LC. I've been there and I understand how unfair it can be at Amazon with that many terrible managers. Externa
- Coding bootcamp suggestions needed Does anyone have personal or 2nd hand experience of attending a coding bootcamp that upleveled their coding skills. Context: A relatives son is doing his BS in comp sci in a 2nd tier university and his coursework doesn't give him a lot of exposure to real world coding. He understand the basics con
- vote Can we use any whiteboard service we want for Amazon Sys Design? I have a remote interview scheduled for system design (after SDE2 uplevel). Can we use any whiteboard service we want? I use my own service that I know all the hot keys for, and I move quickly in it. Don't want to use AWWapp which is what they suggest. I would love to share my own screen, and use
- Big Tech Jobs are another kind of Squid Game I've been in FAANGs for five years now. Only a few more hops and upleveling, and I'll have enough saved to not worry about retirement. Then I can take any role I want and have fun again. But it's brutal in here sometimes, especially if you aren't a white dude (no offense, white dudes, I know life g
- how to practice and ace leadership interviews ? i do pretty well on coding and design etc during interviews, but generally get downleveled (or so i feel) on leadership // behavioral questions. yoe : 15 , 8 in faang how do you practice leadership questions ? is there a leetcode for that ? would appreciate any other tips also. #interview #leader
- People with v high TCs — what are your competitive differentiators? Asking to help this community of the cognitive elite / knowledge workers. My competitive advantages: - avoided competition and commoditization of labor - networked until I met sponsors who let me uplevel - painfully improved my weaknesses like extreme shyness - read lots of books (lots of self help
- vote Asana vs Better vs Snap New Grad Hi Blind, Currently deciding between 3 offers for new grad, all approx $180k TC except Better which is $190 Pros: Snap: returning intern, like the culture Asana: front loaded vesting Better: upleveled me to L4. This is a very curious pro for me. If anyone at Better/in the know can shed light on th
- Getting Into Faang I have been grinding. I do leetcode every single day, study system design every single day, I work with tools and frameworks to uplevel my backend engineering skills in my free time outside of work all for this one goal. I have been grinding everyday. 2 hours of leetcode, 1 hour of systems design, a
- Any Test Engineers who have gone though Interview Kickstart? What was your experience with the camp like? Did you get a offers from top companies afterwards? Did you stay in the testing domain or switch to SE? I really would like to talk to someone who has been through the program, especially someone from testing background. #interviewkickstart #sdet #testi
- vote Stay at FB or join Startup E6 with just cliffed TC at 650k. No growth potential in current team. Got an offer from a c-round startup of 660k, staff level. No bonus/refresher. All future TC growth will be valuation growth, if they ever ipo. No advanced benefits. I know I could potentially get a higher number offer somewhere
- Making a lateral move, getting doubts I’m going to another company as an SWE2 but as I’m winding down at Amazon, I’m starting to feel anxious about it. Mostly because I didn’t uplevel even though other smaller companies were giving me senior offers. But the team I’m moving to does things that allow me to use my existing background knowl
- Amazon offer for L5, interview requests 2 more rounds for L6 I got a verbal confirmation of offer for L5, and they think i did well enough to try 2 freeroll rounds for L6. Does anyone know what to expect? Will it be sys design / LP in both rounds? Also, I am going to HC for G tonight and recruiter says I am a lock. But this is for L4. Is there any chance G
- Fb, Amazon, Google, or stick with Uber Currently at Uber, looking to move out but wondering if it's worth a pay cut. Current TC is: 190k base, 800k (4 years half vested) and negligible bonuses due to politics and no manager sticking around. 4 yoe, L4 at Uber. Fb is offering: 160k/300k (4 years) and probably can negotiate a 100k sign on.
- Does Facebook never up-level new hires? Talking to a FB recruiter right now. The biggest reason why I am considering leaving Uber is the fact I was up for promo to L5 but they cancelled perf/promotions company wide for the next cycle. Other than that, I like my team and am working on some great high-impact projects. But the FB recruiter
- Offer Evaluation: Amazon L5 Program Manager I initially applied and interviewed for a Business Analyst role. During my panel last week I passed livecode and behavioral interviews. Recruiter calls today with the decision to uplevel to L5 Program Manager and 2 compensation options: Option 1: Base $110K 20 RSU Year 1 bonus $30K Year 2 bonus $22
- vote Google L5 v/s Meta E6 Meta TC: E6: 590k (avg over 4 years) Google TC: L5: waiting for offer My preference: it’s okay if wlb is slightly high like 40-50 hrs a week but may be not 55-70 hrs a week. Haven’t talked yet but I dont think google will uplevel since they’re known to downlevel for slightest of doubts. They’re
- Deliveroo offer PM. Need advice Posting on behalf of husband. Currently works at hellofresh Berlin. Yoe 11+ Tc 135k euro He recently got a pm offer from deliveroo, London. We’re not sure if the offer makes sense based on higher cost of living in London Offer details L5 PM Base 87k Sign on bonus 13k /year for first two years B
- Up-level interview at Uber? Got an offer from Uber for PM 1 role. 4.5 YoE. PM 1 is 2-4 YoE, so I felt I was down-levelled. Base offered was low as well. Negotiated with recruiter for a higher base and he suggested I do an additional interview with VP for an opportunity to uplevel. This would unlock higher pay range as well. A
- Paypal, Chennai SE 1/2 confusion! Hey folks. I currently have 2 years of experience at a product based company. I recently got an offer for SE 1(T22) at Paypal. I contacted recruiter asking for uplevelling to T23, but I am yet to receive an update from them, though I am sure they are not ready to offer me the same. Any insights on
- Indeed/leetcode interview prep? Just got a call out of the blue from Indeed to set up an interview for L2, possibly uplevel to L3. Actually stoked, as I've been working for 🥜🥜 at small fry defense places and this is the kind of TC and WLB I've been looking for, not to mention it's remote. Anyway, they use Karat still for leetco
- Bad System Design Interviewer I was doing a retry of a System Design interview to get upleveled (or keep from getting down leveled) and the interviewer was awful. The question was not even system design rather it was figure out the optimal data structure. All my questions like "how will this be used", "how many concurrent connec