- Facebook vs Google dilemma Hi everyone, first time posting on Blind, appreciate all the help :) I know the rules, TC or GTFO so here go the numbers (only FB though, haven't got offer from Google) Office: London TC: 150k (Edited for the sake of anonymity) Now comes the situation. I have received the FB verbal offer over th
- Interview Cycle: Facebook M1, Google L7, Microsoft L68, and Local Public Company Hello all. I recently interviewed for positions at a local public company, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and promised in another thread to recount the experiences, since there’s not a lot of Blind info for the experienced/higher level folks. So I don’t have to GTFO, TC is currently $396k (was $5
- Google on-site I recently did an on-site at Google and here's my experience. Interview 1: Easy question, I talked about the solution and then we collaborated for another solution. Discussed the time complexity of both and coded both. Had follow up on it, interviewee gave some hints and just discussed it. She did
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and industry lounge. - Google reject after HC So a couple of weeks ago recruiter told me that onsite interview feedback was good for an L4 and he was going to move forward to HC. However, today the recruiter called and said HC didn't feel like moving forward because I required too "many hints during interviews". It certainly wasn't true. I did
- Is being sent to HC at Google any good? Did an on-site with 4 OK rounds and 1 round where I needed some hints and was not able to finish the code. I had the working solution explained though. Recruiter said he is gathering feedback to send to the HC next week. Is that a good sign or neutral? Looks like HC is rejecting a lot of packets t
- Google L4 Offer I received an L4 offer at Google Cloud Sunnyvale location. Base $150k Target Bonus 15% Stocks: 190k over 4 years No sign on Bonus TC = $220k Background: Phd in CS from Top 15 University in U.S with focus on Machine Learning. 7 years experience Current TC: $250k I've done 500+ Leetcode questions
- Tired of interviewing I want to move out of Fb, but I am not getting any good opportunities outside. Rejected: Nuro, small startup Awaiting: Airbnb(All rounds done) and Google(awaiting hiring committee) Companies not interested in my profile: Netflix, Cruise, Pinterest, Lyft, TripAction I am not interested in: Amazon, Ap
- Google downlevel - need help with decision making Im a L6 TPM in my current company. I interviewed with Google for L5/L6 TPM position. I cleared the HC for L4 TPM. Not happy with the outcome. Im making around 300k now. Does it make sense for me to proceed with the Google offer? will they match my current comp? @google Yoe - 15 yrs
- Google Comp from Recruiter Passed HC at Google and sent them over another offer to beat it. They sent me back a much worse offer, and even sent me a chart where G’s offer looked better cause they misunderstood the offer. Is this normal? I pushed back on my recruiter (like whytf would I take this offer when it’s obviously lo
- Google asking proof of competing offer Hi Blind I have cleared HC for L4 at Google. All through the process I made my recruiter aware of my competing offers. I got offers in the range of 250 - 300 TC but all are verbal offers and no actual offer letter yet as I did not accept. Now google recruiter is asking me for proof of other competi
- LinkedIn generalist PM hiring process is broken. Interviewed at LinkedIn. Got a thumbs up from the generalist Product hiring committee and got matched to a team. Chatted with the hiring manager and furnished references. Reference checks were decent/good. But now, he wants to wait on me and evaluate more candidates! He essentially overruled the hir
- Amazon Offer - Paycut Interviewed for L5 but got L4. Recruiter told I will be on L5 path as soon as I join (this is BS ik) Recruiter asked competing offers and current comp and straight up told me we cannot beat any of your offer or current comp. Recruiter was rude once I shared my current comp numbers and was like you
- Google offer I interviewed at google in march and passed hiring committee. They said to me that they don't have any position now so will give you chance in next recruitment cycle. I had other offer at that time and i accepted one. Now, Google has offered me University grad position. But they are giving me lower
- Should I go to HC at Google without a team match? Passed my onsites at Google. Recruiter is working on team matching - so far, no match. Recruiter suggested to submit the packet to the Hiring Committee. Would it not reduce my negotiating power with HC, if there is no team waiting to take me? I am working on getting a competing offer, but don't have
- Google SVP rejected I interviewed with google 2 months ago for Software Engineer role for Mountain View location. 1 week after interview I got email that they are moving to team matching. I told them I am about to receive another offer so my recruiter also submitted my packet to HC. I cleared HC within a week. I didn't
- Google TPM team matching delay Got through TPM interview at Google and the next step is to start team matching before HC, offer etc. The recruiter says the openings during Oct to Dec are not that many. Any input, personal experience on how long this can drag?
- Google Final Round Rejection Hello, I interviewed with Google last week over Hangouts for MBA Finance role. After the interviews, I was told that they wont move the packet to Hiring Committee. I am surprised because interviews went well. But how can I try 6 months or a year later? Is there an easy way to get resume shortliste
- Help: Google L4 vs Netflix offers Netflix: $380k base Google: $165k base + $110k rsu/year + bonus (15%?) and $50k sign-on current: ICT3 ~$215k tc Full stack SWE, 5 YOE the google numbers arent final, the recruiter said that was auth’d by the hiring committee and shes asking for more. The netflix pay is incredible and the team is
- Reviving Google offer If I were to activate my Google offer (L5 SWE) within the 1 year timeframe I understand that I wouldn’t have to interview again but would have to do team match. I have two questions that hopefully the good people at Google could help answer: 1. What about HC? Would my previous interview feedback h
- Google interview Gave interview for L4, went up to HC and got rejected. HR gave the key positive and negative feedback and asked to apply after 1 year. Question is, is that a strict 1 year cooling period if HR said so? Will Google consider me for another interview after like 4 or 6 months?
- Google recruiter won’t reveal hiring level I’ve been interviewing with Google and just passed the hiring committee. However, the recruiter says they’re not allowed to say whay level I was approved for by the committee. Is this a new policy? I’ve never heard if this before.
- Google hiring committee Interviewed at Google recently. Recruiter called and said feedback is 4+ and 3- (leaning no hire). One leaning no hire interviewer mentioned few positives in feedback even if he gave leaning no hire. There is NO strong NO hire. She said she will still push my packet to HC as overall is positive. Has
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and industry lounge. - GCP Customer Engineer - Bonus Attainment Any current CEs out there able to speak to hitting bonus numbers? I am in negotiation right now and when I spoke to my recruiter Friday (first time talking about comp) she sounded a bit surprised by my TC target expectations. I based it on the fact that I don't see the 42.85% bonus as guaranteed m
- How long for team matching @Google Recently got approved by HC at Google. How long does team matching typically take this time of year?
- Google L3 vs Amazon L5 First of all, thank you all for creating such an awesome community! From the last few weeks, I have been spending more time on Blind than on any other social sites :) About me: I am currently pursuing MS CS in one of the top US universities and will be graduating soon. This summer I interned at Goo
- Negotiating Google vs Facebook I interned with Facebook and recieved a return offer (118 base, 10% bonus, 160 stock, 65 sign on). I just passed HC with Google (am in PA match) and wanted to know how much I can expect to negotiate Google to. TC: 0
- Google offer clarification Yoe: 9 (6 relevant) Nvidia competing offer: tc 290k Google is offering L4 (after hc). L4 seems low for my experience, is it worth considering google for the brand name? Don’t have the final numbers yet, team match is in progress. What tc can you expect for mid to higher end of L4? How hard would
- Google Team Match Passed HC for a Google SWE L4 role. Now I'm working with my recruiter to find HMs to chat with. I have a couple questions: 1. Do Google recruiters only focus on matching candidates with teams under the orgs that they recruit for, or do can they branch out to any org under the Google umbrella? 2. W
- Will google match my Yelp offer ? I have a decent offer from yelp at IC3. Does google consider yelp’s offer as a competing offer ? passed HC with google at L3 TC: 170k (4 yoe)
- Exec Reject from Google,do i have any options?? posting on behalf of my friend- 4.5 years of Networking OS dev/ google internal referred — i recently went though google onsite for L4 but was rejected in exec review. do i have any options ? onsite done -> HC cleared -> multiple teams matched -> compensation nearly finalized but then was informed
- Google L6 TPM comp expectations Hello everyone, I'm currently at Facebook Level 5 TPM. I'm going to get a L6 TPM role at Google (on-sites done and team match done) it is with the hiring committee now. what is the range one can expect with the following break down: Sign-on Bonus: Base: Yearly performance Bonus: RSU's: Help appreci
- Gaming the Google HC I've never interviewed at Google, but was wondering how does the HC know that it's me they are interviewing? If the team I match with doesn't meet me before HC, what's stopping me from having a friend do my onsite for me?
- How long is team match process at Google for L4? Any strategies to share? Today I found out that I passed HC for L4 and I move on to team match with Google. I am honestly open to a lot of teams working on full stack products ideally related to ML and in DC NY or SF areas. How long does this process take? I have a competing offer from Citadel and I want Google to try to be
- Google L6 salary decrease? I've passed the hiring committee for a L6 engineering manager at Google and I am being asked for compensation expectations. My current comp is a little high for a L6: $320k base / $200k cash bonus / $130k rsu per year (4year vest). Total comp $650k I think my current level probably would be a L7 at
- [OFFICIAL] Hiring Freeze Add the companies (level + locarion) that have hiring freeze: Google (US + EMEA) L3/L4 Facebook (EMEA) E3/E4 i just passed HC and there isnt any position available. Recruiter asked to wait till 2020. Please add more companies to the list.
- Can’t find a team in Google Team Match Passed Google HC for SWE a long time ago and have talked to many teams now but am failing to find any that interest me enough to make the switch. Any suggestions on teams with interesting technical work and cool projects that make an impact? Also open to suggestions on how to navigate team match to
- Google teach match phase- 3 rejects so far... Hi Anyone experienced with Google Team Match process recently? I have been HC approved for L4 for a TPM role in Mid Nov. After approval, recruiter started teach match. So far 3 teams showed interest and I tried to sell myself, but each team match felt like a mini phone round interview and they rej
- Google HC Approved @L4 - No Team Match Onsite - July 2019 (for L5) HC Approved - September 2019 (downgraded to L4) YoE - 8 Area - SW Eng - Computer Vision Talked to a few teams but the teams decided to go with someone else. Now recruiter is saying that she will formally close my case. What should I do? Even if the case is closed, I can
- The Google Headcount Debacle (Eng Res) Hi All, I wanted to know if anyone had info on when headcount may possibly increase? Would interviewing this late be 100% negative or is there a chance that some headcount may be released in Q1 allowing for some candidates to pass through (Or as I would think, does Google already account for this i
- vote Finally hard work pays off after lots of interview Hi Blinders, After applying to almost a hundred companies (Austin/Bay Area), here are my results from last November till today. I know this is nothing compared to Blinders, but still wanted to share and let every one know that don't give up!! 14 Phone Screen -> 8 Technical Phone Screen -> 4 Onsites
- vote Google hiring committee does every application go to Google hiring committee after the onsite or only the ones that are good enough? and what is the exact criteria- less than one low feedback, max two medium feedbacks?? Edit : Que : does every application go to HC?
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and industry lounge. - Google on-site mixed feedback. What are the chances to clear HC? Had 5 rounds interview loop with Google. 2 of them were very decent. The other 3 were not bad. Basically wrote an optimal code in all 5 interviews (that is why I'm hoping to get through). Took a little more time to arrive at a good solution in the other 3 interviews (that is why I'm nervous). Spoke
- Facebook M1 now or wait/hope for Google L7? Hello all, long time listener, first time caller. Current TC $430k, YOE: 20+, including 13 as a manager of ICs and 5 as a manager of managers. Located on the East Coast. I'm moving on from my current gig and had the following interview rounds for management roles: VP Eng for local public company
- Should I join Google L3 I cleared HC for L3. Currently at microsoft as L62 (expecting L63 in 6 months). Google recruiter told me level cannot be changed. Is it worth joining Google at entry level? yoe - 4 years, tc- 175k
- Google NYC - no team match since March :(((( Hey there, So I interviewed in March at Google NYC and heard that there are NO head count at that time. l so I gave Bay area as other option. Its been 3+ months now and its June. I am still hoping for headcount to be up at least at MTV OR NYC. Have been asked to wait more. Any clue if this is go
- Google on-site response time? I just did my Google on-site on Friday, I know it was the weekend/holidays coming up now but how long does it usually take to hear back? Will the recruiter reach out to me once he gets interviewer feedback or am I waiting all the way until HC makes a decision if it goes there? I know it's not even
- vote # failed Google onsite attempts before getting an offer? I see contradicting comments here on blind with one school of thought suggesting people should interview every 6/12/18 months and the other believing in a hard cap on # of Google onsites/or in HC not likely approving a candidate who has interviewed too many times. How many times did you attempt an
- Still no feedback from Hiring Committee (Google/YouTube) So my packet was sent to HC yesterday (Tuesday). Day before that, recruiter told me we will discuss the outcome on the day of HC meeting. I didn't hear anything until 4pm yesterday so I emailed my recruiter and she said she should have feedback for me shortly. Still nothing. I thought recruiters kn
- Google Team Matching Why is google doing team matching before HC given team matching isn't really evaluative? Seems like a waste of time. The old approach was better.
- Amazon L5 vs Google L3 [Bangalore, India] I work as an SDE 2 in Amazon India, happy with my role here. I had plans to relocate to Seattle in next few months...That was before I got the Google hiring committee approval. Now I am really confused :) !! I'd like to get an opinion on the Google offer since it's L3. Is it really worth taking a d