- Highest paying public non FAANG companies What public non faang companies pay the most in the bay area? Do any come close to 350k tc for Senior SWEs? I can think of Splunk and Roku. Exhausted my options with Snap, Slack, Twitter, Square, Stripe, AirBnb, Amazon, Facebook, Dropbox, Netflix, Twillio, and Uber (mostly from applications going to
- link Machine learning engineering and ML systems design resources master list Hi Fellow Blinders, I'm trying to make an ultimate thread of recommended ML/ML engineering resources. Contributions much appreciated. I'll add them to the OP. Looking for anything, from resources for learning machine learning theory to deep learning to the latest trends in ML engineering and system
- Decline in Software Engineering Opportunities in the U.S.A.? I am a soon to be a new grad with CS major in U.S. and feel there are a lesser amount of opportunities for new grads with B.S. available as I and most of my friends (with or without visa restrictions) are not able to get interviews with a lot of tech companies. Even after doing fairly good in tech
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and industry lounge. - Seeking a referral for Dropbox Lyft Strip So I interviewed a couple of weeks ago for Dropbox, Lyft, Stripe all of which I failed the phone screen. However, I was interviewing for a specific position not the entire company correct? Could I still interview again for a different role?
- vote Offer Evaluation for Facebook E5 Current YOE ~ 4.5 years Current Level : SDE2 Current TC: 200k Offered: 205k Base, 600k worth stocks/ 4 years, 100k joining bonus Recruiter made a one time offer over phone call saying it this offer won't be valid after 2 days Standard offer after 2 days: 190k Base, 500k worth stocks, 45k joining bo
- Cold email hiring managers if referrals arent working I am not getting any interviews at Uber, LinkedIn, Lyft, Stripe despite being referred. Should I continue to cold email hiring managers? I also failed phone interviews for Dropbox and others, but i assume these companies are team specific and not for the entire company
- Need referral for Stripe, Linkedin, Snap I've been with Amazon for 5.75 years after bachelors. 2.5 of them in AWS in one of the big services think Dynamo, S3, Lambda etc. . Currently Top Tier SDE2, expecting promo in Q1 2020 or Q2 2020. Looking to interview. Did ~300 LC questions in 2.5 months, past ICPC participant, 1400 lank in LC after
- vote FB vs Stripe I have an idea of which one I will likely choose but, given my offer circumstances, wondering which one others would pick and if I'm missing any pros/cons or things to think about. Facebook E4 TC: 270k Pros: Office, Benefits and perks, Get to choose team, getting tangible RSU money, FAANG on resum
- Snap L5 upper end comp? I have offers coming in from Cruise, AirBnb, Stripe. I am ex-Goog. I am interviewing for L5 in Snap. What type of compensation can I negotiate? What is the amortized comp including refreshers etc.? Also do mobile or backend teams vary in their comp?
- silicon valley companies I want to move to SF from Seattle, for my BF. I’m level 60 at MSFT (one level below SD2). Can I get a SD2 role if I interview for another company outside? how do the levels work? I was thinking of applying to Google, Fb, Lyft, Airbnb, Pinterest, Stripe, Square, Asana, Rohinhood, Rubrick. Are ther
- Rejected from Stripe after a phone call with Recruitment guy I passed HackerRank for Stripe's India opening. I got scheduled for a call with one of the Recruitment managers at Stripe. The questions asked on the call were very simple like why Stripe, what is my background, etc. And then I get a rejection mail saying that they synced with their team and my expe
- 400 Leetcode - Snap, Dropbox, Square, Stripe referral? I'm currently looking for referrals at Snapchat, DropBox, Square, and Stripe. I have 4 years of experience - all in Azure. I'm currently working on building distributed systems that handle billions of ingress and egress messages. I have completed 400 Leetcode and going through Grokking the System
- What to do when recruites say not a match So i am facing this a ton, where the recruiting team comes back saying profile is not a match. have got this from Dropbox Flexport Square Slack Cruise automation True Car Got in touch with recruiters through linked in and had a brief call but after 2 days they said not a match. Currently i am a S
- Choosing Between Summer Internships Hi guys, first post. I am a sophomore at Stanford studying computer science; I was originally planning on graduating early in 3 years instead of 4 (all these companies treated me as a junior) but now I am thinking of graduating with the rest of my class but with a BS and MS in CS. I am interested in
- Where to go after Facebook? As an enterprise engineer (engineer for internal business tools) I don’t get paid as much as SWEs at Facebook. I’m planning my next move. I failed a Google interview back in May so Google’s out of the question. Which companies should I target for max TC. I’ve had recruiters from Slack, Stripe and
- How do I prepare well for a Stripe interview using Java ? I'm pretty impressed by the company mission and want to really give my best shot. But I understand this won't be a leetcode focused interview but instead will focus on testing / completeness etc. My language of choice is likely Java but I'm just wondering how it can be time consuming to do certain
- Dropbox and Uber onsite experience Thought I would share my onsite experience with dropbox and uber. Currently at FB E6 with TC ~570k. FB (7 YOE) is good but wanted to give a shot outside and see how things are (also nothing wrong to keep to those interview skills sharp) Dropbox interview process is fairly straight forward. Phone sc
- How can I get invited to Stripe interview? are they only interested in payment experiences or backend? any ios, android or, desktop c++ engineers can have a chance?
- Stripe vs Airbnb Seattle I am expecting an offer from Stripe and have an offer from Airbnb Seattle. I am in Seattle and do not want to move. Anybody who worked at one of these companies, care to share your experience at these companies. I got positive vibes from both of these based on interview experience, and I liked talk
- Stripe code screening criteria Hi There, Can anyone share some info on what the interviewers are looking for in a phone interview coding exercise at Stripe. When i tried sometiems back, the interview was fairly easy as per me. The interviewer said multiple times that we want to solve the problem as quickly as possible without w
- Will these companies offer more than FB? I’m currently in the interview process for a new grad swe position. I have a new grad offer from FB for $110k salary, $160k rsu/4 years $65k sign on. I was offered interviews at: Caspar AI Asana Stripe Airbnb Rubrik Robinhood Optiver Trading Cloudflare Confluent Affinity Snap (Application Security
- Stripe Interview tips - Data position Have an onsite with Stripe soon and have very little time to prep. Having a Newborn has turned me into a walking zoombie Would appreciate if anyone can share their experience or tips. DM welcome thanks!
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and industry lounge. - Fb blacklist I interviewed for fb about 1.5 years ago and got an offer from them but decided to stay back in la. Now I interviewed again and got an offer but this time I am thinking of joining stripe instead. Do companies have blacklist policies around this? Does rejecting fb offer twice would mean that I won’t
- Stripe interview process I am a Canadian looking to potentially work remotely for Stripe if I get an offer. Can anyone please shed some light on their interview process and how I can adequately prepare for it? I have heard they do not ask leetcode questions. Thanks.
- Interview Result Timeline at Stripe Recruiter Call - Monday Technical Screen - Wednesday Onsite - Friday (3 weeks ago!) I was impressed with Stripe’s recruiting and coordinating process but I’ve heard nothing from the company since my onsite. I’ve never been ghosted like this.. especially after taking the time to do an onsite. Int
- Stripe Singapore Compensation I am thinking of interviewing at Stripe Singapore. Can anyone share some compensation figures and the breakup (base/equity/everything else etc.)? YOE: 6 TC: 60L (Indian Rupees)
- Getting discouraged I have about 5 years work experience and L63 at MS. Recently I've been interviewing in the bay area. I've spent almost 2 months now preparing for interviews (EPI book most problems chap 5-15 and recently started leetcode). I can solve many problems at home but getting rejections! I know 1 interview
- When to Start applying I'm looking to start a new role around July next year. I intend to apply for Google, Fb, Stripe, Pinterest, Lyft, Some quant companies. Can someone who has completed a round of applications please answer these questions. 1. When is the best time to apply. When do applications open up for junior ro
- Interview Timeline Tips for FANGLUAM Hey all! I'm looking to interview at these companies and probably more: Google, Facebook, Apple, Stripe, Lyft, Uber, Airbnb, LinkedIn. I haven't interviewed at these companies before and I'd really appreciate some tips around scheduling and timelines for these top companies (e.g., company X process
- Google, FB, Stripe or Slack Internship? I've been lucky to get these offers for next year and I have 2 internship terms (summer and fall) so I can accept two of these. However, I also wanna maximize return full time offers as I'm a junior in school right and will be looking for a full-time job soon. I've heard Google makes you do the conv
- Stripe interview feedback timeline I did my onsite interview last Thursday. The recruiter who helped me throughout the process said that he will have some feedback by Monday. But it has been almost a week. He is not responding to my emails. Does that mean I didn’t make it? I believe I did well during my onsite. I had a working solut
- Referrals needed. Treat guarenteed Hi, I am a Masters student at Georgia Tech. I worked at Oracle HQ for 3 years as Senior Software Developer before this. I need referrals for lyft, cruise, snap, stripe, and twitter. My repher.me link - https://repher.me/r/-LsOHBhsR3AJQLBvz5Pb Rest assured, if your referral gets traction and if I g
- vote Behavioral Interview Questions MEGA LIST For those struggling in behavioral interviews, here are some questions from the top companies: ## General - Why do you want to work for X company? - Why do you want to leave your current/last company? - What are you looking for in your next role? - Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with
- Thoughts on the next FAANG-grade companies! Trying to crowdsource opinions on which companies will become next generation of FAANG-grade companies. The way I’m looking at it, I’d put Salesforce, PayPal and other $100B+ marketcap enterprises with 2000%+ growth over the last decade into this bucket. Trying to learn about companies across the US
- Which companies to interview with I have 2.5 yoe. I have an onsite with Google at the end of the month. I want competing offers in the range of $250k to push the google offer up since google will probably lowball. I’m also interviewing with Uber. I want to add 2 more companies. Which companies can offer around $250k for my experie
- stripe upside? I’m considering interviewing at Stripe and similar size startups. I’ve heard good things about the upside and culture at Stripe? Can someone from Stripe please comment on this? yoe: 3 tc: 300
- Referral for Data Scientist / Senior Data Scientist Hi all, I currently work at an unstable AI startup (I am on an H1 which makes my situation tricky). I have 6 yoe of exp with pretty good ML skills. I am interviewing with a couple of bay area companies. Could you please refer me to any of the following companies? Airbnb, Lyft, Snap, WeWork, Salesfo
- Interview call Why is it so so difficult to get an interview call from Uber/Lyft/Stripe/Splunk/Zillow/Twitter? I have been consistently applying to these companies for the positions where my skills match against the job-positions, however, i have never received any single call. Could anyone point the reason??
- Facebook swe intern looking for full time referrals Hi all. I am interning with Facebook this summer as a swe. I have strong interviewing skills and I am looking for referrals at companies for new grad roles. Please let me know if you would be willing to refer me. Specifically, I am looking for referrals at Google, Uber, Apple, LinkedIn, Square, Pint
- Stripe SWE phone interview Have a phone screen for SWE position for Stripe, wondering if anyone who's had one recently had any tips or advice on how to prepare? Thanks in advance.
- Interview question at Stripe Had an interview at stripe, and one question that stumped me was: "If your hiring manager had mostly white males on their team and you were about to place another white male, and they were happy, would you pump the brakes on the placement for diversity's sake?" Anyone at Stripe recruiting know the
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and industry lounge. - Stripe Compensation ranges Passed eng manager 2 interview at Stripe, recruiter will likely start asking about comp expectation once team match is complete. Anyone here can give an idea on comp ranges for manager at Stripe. How much are the RSUs valued at? Current TC: 450K
- Stripe onsite interview coming up... any advise from those that have taken it recently? I hate to hype up companies but I really this one.
- Lyft L6 PM to Stripe L4? Currently interviewing. I am a L6/M1 PM at Lyft with TC ~$650k. Been at Lyft for over 2 years so initual RSUs grant value has gone high quite alot. Breakdown: $220k cash and $430k stocks at today's valuation. Will Stripe L4 PM band match or beat $650k? @Lyft @Stripe
- What are you thoughts on WePay ? I'm Interviewing with WePay for a Senior Software Engineer position. I'm impressed with their engineers background and their tech blogs. Seems like a good place to work. They got acquired by Chase and are going to move to a new location in Palo Alto. I wanted to know if you guys have any thoughts
- “practical” / non algo interview companies stripe and plaid do eng interviews without algo, which I find fun. Are there any other companies with similar interviews (preferably in the Bay)?
- stripe system design interviews I have been invited to a stripe onsite. can anybody shed some light on the system design interviews at stripe. i heard their interview process is a bit unconventional. yeo 3 Tc 240k
- Amazon offer timeline? Listed below is what's happened so far - Is this the normal pace? What more formalities can I expect? How to deal with competing offers? 1. Recruiter calls saying 'we'd like to move ahead with a formal offer' (verbatim), says can talk comp next day. He was busy, so that gets postponed indefinitely.
- Stripe interview (non tech) I was fortunate enough to be invited for an onsite interview with Stripe as a program manager. My schedule has four 30-45 min interviews, a 30 min lunch and one additional 45 min interview after lunch. I was wondering if anyone has interviewed for a Program Manager role and have insight on types of
- How to get 300k+ offer with two yoe and PhD Hey all, Which companies will give such an offer to for a sw engineering role with 2 yoe? I have on-sites with FAAG + Airbnb + Twitter + lyft + Uber + Pinterest + Stripe. All the on-site interviews are within two weeks of each other so I expect to get the offers around the same time. I am