- Losing Hope. Need help Hi All, I am a contractor QA at Google and have been trying hard for a full time PgM job. Tried applying at many companies and at few rejected after onsite. Applied at Google as well but I feel contractors are not given the fair chance. I recently appeared for two interviews at FB but did not make
- Why is it so easy to get into Amazon? At least easier than, say, Google. Is this recent? What do you think is the reason? I am starting to feel like its no real accomplishment to get into Amazon anymore and they just hire anyone. I am not trying to be condescending or humble brag. I’ve just also read a lot of people on here say “just g
- link 3 YOE - 5 Offers - Seattle I’ll lead with this: I’m a straight white guy with a neutral-American accent and US citizenship, so I have a lot of unfair advantages in life that not everyone is lucky enough to get. Blind was a big part of what inspired me to seek out higher compensation and gave me confidence in my negotiation,
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and industry lounge. - 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
- Unimpressed by Google Interview Hear a lot about how Google is the center of the tech universe; THE mothership. I decided to interview there. But I was really shocked by the quality of the interviewers there. I enjoyed just one interview out of the 5 scheduled. I must say though that one interview was really good. People doing te
- 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
- 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
- New grad level with next level pay? E.g. hired as Google L3 but get L4 pay? Would you take it? 5 <= YOE <= 12 Current TC 🥜 Coming from no name companies I would get more than 100% raise and get a great name on resume to get interviews elsewhere later on. Of course quick promotion is not guaranteed so I'll be working on interviews
- Google TPM experience I went through 2 telephonic and 5 onsite rounds for google TPM Infrastructure. With 6 months of preparation and out of 5 onsite rounds (2 did not go well) However the system design rounds went pretty well. The feedback I got was my cognitive ability rounds did not go well but technical interviews
- 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
- When will google start hiring new grads again? New grad Tc :0
- vote To verify Google only hires 3% of candidates, let's see what percentage we have here: I guess harder to tell if interviewed multiple times and got an offer or not. Well I guess, make it "contacted or interviewed with Google and no offer"... Somebody was saying "contacted but no interview and no offer".
- Choosing between L3 Google and L5 Amazon offers. 3.5 YOE I'm currently a senior engineer with ~3.5 years of experience. I'm lucky enough to have received offers from Google and Amazon and I'm having a tough time deciding. The Amazon offer is for more money and a band that isn't the 'new grad' band. The Google offer can't match those, but it has intangibl
- 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
- Is leaving Amazon for Google before 1st anniversary bad? I’ve not yet been at Amazon for a whole year, but am thinking about leaving for Google. Do hiring managers at Google look at ppl switching companies after less than a year unfavorably?
- Hiring Freeze @ Google, Facebook? Is there currently a hiring freeze at Google, Facebook for new grad SDE(less than 3 years of exp) in London/ Singapore/ Munich / Sydney ?
- 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
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and industry lounge. - Amazon sde 2 or Google L3 Hello guys! i got offers from both Amazon and Google. heres the details: Amazon - Seattle office. Sde 2 level. TC = 240k (155k/164k/78k) there’s also a 56k signon in the 2nd year Google - Mountain view office. L3 level. Havent got the numbers yet. they kinda lowballed me with the L3 level saying
- 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
- Google interviews? Anyone else getting similar experience? Like clockwork every year, or so many months Google contacts me and wants to interview me. Sometimes for the same, and sometimes for different roles. I’m happy to oblige and I seem to do very well until the very last interview, at the very end of then interview cycle, just before they’re about to ex
- 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
- If I am a front end engineer, should I apply for Google, Facebook, Amazon? The experiences interviewing with Google, Facebook, and Amazon was that for a front end role, they still ask you about hardcore algorithm problems... such as a solution for convex hull... oh well. You know, having been a front end engineer for 10+ years, there is no way I can be fluent on convex hu
- What level can I apply as at Google, FB, Amazon, MSFT as MTS at Salesforce? Wondering if they down level MTS to new grad at companies like Google (L3) or if you can get hired as L4 and similarly for the other companies.
- Nordstrom Total Compensation Ranges (My TC: 325k) People seem to not believe me when I share my Nordstrom TC. Yes, Nordstrom does have decent pay. We have done a lot to modernize our stack (Kubernetes, Kafka, Lambdas, AWS+GCP hybrid). Being in Seattle, it's the only way Nordstrom can stay somewhat competitive in hiring talent. Here are the current
- Apple EPM vs. Google Program Manager I'm currently an L4 Program Manager at Google and a recruiter from Apple reached out to me about an Engineering Program Manager (EPM) role at Apple. I have an interview with the hiring manager next week. It would be for a Software team at Apple. I like Google as a company, but don't love my team, so
- 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
- 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
- vote google lowball Google lowballing with $340k as final leave it or take it offer. Offered L5, but they said I am borderline L6. Its in bay area. Does internal promotions from L5 to L6 get the same salary as external L6 hires? Yoe 12, L6 at Amz, TC $280k, bay area.
- vote Technical incompetence at Wayfair -- is there anything worse?? Is there anything worse than Wayfair at this scale in terms of sheer technical incompetence and poor engineering practices? Wayfair's codebase and infrastructure are stuck in a pathetic, sorry state. The PHP repo, the databases (which are all mirrors in some way), the vertical scaling -- it needs t
- From laid off to 6 offers and 2x TC Sorry this post is late, I know some people were waiting for me to write this TL;DR: Got laid off, was sad, studied hard, did a bunch of interviews, did a bunch of back-to-back onsites, got 6 offers, doubled my previous TC This is my story on how I went from someone that never leetcoded or done a
- Let's start a movement - Interview process changes Ever since the WeWork fiasco, I have had to begin interviewing again. I was appalled to see how ridiculous the process has become since even 1 year ago. It can be as bad as a series of a 30 minute recruiter call, manager screen, technical phone screen with an engineer, take home coding challenge, an
- 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
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and industry lounge. - How “refreshers” work at Amazon Last updated: 7/21/2019 TL;DR: If you sign with Amazon, expect only paltry base raises and no new stock grants until the 5th year even if you get promoted. If you don’t, your TC will actually drop to the bottom of band so that’s a cliff in its own way. What you see in the offer letter is all you’re
- 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.
- Friend just got a contract offer from Google I have a friend who just went through an interview process for a contract-to-hire position as a data analyst from Google. He's got a bunch of SQL, Tableau, dashboarding experience, but curious if there are any issues people here know or have seen with these kind of positions. He's been offered aro
- Google NYC headcount Is Google hiring L3s in NYC? Planning to interview soon and not really interested in other locations. There were reports Google was moving into two new buildings on hudson street in 2020 so hopefully that means more headcount soon.
- Google hiring freeze is it true that G has a soft hiring freeze going on till the end of the year? I have Google referrals and wondering should I bother submitting to jobs now or just wait till early next year.. Thanks.
- 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
- 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?