Hi, I've got offer from facebook which seems to me very low for Menlo Park. 150 base, 10% bonus, 100K RSU over 4 years. I believe it's very low in RSU size. I managed to get base increased to 160 but offered RSU is still the same. Trying to get interview at google and apple but the process is very ...Read more
Ic4 - hardware system engineer, meta Location-Menlo park, California Base 158k Stock 180k Signon 20k
I might be looking to get an opportunity to work as senior system engineer at Facebook. Which office location would you recommend for future career growth? Menlo Park or Seattle? How’s the TC range? Thanks in advance. Current L5 SDE Amazonian, have a family and established real estate in Seattle al...Read more
I got a couple offers: - FB: E5, 190k base, 15% bonus, 600k RSU/4years, 75k signon, in Menlo Park. - Citadel securities: 250k base, 200k target bonus, 100k signon, in Chicago. On one hand, I am intrigued by Chicago because I am fed up with living in this shit hole of the Bay Area where renting a ...Read more
I've an upcomming onsite interview at FB, Menlo Park for SWE role. One of the interviews specified by my recruiter was "Product Design/Architecture" round. Is this the classic System design round? What to expect in this round and how to prepare for it? Please advice. YoE - 3 T.C - 150K
I have an offer to join FB, hw systems engineer, IC6 role Can I request the legal team to start perm process soon I join? What is the normal process to start Perm at Fb TC: 380K YOE: 15 Location: Menlo Park, CA#facebook
Hello, I got two offers. One at NVIDIA at the data center as a system characterization engineer, hybrid role from Austin, TX paying 140K. Other offer from Schlumberger and it is a HPC engineer role at Menlo Park, CA with 150K. I honestly like both the roles and responsibilities but have a hard time ...Read more
Just got an E5 offer for a HW position at FRL. It seems low to me. Curious to what the Blind community thinks. level: E5 Location: Menlo Park Base: 185k RSU: 240k/ 4 years Sign-on: 0 TC: 245k Currently: ICT4@Apple TC: 350k after stock appreciation, 240k original Am I ju...Read more
Got the following offers: Adobe: (L4, SF) 340k Facebook (E5, Menlo Park): 430k I'm thinking Adobe would be less stressful but Facebook would have more opportunity in the long run. Edit: current TC: ~400k with stock appreciation (but I'm leaving Amazon no matter what) yoe: 3.5 with advanced degre...Read more
Hi All, I'm awaiting an offer from Facebook for a "Level 4" Systems engineer position at Menlo Park. Does anyone know what the range is for this position or level? I've also read at many places "E4", is that the same thing as L4? For someone joining on as L4 or E4, what is TC usually? Base Salary ...Read more
The recruiter just told me they have filled all of their positions at Menlo Park and asked if I'm interested in Seattle. I applied for Research Scientist, Systems and Infrastructure role. Is this a hiring freeze or just filled for the academic year? It's kind of surprising they have filled their mai...Read more
Hello everyone, I just finished my first week of bootcamp currently working on ramp up tasks and taking up trainings etc. (E4 SWE) Wanted suggestions on teams that I can consider/join. I come from Java/python background with no C++/php experience. Interviewed for systems stream so mainly looking f...Read more
2 coding first went alright and I blew second one def could’ve performed better. 1 behavior was meh hard to self evaluate the interviewer was definitely a nice person so that made it really easy for me to communicate, but still can’t self evaluate. last 2 system design were so-so was my first time...Read more
I am about to get an offer for Meta IC4 Hardware systems engineer, Menlo Park, CA. So basically i went through the interview process and today recruiter called me to tell me that i will get an offer for IC4, however he said my interview review had some red flags and he asked me all the comp numbers...Read more
TCs are still going through negotiations. But it looks like this atm TC: Snap >; FB >;= Uber Uber is offering UberX distributed systems team. Will be re-writing 2 tier 0-1 services. I'll get hands on work on distributed systems! Office will be in SF in financial district. Eventually will move
Hi all, I've got offers from a tier-two HFT (think DRW, Optiver, IMC) and Facebook in Chicago and Menlo Park respectively. I've signed the HFT offer, but the Facebook offer came in and I'm torn. I'm interested in low latency / systems development, so whether I enjoy FB would be contingent on workin...Read more
Just finished Meta virtual onsite for E4 in Menlo Park today. Did 4 rounds and below are the details. 1. Behav: usual stuff, the questions only lasted 30 minutes. but we had a really good conversation till reaches 45-minute mark. (self-evaluation: hire) 2. System Design: imho the question (system)...Read more
The following is copied from the email I got from a recruiter. My client, a top FAANG company, is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team. (Please note we are looking for someone who can work directly on our W2). If interested, please send over a copy of your updated resume. JOB TITLE:...Read more
Had fb onsite today at Menlo Park. Six interviews. Aced four. Didn't do perfectly in two of them. One coding one, interviewer asked me a bunch of trie questions which I all solved. But he finally followed it up with how to compress a trie to save storage when there was only 10min left so I walked t...Read more
I got an Instacart (Canada) offer, TC 420k (CAD) as SWE (L6). Earlier this week I went onsite with Facebook, and today the recruiter told me that FB is going to offer me Production Engineer (IC5) for the Menlo Park office (will get a concrete number tomorrow). It was a bittersweet moment because I...Read more