Amazon downlevel

Mar 26, 2020 6 Comments

Heard from the recruiter that I passed onsite but they are offering SDE I. My current level (not with WD anymore) is somewhere in between SDE II - SDE III according to Levels fyi. I know it's not equivalent and things are different between companies but I feel SDE I is for new BS grads etc. I have PhD and almost 3 YOE in the industry doing ML etc. In the interview there were 4 rounds and half of them was LP. I got like 2 coding questions (about 30 mins each) overall and 1 system design (around 30 mins).

Recruiter told me he can try to reach out to other recruiters for L5 Applied/research Scientist positions.

Would they allow me to give additional interviews or start from scratch?

Current TC:220k
Location: Bay Area

We didn't even talk about the offer from Amazon when he told me it's SDE I. I told him the level is something I can't accept and they would not meet my expectations with SDE I band.

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    akdlfi

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    akdlfi
    Amazon levels you mostly on your interview performance. Their YOE in their reqs are just "guidelines" and its a sliding scale. Sounds like you didnt meet the bar to be leveled at L5 based on your interview performance.
    Mar 26, 2020 0
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    fRss31

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    fRss31
    What’s your official title? In my experience they don’t care about your educational qualifications and place you based on industry experience alone . Maybe you didn’t do great on System Design and that’s why they down leveled you. If they are offering 220k that’s SDE2 band anyway
    Mar 26, 2020 4