Hi there. I am currently at Amazon Lab126 (didn't update my Blind account yet). Interview scheduled with Apple SEG group. The reqruiter is not disclosing the names of the interviewers/not cool. Anyway, I am so happy where I am at Amazon Lab126 but am not sure if my pay is at par with Apple. So I will give it a shot for this interview. I have 14 years of experience post PhD. What pay should I ask for from Apple? Ask for ICT5 level? If I get the offer from Apple, how to negotiate with Lab126 to increase my pay and stay? Is Apple SEG a good team?#hardware #interview #negotiateoffer #stay TC 425k/Bay Area.
You can certainly ask for whatever you want but generally Apple doesn't negotiate ICT* levels. You can of course force this by stating a base and RSU expectation that is well out of the ICT4 band. There might be some variance among orgs but they generally don't like to do external ICT5 hires even though it does happen.
Someone with 14 YoE after PhD. coming from Intel and Amazon is an exception and not the norm. In my experience for people like that Apple will try to offer ICT5 but any small deviation from what they want you to say or do in the interview will drop you back to senior.
It is on need basis ...
'Happy' and 'Lab126' in the same sentence 🤔
Yes! And I mean it! Good culture! Good manager! Very supportive team mates and Principal Engineers!
All that is okay but this year I got a 0.9% raise and no refreshers at Lab126. Hard to beat that 😂
TC breakdown and how much of it stock appreciation.
AAPL appreciated as well.
Agree. Looking for data points on Amazon HW salaries. Would great if you can share.
Are you doing hardware or software?
I wasn’t disclosed the names of my interviewers at Apple until day of
What are you working on, OP? No harm going ahead with the interview though!
Apple interviews are brutal! Maybe I should withdraw thanks to my good TC and appreciation within my organization.
“The reqruiter is not disclosing the names of the interviewers/not cool” And why on hearth would that be not cool, what would you do with that information upfront?
Standard practice across companies
No it isn’t.
Negotiations only happens when you have another offer with better numbers
How do they know if you have another offer ? And if you show your another offer then Apple offer can also be shared to others. And how about beating current TC ?
I am talking about internal negotiation. But i guess that doesn't go well with an offer from a competitor. 😱
ICT5 is getting more common and like others mentioned your pay expectations should already put you out of ict4 grade. Goodluck
Op has great current tc...
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Tough to beat that comp IMO.
What do you think OP can get offered at Apple ?