At what position do new Masters grad join in Microsoft and amazon ? L61/L5 or L59/L4
0 full time experience is 59 I’d say
L59 or L60. Even PhD is not guaranteed to get L60. Source: know two PhDs who joined at the same time and one got 59 and other 60.
For Ms in CS with 1 or 2 yoe from a company before Masters degree
I would expect 61 at Microsoft for that. Assuming you do well in your interviews.
Probably 60, maybe 61
L4 - SDE-1
Definitely not 61. Most likely 60. I have seen pre masters sde 2s from other companies being down leveled to 60. There was a recent post on blind where an Amazon sde2 was given level 60 offer since the sde2 experience was pre masters.
Masters would be l59 or l60. PhD can get 61 or if they are hired as a researcher, that starts at l63.
Why there is no L60?