Say, you have mad leetcode skillz - codeforces/topcoder red, ioi/icpc finalist level etc, but not much other marketable skills or domain knowledge worth mentioning on a resume. What's the highest TC you can reach with just that and where? #leetcode
My guess would be 200tc as an entry level engineer somewhere in the Bay Area. I think if you’re willing to lie about work experience it could go higher!
These questions are so weird. Leetcode alone is usually lowest level at any company
Google's L4 loop is all leetcode today. And an easy to pass behavioral round, where you just need to be careful to not say any red flags, and maybe a little bit of luck and some work experience to draw examples from. But they don't really care about that work experience and any other skills than leetcode.
That’s true but while Google decides on final TC, they will take work experience, domain specific skills, etc into account. What I am implying is TC(Master of Leetcode + domain skills + relevant work exp) > TC(Master of Leetcode + work exp but no domain skills like AI, ML, etc) > TC(Master of Leetcode but no relevant work exp or domain skills). I think even for L5, it’s 3 Leetcode type questions, 1 System Design and 1 behavioral. If someone has domain specific background, s/he will probably get 1-2 domain specific rounds replacing white board coding and generic System Design round.
1M as private leetcode coach.
At a certain point in your career, leetcode just gets you in the door. It's not the main thing they are hiring for.
I had system design round as L4
It used to be required, but optional for L4 now. You can also have all leetcode loop + behavioral.
Does it help with TC? I’m high TC L4 first year and above average overall according to levels.fyi. According to friends. If you do pure leetcode + behavioral, they will likely add another round.
I’m sure Petr M. Has high TC but he moved past just topcoder icpc stuff
Mad leetcode skills can not be achieved without other things.
Let's assume you know all those other things that are necessary or strongly correlate with leetcode - algorithms, data structures, programming languages knowledge and fluency, etc