Hey Blind members. Recently got offer from Google (L4) and Facebook (E5). Both the companies are offering almost same TC. Google is the vault team at Sunnyvale and Facebook is the notification team at Menlo park. I am very confused at this moment about which company to join and would like to get views from the community. Any candid feedback would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Can you share the offers?
I am going to be frank. You will progress slowly in Google. (Not sure about the vault team you can check your coworkers promotion rate). Go to FB. There is no wrong decision here.
Wait you just said joining Google is the wrong decision and contradicted it by saying there is no wrong decision?
That’s not how I read it. OP has 2 great options and will be fine either way however they should know that progress at Google may be slow - however WLB at google may trump slow progress, etc.
How much Leetcode is enough for FAANG ? how much did you do?
I could only practice top Facebook 50 questions and Google top 50 questions. Could not find more time to practice.
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻
If you value work life balance, go to Google. If you value moving up the ladder, go to FB.
This is probably the best answer, no wrong decisions here
Don’t you go through bootcamp at Facebook? Why are you assigned a team already?
My interview feedback was mixed and needed at least one hiring manager to recommend me to the hiring committee that he/she will hire me.
So they’re both for software eng? Why are you not going through boot camp at Fb? Better if you can choose your own team at e5 bc you’re expected to drive impact right away. If you feel ready to do that fb is def a better choice to progress faster at fb. But I’ve seen situations where e5’s at fb don’t understand their expectations and fail.
My interview feedback was mixed and needed at least one hiring manager to recommend me to the hiring committee that he/she will hire me. So I got the team matching even before getting the offer. Can you please elaborate the what it means to "drive the impact" with an example and what is the expectations from a E5 engineer. Thank you!
Is pre allocation is a good thing? I am in a similar situation (got an offer with presllocation)...
Yoe?
You are in a great position, congratulations! FB is higher level. Because of that refreshers will be much higher (120k for meets, but can be much higher for good reviews) so comp from FB will be much higher after only a year. Also L4 to L5 at google is not an easy promotion. Will take years. Promotion to E6 at fb is often faster. However google L4 will be much easier work, shorter hours, and less stress.
Also, it's worth mentioning that Google considers L4 a 'terminal' level now so there is less pressure to promote. If you want to move up the ladder, you will likely find Google incredibly frustrating. Many people here find perf and promo to be an arcane and uniquely frustrating experience.
E5 is terminal
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What were the interview rounds like? Which data structure and algorithms were questions based on? How did you prep?
For Google all 4 coding round + 1 behavioral , at FB 3 coding + 1 system design + 1 behavioral. Practiced using Elements of Programming interview and Educative and some LeetCode.
L4 without design? Strange.