What are the chances? Should I keep my expectation low or high?
May down level to E4
What happened, friendo?
It was going fine, until he asked do I have tech lead responsibilities in my current role to which I replied I just mentor other people but it's my manager that is actually the lead. And that I do design stuff. Followed by me saying areas of improvement as leadership abilities. Before this point, it was going fine. After this, the gears shifted and it seemed I showed lack of leadership ability and that I can't handle E5 responsibilities.
Doesn’t even sound that bad. Take a deep breath
Not all E5s need to be TLs
yoe?
5.5
FB offers E4 with that yoe anyway