Hi everyone, first time posting on Blind, appreciate all the help :) I know the rules, TC or GTFO so here go the numbers (only FB though, haven't got offer from Google) Office: London TC: 150k (Edited for the sake of anonymity) Now comes the situation. I have received the FB verbal offer over the phone 2 weeks ago, my Google onsite was 1 week ago (so after receiving FB verbal offer) I have also received positive feedback from Google recruiter. She also said she would put my profile in urgent track and run HC and team matching in parallel, because I let her know that I had already got FB verbal offer. Yet, I haven't heard anything else from her except the positive feedbacks. Personally, I think I did Google onsite much better than FB so I expect somewhat level 5 for Google, hence want to wait for the result. I'm not even sure if level 5 is possible because they know that I have only got level 4 for FB. However, it has been 2 weeks since I got the verbal offer from FB and the FB recruiter said something along the line that they normally wouldn't wait that long for an answer, especially since it's end of the year. I really want to get out of the situation I am in now, so either offer would be okay for me. I really really want either of them and don't want to risk FB recruiter retracting the verbal offer. I'm really not sure what's best to do, any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Congrats on your offer! If you like FB, I would considering taking it now. I would ask / tell the G recruiter you need an offer or not by a certain day and stick to it. Keep in mind TM can take months so there is no guarantees from google for potentially a few more months.
You're right. What I am doing now is just delaying FB as long as possible. Also, I saw some open position in Google career page for my expertise in London office, so I'm hoping for slim chance that I'll get that team.
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Did you negotiate fb offer ?
Tried a bit on phone but the recruiter said unless I have competing offer.
Did you tell them your expected offer ? What was your current ctc ?
I think you have no option other than accepting fb offer and if google comes up with better offer you can reject fb later on.
Would FB ban me though :-?
Not sure. FB guys can better answer this.
I know in the US google offers are valid for a year, so you could start at fb, and start your switch to google about 6 months later. No bridges burnt.
Sounds like a good plan. I'll confirm with the recruiter if it's the case.
Yes but you might have to go through team match again (depending on your role). So although the offer is valid for a year, there has to be a team with a PID that is willing to take you.
Google usually takes a looooot of time in closing a tram match. So dont 3xpect an offer from google anytime soon. I would take FB and move to Google after few months if the HC committee decision is still valid
Sounds like a good strategy. I may just go with that.
What was your interview preparation like?
Pretty much just leetcode, I didn't really have a plan. But I spent a good amount of time without social life just to prepare
How many days did you prepare and how many hours? Do you have a breakdown of questions solved based on difficulty or without? I have G onsite in a month and trying to see what would be good preparation limit..
Hey OP, mind sharing your prep strategy?
I didn't really have one, I just kept trying with different companies and learn from past interviews.
Google can be fast or slow on team match (I did mine in 2d). However, most teams won’t get headcount till January, so they won’t be team matching until they have that. How long do you think you can stall FB? I also wouldn’t be surprised if G makes L4 offer as well. 🤷♀️
FB recruiter told me that I could hold it for a few weeks when she gave me the verbal offer. However when I told her via email that I got positive feedback from Google onsite, she was kind of pushing me to accept her offer. And yes, I also think Google will only give me L4 because they already know what FB gave me. Guess I'm just gonna accept FB offer for now.
Google knows your fb offer because you told them ? Did google ask you for Facebook written offer ?
You can also do the reverse, because FB offer is also valid for a year
Can't the FB recruiter just retract the offer?
Not a recruiter, but I don’t see a benefit in retracting an offer you could potentially accept, if not now then in a year.
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Burning the bridges way: Accept FB offer and if Google offers L5, explain it to FB and move on. It might hurt you in the future tho. Given that the tech scene in UK isn't vibrant as US Please don't take it seriously I just stated an option
Do companies really ban ?
I did think about it, really don't want to burn the bridge though, if it turns out I don't like working at Google then next one I want to move to is FB