Probably not.
Def possible, but on the very high end
I’m gonna go ahead and say that’s very unlikely and deeply into L4 territory
It's theoretically possible for someone who either has many YoE or some unique skillset but has been significantly downleveled
Maybe PhD and/or research scientist, or SWE in DeepMind?
Also keep in the mind that Google may inflate the first year TC through a front loaded vesting schedule (36% of RSUs vest first year). So unless you get a good chunk of refreshers every year, that TC may not hold true in future years.
It is possible but need to have strong performance and competing offers
You can look at levels.fyi. It’s just an insane number for L3. That person most likely got a screwed up level 4 interview and a good competing offer to get the number
It’s possible
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I guess it's theoretically possible but it's insane. They tried to lowball me as an L4 with 9 YOE at 240. But I got a good competing offer and brought it quite high -- to 320. But an L3 making that kind of money? Insane if true.