Wondering if Lyft would interview me for a T5 (or Snap for L4) position provided I have 5 yoe. As per Levels.fyi, this is uplevelling. Also, do recruiters ask your current level? Googlers who got uplevelled from L4 on switching jobs, please share your story. TC: 285
easily. We had a 2 YoE guy in our team join Lyft as a T5 this month
Current TC? Yes it’s definitely possible, but I believe you’ve to do well in the interviews.
The bar is high and getting tougher because of lesser HC for this year
If you completely aced the interview it's possible, but not very likely
Is it because of my current level or yoe?
Both. YoE counts, but also the fact that L5s at Google get a different job title ("Senior Software Engineer"), so unless you straight up lie on your resume your level will be known, and you'll only be upleveled if Snap considers you exceptional.
I recently went for on-site at Lyft. I think I did well on 2 system design rounds and 1 experience interview but screwed up laptop coding test. I came up with correct data structures but the code had a bug. I was too focused on making the code work from standard input but didn’t get time to test all the test cases. What are my chances here ? I feel terrible :(
Most ex-google folks have been hired atleast one level up .. and very easily. Many data points at Lyft
Same
With 5 YOE, you have to interview for L5, otherwise no point to move.
How long have you been an L4 at Google ?
Maybe a junior T5? That's doable
Is there anything called junior in a level ? When you start in a level you start from 0 regardless. You need to perform (either you are junior or senior for that level )same to reach to next level. This is just recruiter’s bluff to make one happy