Currently working as IC4 @ Oracle from 2 yrs. Attended Google interview for L4 and now its with HC. Out of 5 rounds 3 were good and 2 coding ones were borderline. Should I ask recruiter to schedule additional interviews to try for L5? L4 seems like a downlevel to me considering 10yoe although levels.fyi shows some overlap between IC4@Oracle and L4@Google. Is there any chance I can get to L5 @ Google ? What are the chances of HC accepting for L4 ? YOE: 10 Current TC: 160k Have another competing offer from non-FANG for 300k (all cash).
Feel free to ask for additional interviews and see what the recruiter says. G loves to downlevel people. I would say just take the offer and go with it unless you get L5 in G.
You mean take the L4 offer ? How will switching from ic4 to L4 affect my future career ? Will that be looked upon negatively ?
I meant don’t accept the G L4 offer. Take the 300k non-G offer instead. If you get G L5 offer, then take the G L5 offer.
How did you prepare? LC?
Coding from LC, system design and behavioral from CTCI
What you see in levels.FYI is true. Clearing L5 is not easy however you can always ask for additional rounds . nothing hurt to give a try. Jut still L4 is good at Google
Dude why are you even considering Google for a junior eng position? Fuck that noise. Leverage that 10 YOE to blow googles L4 comp out of the water
Hoping having Google brand on my resume will add leverage in longer run plus I get to work with smart and talented engineers .
“Google Brand” Your working with people who are only good at clearing hiring bars. Working on CRUD apps at FAANG doesn’t make you smart or talented. This is why startup peeps get more love at my current company. They know how to build shit
Are you in OCI ?
I got an interview for L5 before I joined OCI. I didn’t take the offer with G because they said they would downlevel. You can check with the recruiter, that’s what I did and I got the interview for L5.
Will do, thanks !
Did you get the L5 offer ?
All cash? Which company is tht?
Curious about this too.