To determine eligibility for L7, what are interviewers looking for? Have an offer at L6 at the top of the band, slightly less than $500k and to increase they asked for a follow up interview to see if I could be L7. Thoughts?
Is infra engineer comp the same as swe? Because, $500k is more like 75 percentile for L6 SWEs: https://us.teamblind.com/s/jYcrij5X
Not maxing out is also good because if you do you won't get raises.
the theory is that it's hard to get to L7 due to the promo process so I'll be stuck at L6 for at least a few years
OP, what happened? Did you apply for L7?
yes, plz update
Google was too slow with negotiation. Went to elsewhere instead.
What role? SETI or SWE and IC or Mgr?
SWE, IC
Then your offer is not top of the band, unless you mean top 25%