Been at OCI for 1 year. 2.5 YOE (not including internships) Just completed on-sites with both this week. Amazon - got back to me immediately, even though I interviewed as sde2, they're willing to offer sde1. The team in question doesn't have any sde1 positions but they're willing to write an exception to VP as they believe they can get me to the next level quickly. They mentioned that they will factor in experience to raise numbers up. Google - Interviewed with GCP and still awaiting decision. We'll see on that Current TC (including first year bonus) is 195K. Any advice would be great. #tech #interviewing #amazon #google
I think 195 is probably near the top of SDE1 band, even in bay area
Update on this, this is a good point. Amazon recruiter switched and new one reached out saying that the exemption letter to VP failed and they only told me I have an offer because they had such high confidence. Now they are looking at other teams that want an sde1. I feel so disrespected, especially given that I'm a former Amazon intern and they quoted it as policy on that team where they don't allow sde 1's. Apparently the manager wrote a beautiful email about me to the VP, who rejected it. I can't read the letter and I can't know more about this policy. Feeling very disheartened but will update when I find out more.
Op, whats your current tc breakdown? And are you ic2?
140 base, 10k bonus, 45k stock yearly (conservatively). I am ic2
Location op ?
L4 is lowball tbh. Wouldn’t move for that, it’s equivalent is ic1, 0YOE ic2
Based on all info from levels.fyi it seems that SDE2 is equivalent to ic3
Had a friend come in as ic2 after just being promoted to L5. He has one yoe, I got a L4 offer with 0YOE in sf, you’re gonna be stuck with new grads
Get ready for your Google process to go down like this...https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJnFR5hT/
Advice on what? You have one job offer and might get a 2nd. Whats the question?
Sorry, all I meant was if someone could point out what potential salary Amazon would give for this unique situation and insight into the situation and whether they would be able to beat that TC
Just wait a few days, there is no decision to make until you hear Amazon’s offer.