Does it make sense to interview at L6 rather than L7 and go for promotion in a year? Or start at L7 from the beginning. Given that TC difference can be more than 200k.
Never join at the lower level and expect to be promoted in a year. Recruiters always promise this when they can’t level you appropriately but it’s always a super hard sell after a year unless you are an absolute rock star.
Also how is someone at Nokia getting L7 at Fb (no offense). Are you the CEO of Nokia?
Isn’t L7 same as Cisco DE?
Some people are stuck at level 5 in google for over 5 years or never make it to 6. 6 > 7... good luck dude
Why would this make sense? It sounds like you know the comp difference is $200k. Is the question how much does TC go up when you are promoted at Google?
If you're getting l7 comp for l6 at Google, sure.. go ahead.
What does it take to get promoted to L7? Can this be achieved in one year?
Extremely unlikely. Like, you'd need to invent and launch something huge.
200k difference is from levels.fyi. Also do Google/FB even hire at L7 or only at L6.
They hire 7s and even 8s, but that’s extremely rare. A distinguished engineer at IBM was hired at L7 for example. The odds of joining at 6 and be promoted to 7 in a year are extremely low, only if it was a clear mislevel imo, which is quite difficult to prove at that level.
You won't get to l7 unless you are a superstar, not in a year or in 5 years
Promotion from l6 to l7 at Google in a year?...... You sure? Like your usename, what a goodidea..
sounds like something a recruiter would tell candidates
And op believed it