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I have been told by Google recruiter that based on my total yoe (10) i will be interviewing for a Sr engineer (L5) role. Almost 4 years ago i interviewed for L4 but got rejected at onsite. im wondering if the bar for L5 is even higher than L4? If my goal is to just get into Google should i just tell my recruiter to consider me for a L4 loop instead. She mentioned if reinterviewing for same title L4 there is a possibility of skipping the phone interview. however for L5 there will be a phone interview along with one system design interview onsite while L4 all 5 interviews were coding. #engineering
They will anyway down level you, so go for L5
How often that happens? Are L5 getting hired from outside extremely rare?
Not rare, my colleague got it just now with 5 yoe. But his interview went extremely well
I am in a similar boat..recruiter said go for L4 and if the feedback is good you can target L5..if that works then u will be L5 otherwise L4
Go for L5. Doing 2 or 3 coding with a system design is a much better option than doing 4 coding.
Thats a great point. I was thinking same. However one less onsite coding will be replaced with a coding phone interview for L5. But for L4 ill be called directly to onsite .
Skipping the phone interview might sound tempting, but your TC will be severely capped for L4 and promotion will take you way longer than the recruiter might tell you (at least 2 years of proving yourself). I’d take the gamble and shoot for L5, unless you are desperate for the google name on your resume... please don’t!
Are you a SDE at Amazon IT?
No i think i selected IT by mistake. Im sde 2 at amazon in retail
You’re in Amazon and have a total of 10 yoe. You’ll be grossly dissatisfied if you join as L4. No point in interviewing for L4. you should try L6 with 10yoe. Except for better treatment of employees Google isn’t better than Amazon and much worse in many things. Now with wfh perks are also gone! Don’t undervalue yourself.
Even I am in process with google onsite. I have 3yrs of experience outside US and 4 yrs in US. Do my 3yrs count to make total 7 yrs?
Why not?
fyi it's not possible, if you have certain yoe you have to clear the bar for E5 minimum.
To get L5, you have to do very well on the coding and system design questions, and have delivered high impact, customer visible projects, and you also need to communicate effectively because if you don't you'll run out of time before you express all your thoughts.
Google is hiring?
L5 bar is higher
Just system design or coding rounds as well?