I’m a lead engineer at a small company. Manage two products and still code regularly. Had my full loop in February. Feedback was positive: strong sys design, good behavioral, but coding leveled me for E4. They’d just paused hiring more E4 so I wasn’t able to get downleveled. Recruiter wants me to reinterview ASAP after the cooling period in August. 6 month cooldown vs 1 year based on performance. I’m worried about interviewing for E5 again when E4 hiring is paused. Don’t really understand the decision making process tbh. Anyone have any experience with this? Can I make E5 coming from a noname company? Blind tax: 110K 7 YOE
Yes, I did. Also went to a no-name school and had a shit GPA.
How did you prepare for system design?
In one month I read both Alex Xu’s books and listened to Jordan Has No Life videos while I was at the gym
E4 hiring is paused??
That’s what my recruiter told me in February. Just had another follow up call with my recruiter today who confirmed it’s still paused.
Yes. E5 is perfect for a lead engineer from a "no name" company.
Would you call $5bn in market cap a no name?
Yes, compared to Meta. But I really only used that because op mentioned it. If you're saying you're a senior engineering IC at a $5 bil company I'd say you're suitable for E5. If you're some high level architect maybe even E6 - but I'm E5 so it's hard to say definitively.
The only missing part is LC more
Not anymore
Generally? Yes, easily. Specifically? You were given specific feedback: pass the coding portion. It depends on whether you took it. You were close last time - the bar for individual coding interviews is basically identical between e4-e5. If I had to guess you solved both questions on your first interview, and had a suboptimal answer on one of the two problems in the other. Go 4/4 and you’ll get the offer.
Yes, just memorize top 100 tagged Leetcode questions. Easy
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