Microsoft (L63) in Bellevue: Base: 170k RSU: 300k Signing Bonus: 50k + 50k TC: 295k Apple (ICT3) in NYC: Base: 180k RSU: 300k Signing Bonus: 50k + 50k TC: 305 Have upcoming interviews with Google, FB, Stripe, Uber and LinkedIn. YoE : 5 years Current TC: 250k
How was the interview ? What questions asked ?
Microsoft's interviews were all LC medium + System design. Apple's interview was ML design + 3 LC medium + 1 LC hard.
Thanks. Were they all lc tagged questions ?
Are you interviewing for senior positions elsewhere too? L5/E5 for Google/Fb equivalent?
Yes, recruiter mentioned L4/L5 loop. Final level would be decided based on the interview performance.
Clarify with Google in advance. L4 doesn’t have system design, L5 does.
Underleved at ICT3
Yup, interviewed for ICT4 but was downlevelled to ICT3 because of less experience in ML.
Which team?
if you are HV3 you will be getting around 286K next week. Why jump for mere 10-15K. Especially M$ . either negotiate harder or keep interviewing
my wife is L63, that is no real senior. Work is just as any other SDE, not like L6
At what level does the real senior work start at MS?
Apple
Decent stock and signon for MS L63. Folks are getting TC ~250k usually. MS "refresher" for that level is 22k with 5y vesting.
Congrats on those roles, how many months of Leetcode? Microsoft sounds like a better option here, compared to the cost of living
3 weeks. Did Blind 75 + studied DS implementation on geeksforgeeks
Congratulations, that's a very good offer for an ICT3 BUT please don't take the downlevel. It's hard to get promoted at Apple, you are looking at minimum two/three years. Don't buy it and get fooled.
Do you know how Apple handles people hired at the top of their band like this? Is a promo grant just enough to offset a coming cliff and put you at the bottom?
Apple >>> Microsoft NYC >>> Bellevue
Apple has better refreshers