Multiple offers and need to make a decision
I have offers at Airbnb, Asana, Buzzfeed, Instacart, Spotify and WeWork. They are all offering 170-220K base and between 350-400K TC. Which company do you guys think has the best trajectory moving forward? Everyone seems to be unanimous about Airbnb, but I’m wondering what everyone’s #2 is and why? Role: SWE Experience: 5+ years
I’d consider Airbnb/Asana only. I’d probably go with Airbnb at the end.
How come? Specifically why Asana? I have unanimous support about Airbnb.
Dustin Moskovitz
Ballin!
Instacart or Spotify or Airbnb
Thoughts around Instacart and Spotify? Spotify has IPOed and doing well but they do have upcoming competitors such as Amazon/Apple/Google music. And then Instacart has Amazon as a big grocery competitor and I’m worried that their business is only steady on partnerships
Instacart has exclusive partnerships with local stores, right?
400k and 350k is a 50k difference... Also Airbnb has better refreshers?
There are factors outside of TC that I’m looking at as well but definitely a consideration
Avoid wework. We're going to blow soon.
What's the title for position?
(Senior|Staff) Software Engineer, depends on the company
How did you prep? Any tips? Congrats!
1. LeetCode 2. Preparing for situational questions by laying out past projects. Good to have examples to pull from and also indicate which cross functional partners you’ve worked with. 3. Talking to people at some of these companies and getting a sense of what their product does and what their interview process values. 4. Doing some interview prep with whiteboarding. It is so different from being on a computer and helps calm my nerves
If you're looking to stick around for awhile, Airbnb, Spotify 2nd. The rest I say get the cash and bounce within 1-2 years. Asana is just rolling in it's old FB hype (still not a great product, but manageable). BuzzFeed is aggressive in projects, which might feel at home since you're coming from FB. Spotify is like Uber, kind of making money, but still trying really hard to get that little bit extra. If wework, make sure you get as much upfront as possible since they're IPO soon. They're likely going to tank after open. Don't know much about Instacart, so can't speak to that
Yeah I’m not getting a good read on Buzzfeed and WeWork right now. Seems like BZ was an IPO darling until recently and then it suddenly wasn’t any more (kind of like Dropbox). For WeWork, they have a good offer but I’m worried about their business model like you said.
Which company offered $220k base?
Role, years of exp and location ?
SWE, 5+ years