Square vs Amazon A9 offer comparison
I currently have 2 offers in hand from Square and Amazon A9. Square TC: 270k Base : 170k RSUs: 400k (over 4 years) Joining bonus: 10k Level : L5 Location: San Francisco Amazon A9 TC: 270k ( as per the recruiter) Base: 182k 1st year : 80k 2nd year: 62k Stocks: 107 (number of RSUs) Level : SDE 2 Location: Palo Alto I haven't negotiated with Amazon and the numbers from Square are final. How do the offers compare? Considering that there would be no refreshers from Amazon is it possible for me to negotiate the TC close to 300k? I also have interviews with Google, Facebook and Uber next week . Should I be holding off the negotiation with Amazon until I'm done with these interviews? YoE: 5 yrs
You may get refreshers from Amazon after 2 years. Square offer looks solid. This is a bad time to join Uber as they will offer you RSUs which are overvalued. Ask Amazon and Square to hold off and try Facebook and Google.
SQ has pretty big upside. Lots of growth potential left. We’re also doing work that’s legitimately good, so there’s that too.
Can you share your interview experience with A9?
It was leet code medium + the usual Amazon LP questions
YOE?
I’m leaving Amazon for Square due to the culture. Take that how you will
How were design interviews? Oops or system design?
How much did A9 offer finally?
Ya hold off until you have other offers from Google FB and Uber. As it stands, Amazon TC over the next four years seems higher by ~10k. But that shouldn't matter much.