Snowflake : how much time for IC3 -> IC4?
Hello, I have an offer from Snowflake for SWE IC3 and I wonder if I should have interviewed for IC4 as I have 11 yoe and scope of work is org wide. I have already accepted the IC3 offer though. Would it be worth asking recruiter if they can consider me for IC4 by having few follow-up interviews? If not, I still want to join at IC3 but would need to know if it is possible to become IC4 in 1 year? L64 (hope to become L65 this year) Tc ~250k IC3 offer : ~460k #snowflake
Hey can I DM you for interview details!
@op , what is expertise round?
You explain past projects in that round
IC4 in one year is really hard at face value. You don’t get a rating your first partial quarter and generally get Meets Expectations your first full, so that’s already 3-5 months down the drain. Then you need 3 consecutive high perf quarters to be considered, making a minimum of 12-14 months without even considering the timing of promotion review cycles. I’ve been told two years is fast.
This helps, thanks. Since may-july is a quarter there, if one joins in june or mid may then there wont be any perf rating for that qtr and the first full qtr aug-oct will mostly be meets expectations? Would it be worth asking recruiter to consider for ic4 given i have already accepted offer for ic3?
Yep to the first question. For the second, I doubt they’ll reconsider if you’ve already accepted.
You should worry about surviving first.
Why do you say so? They have been hiring a lot this year
This usually applies to someone come from less intensive places.
How did you prepare for coding rounds to solve 2 lc hards, any suggestions
I focused on blind 75 mainly due to lack of time.
After phone screen. How much time did it take for them to get back with the results !
~a week
11 yoe still at L64 means something. IMO newly promoted L65 is still a "senior". I don't believe a L64 can drive org wide projects, you do understand what is drive what is participate? My point is set your expectations correctly, and be happy with the IC3 offer at such a sig jump in your TC.
Promotions are sometimes times detached from the work you do. In my case, multiple manager changes, bad managers, reorgs, projects getting cut midway, org having low budget, etc have delayed my promos.
This applies to everyone, you are not principal engineer. So no chance you can be considered as IC4.
I think IC3 for L64 is very reasonable. Worth noting, this is also a good, but not great, IC3 offer.
2-3 years if you have a really good manager with impressive project scope. But if your manager is like mine who thinks only about his survival and can’t defend or sell his team, you’re not going to get promoted soon.
There's a reason why they are hiring in Seattle area. Because they can trap the low paid Microsoft Oracle and Amazon talent. Here in the Bay Area even hiring 3 YOE IC3s is an uphill battle.
They dont hire 3 yoe at ic3. Need atleast 5-6 yoe.
Msft pay is low, yes. But snowflake interviews were not easy by any means.