Went through the interview process in late Q4. Current TC around $260k (who fucking knows with Twitter stock performance lol) Was for an analytics non-mL DS role. Level was 2-2, roughly equivalent to IC5 at Facebook (or IC6 at Twitter). Initial verbal offer: $225k base 12.5% target bonus $228k RSUs over 4 years - 15% 25% 25% 35% vesting schedule $310k average TC, $287k first year, $333k fourth year I had a better offer on the table of roughly $330k (albeit with startup options) Their second offer was: $230k 12.5% target bonus $233k RSUs, same vesting. $317k average TC, $294k first year, $349k fourth year Recruiter indicated to me they wouldn’t go any higher than that, but could push for me a sign on bonus if I was serious enough to go forward with an official offer. I withdrew at this point. Other offer has full-remote potential and better WLB. TT would also require me to commute to Mountain View from SF 3x a week after back-to-office. IPO upside is there but joining the “hot” company wasn’t worth it and if I’m honest TikTok is fucking brain rot (even by the standards of social media). Their top-end offer was lower than I expected. Thought they’d be more like $330k+ based on recent IC5 Facebook offers. Maybe I anchored too low in initial negotiations. Got real 996 vibes off the interview process. Few times my recruiter emailed me after 7 PM to schedule next day calls, and the recruiting coordinator would send me an invite 15 minutes later. Interview process: half hour timed SQL HackerRank take home, SQL in-person, American DS manager behavioral / case, Chinese DS manager behavioral / case… then to the recruiter (?) then to verbal offer stage. They hired the team manager after I interviewed, so I nominally had a non-panel interview with him on literally his 3rd day at the company lol. They moved REALLY quick once actual interviews started. Usually had feedback and next round scheduling email by next day, once within 2 hours. Had I not slow rolled them to match up with other processes, I could have gone from first technical screen to finishing the interview panel in 12 days… and those 12 days included the Thanksgiving holiday. I went on vacation between the take home and the first round, but I suspect I could have gone from initial recruiter outreach to offer in about 3-3.5 weeks if I was in a rush. The recruiting process was a mess. Like I said above, I didn’t speak to my official recruiter until after finishing with hiring panel and he told me was getting an offer. I spoke to a “recruiter” (I guess actually a technical sourcer) with a Bytedance email initially. Then for weeks I only communicated with the recruiting coordinator with a TikTok email. Then after the full panel I spoke to apparently my “real” recruiter with a TikTok email. He was fine, but just very strange to have already reached a verbal offer stage and then have the recruiter ask me if I’m authorized to work in the US. I will say I interviewed with TT about a year earlier and had a much better experience this go around. Last time around the recruiters were all in China and would send me emails at 9 PM my time and follow up if I hadn’t responded within 12 hours. #datascience #dataanalytics
At Twitter are you doing ML?
Mind sharing where you’re at now? (Congrats!)
Hi OP Targeting Twitter for DS, Analytics roles… have offers in the higher 100s but looking to break into big tech ! Can I DM for help ?
It looks like you made the right call because ai see more and more stories like these: https://us.teamblind.com/s/BtG36jWj First there was Chloe and now there’s Melody’s story… 🙈
Yea. The interview process alone made very clear shit was a mess and hours would be long. Maybe if I really cared about the product and the users, but it’s fucking TikTok. Maybe if I was right out of undergrad but frankly I don’t need it.
Which team / org was this for? Was it for Monetization?
Does tiktok share the internal level with the offer? My offer didn’t come with one so curious if it’s just me or they have a policy to not share
Dodged a bullet.
Yep. Fuck ton of red flags.