YoE for SWE-3(L5) @ Google India?

I am currently a SDE-2 at a US based product company (Forte: Payments). I interviewed with Google and after all the rounds the HR called and told that I will be offered L3 only. The compensation will be basic Google L3 only but I am not comfortable with getting downleveled. I was expecting to get in at L4. The review from interview rounds is positive. Should I go ahead with the team matching process and try to convince the hiring manager to give L4 / settle with L3 / leave the opportunity. pls suggest.

Contemplating between an offer at Google vs a Series A startup, in India, with similar pay. I'm curious to know if Google as a name on the resume (or for future prospects) is still as big as it was maybe 5-8 years ago? Or is India just a low cost employee centre for them and it'll always be down-the-stream work, at the whims of middle/senior managers? YoE: 4 Role: Analytics Happy to hear any thoughts (and answer any questions)!

How common is it to get a SDE 3 role in 3 years in Google, How does the overall promotion system work?

Razorpay has openings for 1. Staff SDE 2. Product Development Engineer 2/3 3. Engineering Manager 4. Product Manager 2 and more. Let me know if someone needs a referral.

Have an offer for L3 position from wayfair, wanted to know about the work and culture in BLR office ?

Hi Folks, I applied for L5 MLE at Google Banglore and completed my 3 Coding, 1 ML System Design and Googleyness & Leadership interview before mid-May. The recruiter communicated the feedback for each round as "GOOD", not revealing the Lean/Strong-Hire counts even after being asked, saying those are for internal only. For further process, the recruiter communicated that Team Matching could take time as the current openings already have candidates mapped for Team Matching. I haven't been scheduled for even 1 Team Matching call. And, on follow-ups, I get the answers "No new updates" or "Nothing so far". Is this expected, given BLIND is filled with posts reflecting Google is on a hiring spree in Banglore? Or is this a soft reject? Or, to a stretch, the hiring season at Google India is over with no new openings? A hiring freeze.

A paradise for rest and vest people on the right team - Do under 40 hours and get normal rating - System is self healing, you can break something and don’t care - Deadlines are a joke - No responsibility - Can ignore pings and care about anything A nightmare for career growing mindset people - Tech island - Hard work are all abstracted away - Promo is too fucking complicated - Overhired and slow growth equals to slow promo - Politics growing everyday. Basically hunger game to fight for impact and projects Google is not the same anymore, things are changing rapidly & soon it will be worse.

Folks who are giving interviews these days, which companies are you interviewing for ? Also what is the method of getting the interview ? Did recruiter reach out to you on LinkedIn, or you applied on a company portal and got the call or did you ask for a referral ?

YoE: 10.7 (7@amazon — SDE3 for 2.7 years) Current designation: SDE3 Current salary : 92L + 25L stock Location: BLR, IN I got a call from google for L7 role (BLR) which is staff role in India afaik. HR mentioned Payrange: 2-3Cr I get mixed reviews from people so asking again for BLR folks: 1. Amount of focus on coding round vs system design? 2. Amount of leet code preparation? 3. In the interview Is the focus more on leadership or knowing deeper tech nuances? 4. What’s the payrange I can get? 5. Is google L7 equivalent of amazon L6? Levels.fyi has split so not exactly sure. I am looking for responses from people who have actually gone through similar experiences rather than “I heard from my sources”.