SwirlyWalrus

Offer evaluation | Oracle | Alphasense | Lowe's | Freecharge | from Service based | Advice Needed

Education: CS from Tier 4 Years of Experience: 2+ FTE Prior Experience: Service based Date of the Offer: Between Feb to Apr 2024 Previous CTC: 7L + 1L bonus

Alphasense: CTC: 22L + 60 units stock ESOPs Position: SE 2 It's a great product. Well funded. $2.5B valuation. IPO within couple of years. Work and tech stack aligns well with my aspirations.

Oracle: CTC: 18.6L + 3.6L towards relocation Position: Applications Engineer Team: Fusion HCM It's ADF tech stack which is an outdated tool/wrapper, which is a con for me.

Lowe's: CTC: 16L + variable from 0% to 200% of 1.6L Position: Software Engineer Team: Product Promotions Work, tech stack, Wlb is good.

Freecharge: CTC: 14L Position: Senior SDE

Offers are in chronological order- first one is the latest. Please help me decide. My priority is learning. And then my profile value for future opportunities.

8mo ago

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DizzyLlama

Freelancer8mo

Alphasense dude. What's there to choose!
But negotiate a better value. SE2 at 22L seems pretty low. You should ask for more.
Also, ask more ESOPs.

Please take my advise about asking for more with caution. You know how much you can ask for based on if they want you.

Congrats dude! happy for you!

Do let me know how the interviews went and what was asked in it

SwirlyWalrus

Stealth8mo

Thanks for your input! To sum up , Dsa, LLD, java, sql, puzzles, Hld, spring boot, k8s

DizzyLlama

Freelancer8mo

How hard was the DSA round? Was there no talks about your previous 2 yrs work?

FluffyWaffle

Stealth8mo

Lowe's if you want to go for a brand name . Alpha sense is good company though . But ask around for pip policies .

SwirlyWalrus

Stealth8mo

Thanks for your input! Sure

FluffyWaffle

Stealth8mo

Btw can you review my resume 🙂 also share some points that helped you during interview prep . If you are ok with that .

GroovyDonut

Infosys8mo

Congrats 🎉🎉 Just 1 qs, as you said you are currently in a service based company, how did you manage to convince them for 90 days notice period? Need advice.

SwirlyWalrus

Stealth8mo

For the first one I had 90 days np. Then I had 2 months and for one I had 1 month np. Definitely there were a few companies which didn't proceed due to np. But yea if you apply at 1000 places at least 5-10 will agree. And i didnt convince them or anything. It was like either they're ok or they're not ok with np. Also one company took OA when I had 90 days but scheduled rounds only when I had 30 days left. So yea. If u want advice if say don't focus on things u can't control. For buyout I just told them I can try to talk to them but I can't guarantee right now. Hope this helps

GroovyDonut

Infosys8mo

Honestly I wasn't expecting such a detailed and insightful response. Yeah got it and yeah I will focus on the things under my control i.e. prep and applying. Thank you and yes it helped a lot. Congrats once again 🎉.

ZestyDonut

Oracle8mo

If your only worry with Oracle is ADF tech stack, then let me tell you Oracle is changing its Tech. It's shifting to Visual Builder which is a lot better. However could you tell me the location of this offer? And if any RSUs are included in CTC?

SwirlyWalrus

Stealth8mo

Yea pretty much. Oh they didn't mention that when I asked about it, I guess it may take time. Hyd. No RSU

ZestyDonut

Oracle8mo

Yeah, the first version of Redwood pages just got delivered in Jan 2024. To mostly eradicate ADF, it's going to take at least 1.5-2 years more. Oracle's customers don't like change, so it's definitely going to take time. But it's going to be a lot better soon.

SparklyBiscuit

Tekion8mo

First of all congratulations on the offer. As per my conversation with HR from Alphasense, scalability is what will be missing there. I personally didn't like the product much. But as per the rest of the offers it seems quite promising.
Don't go for Oracle as they are offering an application engineer profile. I don't have much knowledge about Lowe's. Avoid freecharge. One of my friends worked there and he doesn't have many positive things to say.
I would say keep interviewing and try to maximize the offer. I can see a lot of companies are hiring over the LinkedIn.

SwirlyWalrus

Stealth8mo

Appreciate the input! Totally agree. It's the best among what I have right now. Sure! Btw Mmt didn't shortlist me today after referral. Same with other similar. So I guess I need this step for a year or half and then switch big

SparklyBiscuit

Tekion8mo

I don't even know how HR's shortlist resumes here. I have seen them rejected candidates with very good credentials. So, I can't say much about it. Try reaching out to your college alumni, HRs directly through LinkedIn.

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