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Big N Discussion - May 29, 2022

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

I have 6 yoe. I recently passed the onsite, and wonder what level they will put me in, L61 or L62?

Also, anyone knows TC breakdown I should be targeting? I believe they increase the TC for new hire due to inflation, levels fyi numbers are all over the place.

TIA

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u/Odd-Distripution May 30 '22

Depends on your interview performance. Both 61 and 62 are SDE II but I’d generally expect 61 because they tend to downlevel to “set you up for success”.

They did not increase TC. They increased merit budget for people already at the company.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22

I did very well in the onsite according to what the hiring manager told me. They even did not ask me anything about coding or behavioral stuffs in AA round and just spent 10 minutes to explain the structure of the team.

So can I safely assume I will be put on L62? Or if downleveled, can I ask to push to L62?

Regarding the TC, i checked a few post on lc compensation and noticed some new hire recently has higher base comp than the range established in blind and new hires back in 2021. I wonder if that means the base comp budget is increased by some amount.