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Hello, anyone here who can guide regarding the interview process and preparation for Google Cloud Migration Consultant role?
Do they have the hiring committee and team match processes for India hiring as well or is it more straightforward?
Recruitment team has reached out and scheduled the first round and I am extremely nervous!!!*bites nails*
How much would my tech stack and language be a factor in getting selected in faang or good product based companies?
I'm asking from getting my resume selected to getting an offer.
I read everywhere that only DSA and system design is needed, but I'm still concious about my tech stack.
YOE: 5 years
Tech stack: .NET backend and sql server
Language I'm comfortable with: C#
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Guys, with my 10+ YOE I can definitely say that chasing a particular company may not be worth it. There are plenty of great companies which provide good pay and work culture. Open your eyes bhai log. FAANG hype is created by influencers to sell courses of DSA and System Design. Think about it. Why do people who work in FAANG, leave it and start doing side hustle like YouTube, Teaching, etc. Because they know the weakness of people.
No company is perfect. So please don't blindly chant FAANG, FAANG.
FAANG imo are worst, shitty work, no work life balance, first companies to revoke remote work, first companies to do major layoffs, first companies that didnt give any increments in 2024....apart from google (since i dint work there) work culture of all remaining 4 is very bad...in amazon everyone from ceo to chaprasi is scared of losing their job, which reflects when they work...trust me if you want money just get it from anywhere except FAANG
At 9 year of experience leetcode doesn't matter.
What are you a college graduate lol.
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If you are not sure and don't know anything you should just shut your mouth instead of looking a fool.
At 10YOE, You can target SDE3 at Amazon. Expected CTC for SDE3 is 60L Fixed + Joining Bonus + Stock totaling to ~1.3Cr .
At Google, expect 1Cr+ CTC. ( Huge chunk is stocks).
For Microsoft, Expect L64 role and expected CTC of 90L ( including bonus and stocks ). Similar for Adobe,VMWare,Nvidia,Salesforce,Atlassian and other Similar companies.
Ignore Meta for a few years. Apple salaries are a mystery for me.
Never suggest or try to join Amazon, (coming from someone who is working here from last 2years)
I think studying system design and low level design on educative and other resources will also be important to get to a high salary
What is your current package
At your experience the interview will be more focused on system design and architecture. Even if you are little weak in DSA will be ok but your system design skills must be good.
400 LC questions. What is the motivation? Is it working in FAANG?
I'm 10+ and have zero motivation for LC unless I'm trying to switch and that too unwillingly because I don't like grinding LC. Kudos to you.
For IN4 (SSE) :
It mostly depends on the previous CTC. Let's say 30-40 fixed. On top of that, 25% variable+25% RSU.
dont joing FAANG. just see how they have layed off folks
The package depends on which role you are applying for. At your experience, you should apply for SDE2 or SDE3. Also for you the interviews will be focused more on System Design (HLD) rather than DSA. Medium DSA will be asked.
When was your last switch??
Must be 50 lpa if you have practiced this much in dsa now focus on system design.
Yes i feel too it should be 50 lpa, but i m not there yet. Looking to switch next year