SinkedIn

25d ago

Got the offer. 4 months, 60+ applications, one yes. Not going to pretend I did not tear up

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Google · accepted

To everyone still in the trenches refreshing their inbox: it can turn around in a single email. Keep the streak alive. The no's do not accumulate into a verdict about you, they are just the cost of getting to the one yes.

Overqualified_Otter_290· 25d ago

60 applications for 1 offer is the real ratio nobody posts on LinkedIn. Thank you for the honesty.

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Salty_Seahorse_910

26d ago

Interview Experience

Got the L4 offer at Google after 4 onsite rounds. Two DSA, one system design, one Googleyness

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Google · accepted

Phone screen was a medium graph problem. Onsite: two coding rounds (a hard-ish DP and a tree problem where they cared way more about how I communicated than the optimal), one system design (design a nearby-friends feature), and a behavioral. Hiring committee took ~2 weeks after.…

Burnt_Barnacle_233· 25d ago

"they score the thought process" is the whole game and people learn it too late.

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Drifting_Dolphin_212

21d ago

Comeback

60 applications, 40 rejections, 8 ghosts, 1 offer. I start Monday

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Microsoft

Saving this here so the next person doom-scrolling at 2am knows the numbers can end well. The ratio looks like failure right up until the exact moment it does not. Keep swimming.

Rejected_Raccoon_402· 21d ago

This is the exact post that keeps people going. Congratulations, you earned every bit of it.

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Salty_Seahorse_910

27d ago

Salary

Google L4 in Bangalore landed around 72 LPA total. Base was less than half of that

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Google

Breakdown that helped me sanity-check: base in the 40s, the rest was RSUs (4-year vest) plus a joining bonus. Public data (levels.fyi) had L4 India in the low-70s median and that matched. If a recruiter quotes you only base, ask for the full TC breakdown before you react.

Marooned_Manta_777· 27d ago

The base-vs-RSU gap trips up so many first offers. Always ask for TC, not base.

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Rejected_Raccoon_402

22d ago

Interview Experience

Amazon SDE-2 loop: 5 rounds, and every single one was a Leadership Principles interview in disguise

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Amazon · rejected

Phone screen was one DSA + LP stories. Onsite was four rounds: coding, LOD/system design, a behavioral-only round, and the Bar Raiser. Coding went fine but I clearly under-prepared the LPs. Have 2-3 STAR stories per principle, they dig into "tell me about a time" hard. Bar…

Pending_Penguin_051· 22d ago

The Bar Raiser round is where I fell apart too. They keep asking "and then what happened" until you crack.

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Tidal_Tuna_133

33d ago

Interview Experience

Flipkart SDE-2: OA, then DSA, machine coding, system design, and a managerial round over ~3 weeks

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Flipkart · accepted

Five stages spread across three weeks. Online assessment (2 DSA), then a live DSA round, then machine coding (design an order-notification service, they grade OO design and edge cases hard), then system design, then a managerial + HR chat. The machine coding round is the real…

Quiet_Quahog_512· 33d ago

The "cases you were not told about" line is exactly it. Write the edge cases down before you code.

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Rejected_Raccoon_402

21d ago

Rant

"Entry-level role: 5 years experience required with a framework that is 3 years old"

The math has never mathed and it never will. Either you are hiring a time traveler or you copy-pasted the JD from a senior posting and forgot to read it.

Coastal_Coelacanth_305· 20d ago

Apply anyway. The "requirements" are a wishlist, not a filter, half the time.

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Salty_Seahorse_910

22d ago

Meme

My LinkedIn: "Open to work." My inbox: tumbleweeds and one crypto recruiter

He believes in me. Deeply. About a "web3 growth ninja" role paid in tokens. That is something, I guess.

Foggy_Flounder_620· 22d ago

The crypto recruiter is the pigeon that never leaves. Loyal, at least.

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Drifting_Dolphin_212

29d ago

Interview Experience

Razorpay SSE machine coding round: 90 minutes to build a working logger, and I over-engineered it

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Razorpay · rejected

The round is a 90-minute live machine-coding session on Meet. Prompt was a logging system: multiple log levels, pluggable sinks (console/file), configurable routing by level. I spent 25 minutes on a "clean" abstraction and ran out of time before it actually ran. Feedback:…

Foggy_Flounder_620· 29d ago

This is THE machine coding trap. Working > pretty. Interviewers want to see it run.

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Salty_Seahorse_910

22d ago

Poll

What is the worst part of the job hunt right now?

1 vote

Drifting_Dolphin_212· 22d ago

Ghosting by a mile. A fast no is a gift by comparison.

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Welcome to SinkedIn

Got the offer. 4 months, 60+ applications, one yes. Not going to pretend I did not tear up

Got the L4 offer at Google after 4 onsite rounds. Two DSA, one system design, one Googleyness

60 applications, 40 rejections, 8 ghosts, 1 offer. I start Monday

Google L4 in Bangalore landed around 72 LPA total. Base was less than half of that

Amazon SDE-2 loop: 5 rounds, and every single one was a Leadership Principles interview in disguise

Flipkart SDE-2: OA, then DSA, machine coding, system design, and a managerial round over ~3 weeks

"Entry-level role: 5 years experience required with a framework that is 3 years old"

My LinkedIn: "Open to work." My inbox: tumbleweeds and one crypto recruiter

Razorpay SSE machine coding round: 90 minutes to build a working logger, and I over-engineered it

What is the worst part of the job hunt right now?