FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

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

I keep hearing that Google India downlevels most people while rolling out the offer. Realistically speaking what is the YoE required for this and equivalent positions in others in MANGA/FAANG?

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SquishyQuokka
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They downlevel because of scale. If you were CTO of a 100 man company and your MAU was 100k then at Google you would be working at 100M scale.

There’s a difference. That’s why they downlevel you.

FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

This is insightful. Thanks for taking the time out.

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

My friend who is having 4 years of experience is working as L3 at Google just for brand name.

FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

Thanks for the info. They could probably leverage that brand for higher pays in early age start-ups, so it's not too bad of a deal.

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