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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by humanrebar on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:00PM (#18956996)
Downleveling? I can guess what that means but some clarity would be appreciated. With sources if possible.
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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by Matthias247 on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:37PM (#18957184)
It means: You interview at Level X, but they give you later on offer for Level X-1. As a reason, they will claim you haven't scored good enough in the interview loop - which might be true, but also might have been the result of bad questions or an incompetent interviewer.

Sources: I know people in person who got these kinds of offers.

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Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s... by woolvalley on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:31PM (#18957155)
Your a sr (eng III) and they give you a eng II offer. Internal promotions at google are way too much work relative to the rest of the market.
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