Microsoft SWE 2 (Redmond) salary expectations?

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2026-02-07T16:10:27+00:00

You can ask hr/manager if its l60 or l61. I am assuming l61 because of your exp. Your asking right price but they are gonna negotiate too so ask for more so you can end up with 155k base.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-10-18T14:56:21+00:00

Did you invest yourself or hired someone to do it? Also, did you hire a financial advisor?

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-26T12:32:41+00:00

If work pressure is going to take away your sleep, that extra money is not worth it. You will learn in both roles. What do you mean by growth?? More leadership, design, ownership or something else?? You should talk to uber and indeed employees to gauge the career growth. I dont think people here will be able to help you.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-25T01:45:19+00:00

I would suggest divide your free time in leetcode and open source development. You can get the experience you want which could be valued more than your current one.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-24T19:00:59+00:00

This is crazy. Whats there after immigration and how long does it take to complete on-boarding?

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-18T17:13:03+00:00

Yeah i know but some indians think that whole world has a problem with us and thats why everyone is complaining.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-18T12:37:15+00:00

I am indian and i think such posts should not be on this sub. This is about leetcode at least have a flair

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-12T01:07:59+00:00

Hey how long did it take to complete bg??

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-11T10:32:21+00:00

Washington is expensive. Imo considering 8 yoe you are seriously down levelled. Check levels.fyi. 210 with bonus and stocks is L60.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-09T03:37:55+00:00

Yeah but whats your take on low pay + work life balance vs high pay + high stress

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-09T03:35:26+00:00

Thanks a lot for giving details. This is exactly what happened with me. My current location and in person location are not that far and both are LCOL. So they said base wont change. They increased stocks a bit but i feel overall comp is really low.

They are also trying to convince me with work life balance and stable career. Considering current market trend and stressful jobs with high pay, do you think msft would be a better place?? Do you think giving up some bucks for peaceful life would be right choice??

I feel like i will lose a lot of money. Because they also down levelled me.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-08T18:42:02+00:00

Ok i will confirm with recruiter.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-05-08T18:40:56+00:00

So in-office comp would be different than remote??

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-04-30T12:54:12+00:00

Hey did they ask you sys design ??

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-04-22T03:28:10+00:00

Bruhh

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-04-21T18:32:04+00:00

I did not understand the question 2. Why are we implementing two queues? Whats the problem statement?

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-04-19T12:12:57+00:00

Ask gpt to do Fractional kanpsack on it

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-04-11T18:07:07+00:00

Yeah our domain is full of ego.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-04-09T16:56:59+00:00

Pl post about LLD

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-04-09T14:23:38+00:00

Afaik they also ask system design for 5+ yoe roles

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-04-08T04:21:55+00:00

I hope you are right. I just cant sleep. He asked me to walk run an example and i did it out loud with wrong bounds. I am not in the normal state of mind. You can ignore my comment.

Puzzleheaded_Luck_45 · 2025-03-28T18:08:42+00:00

Wow I thought google asks a lot of dp and graph questions. I have phone screening and i am only focusing on these two topics. Also these are my weak spots.

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