!process 996 offer :floosh:

[plain ruin]

congratz

tc ?

international ?

[spare veldt]

207 1st yr, 197 recurring

not int'l

[golden void]

what the heck is 996

[spare veldt]

tiktok

[obsidian ether]

@topaz lantern you have a friend now

[golden void]

ah, congrats

[topaz lantern]

Run

[golden void]

bah na na na na na na na na na, bah na na na na na na na na na

[spare veldt]

that bad lolll

[rare obsidian]

Is it a return offer?

[spare veldt]

No, applied to FT (not NG) position with referral

[topaz lantern]

What role

[spare veldt]

Android SWE

[rare obsidian]

did they ask you android specific questions? Im new to ng interviews at big n

do they ask domain specific stuff

[spare veldt]

No

[rare obsidian]

interesting

[spare veldt]

Recruiter said they might, but they didn't

[rare obsidian]

did you have android projects or experience?

on your resume

[spare veldt]

Yes, 3 internships and several projects to talk about, all Android

[rare obsidian]

ahh makes sense, very cool

[rare obsidian]

do they use react native at meta for android

[spare veldt]

Meta??

[rare obsidian]

lol tiktok

meta's been in my brain for the past 2 days

[spare veldt]

I never explicitly heard them talk about tech stack, but given that they have separate listings for android and iOS, they probably are doing native development

You can also read the job description and see if it says native android/iOS related stuff

[shut blaze]

Prev exp?

🎉

[spare veldt]

3 internships with 2 of them being Google

[shut blaze]

I am so gapped with zon ☠️

[shut blaze]

Any tips on how to land a Google internship?

[spare veldt]

NGL TikTok might rescind on me. Recruiter said I could do B.S while working, then suddenly wants me to finish before starting. HM wants an early start, so I gave an earlier date, but if HM doesn't like my grad date, they'll probably choose someone else

[spare veldt]

Apply as soon as position opens. Don't only apply for summer. My 1st one was fall. Also have a good resume.

Referrals at Google have more worth if you've worked closely with the person referring

[shut blaze]

I applied twice for this summer 2024 (once when it opened in July, 2nd in September), ghosted

Hoping google will open their fall internships, but I doubt

[spare veldt]

Yeah I feel like applying early helped me. I applied within 3 days of opening.

Also use the XYZ method for bullets and have a clean resume.

[shut blaze]

Thanks! Yeah will do
Didnt mean to hijack the thread, since the topic is tiktok
Would it be alright if I dm if I have any other questions?

[spare veldt]

Sure

[rare obsidian]

can interns give referrals?

[spare veldt]

99% sure they can yeah

[rare obsidian]

do you have anything else in the pipeline?

are you a december grad?

[spare veldt]

Msft has ghosted me for about a month after phone screen. I'm also in Google's PA match hell

[spare veldt]

No, graduating close to May

[rare obsidian]

interesting, I wouldve assumed that wouldve been ideal for a 2024 grad

[rare obsidian]

good luck

[spare veldt]

This position is not new grad, it's a normal FT role

[rare obsidian]

ohh, and did it have any criteria for work exp

[spare veldt]

No, just requires BS/MS and some relevant experience

Didn't list yoe

[rare obsidian]

was the referral one of those that tiktok employees have links for

almost every tiktok swe on linkedin has referral codes on their bio lol

[spare veldt]

Is there another kind of referral? Yeah I got this referral from blind. It was a referral link for TikTok portal

[rare obsidian]

I was wondering if there was another kind of referral too but looks like thats the only one

[trail summit]

san jose?

[spare veldt]

Yes

[trail summit]

are you relocating from far away? they only gave me 7.5 sign on 😭

[spare veldt]

Across the US.

[spare veldt]

Mine is 10k I think

[trail summit]

yeah they give more signon since its basically relocation the further u are away from your work location

[spare veldt]

Oh ok. Recruiter also brought up my competing interviews when mentioning sign on but they might have been BSing

Yeah TikTok doesn't give separate relo it's included in sign on

[obsidian ether]

do you speak chinese?

[spare veldt]

No

[obsidian ether]

rip GL my dude

[spare veldt]

loll

[trail summit]

its not bad if you dont speak chinese, but hope you like chinese food

[spare veldt]

Not everyone on the team is Chinese. Both my technical interviewers weren't chinese

[spare veldt]

I will find out soon

[karmic dust]

how long after your hm round did you get the offer?

[rare obsidian]

lmao