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[tidal fractal]

yea meta competing

~2 weeks

[tidal fractal]

i didn't mention this pre offer tho so i don't think it matters

[ornate forge]

Congrats!

Did you ask to expedite?

[tidal fractal]

nope

[ornate forge]

Also what are your rec initials?

[tidal fractal]

CL

[ornate forge]

You considering this over meta?

[tidal fractal]

nope but im working in their toronto office for 3 months until meta starts 😂

[ornate forge]

Oh ok nice

You're can?

[tidal fractal]

yeah

[ornate forge]

Were all 3 rounds perfect for you?

[tidal fractal]

i think so

[dim jolt]

I have mine coming up soon, can I dm you?

[tidal fractal]

i full solved all but for the ICR i could've had better readability etc.

[ornate forge]

Ah ok makes sense

[tidal fractal]

just ask here

so other ppl can use the info

[dim jolt]

That’s fair

I was wondering about the LC round if it was like medium or on the harder side

[tidal fractal]

leetcode medium sliding window

i thought it was a dp hard at first but it was simpler

[dim jolt]

What do you think the best way to prep for ICR would be?

I’m the most worried about that lol

[tidal fractal]

just read the instructions carefully and make sure you have general oop concepts down, talk a lot i think to explain all ur decisions and why u went with one thing instead of the other

[ornate forge]

I think i had a similar lc question. Did they ask a follow up and ask you to code the follow up?

[tidal fractal]

yeah

there were 3 follow ups iirc

[ornate forge]

Oh ok you coded all 3?

[tidal fractal]

yeah

[dim jolt]

Did you think the practice they gave was pretty reflective of the ICR or was it easier?

[tidal fractal]

i'd say easier tbh

[dim jolt]

I see, so just know api design very well and general OOP principles and it should be chill?

[tidal fractal]

there wasn't any actual actual api design or anything

like u didnt' have to call anything it was more of like we know that this thing will be called with these data types in the boiler plate they gave u

similar to the example

so it's more oop imo

[dim jolt]

I see

That makes sense. Tysm, I rlly appreciate it

[tidal fractal]

there were like time complexity optimizations u could make but my interviewer didn't care too much abt them he said to just get the question done first since it's a lot of coding

and i just talked abt how i'd optimize afterwards

ur interviewer might be diff tho

[dim jolt]

Got it makes sense

Do you think doing the OOP leetcode is a good way to prep or would you say something else would be better?

[tidal fractal]

yea

honestly it's not conceptually hard just make sure ur thorough and consider all edge cases etc. the way u would in an actual codebase

[dim jolt]

Got it

So make sure proper error handling is done correctly?

[tidal fractal]

yea if it seems like u have time to do it all

nah tuesday last week

yes

[remote lark]

What's TC for toronto?

[tidal fractal]

115k cad base 50k usd rsu (front loaded) 17k cad signing

they dont nego

seattle tc was 145k base 80k rsu 20k signing

[remote lark]

Over 4 years? 50k rsu seems low, thought they offered more TC from levels

[tidal fractal]

yea over 4 years

canada isj ust rlly low lol they said its standardized for all ngs

[tidal fractal]

levels prob has more experienced hires at e3 and maybe they cut tc

[tidal fractal]

im not 100% sure abt this tho but i did try negotiating with meta competing and they didn't budge and said it's non-negotiable

[remote lark]

yeah that's much lower than amzon

Oh that's crazy 💀

Canada got lowballed so much

Tyty

[tidal fractal]

even their us tc is low ball compared to faang tbh

[remote lark]

Yeah thought they paid more than amzn / msft seems like not this year lmao

[tidal fractal]

i asked to switch to US initially but switched back to toronto which is how ik the seattle tc too

anyways anyone know strats for hard coasting bc im resigning after 3 months 🤣

my visa takes a long ass time to process for the us and im bored asf at home

might asw make money

bro thats 10x harder than being a swe and ur making 1/10 the amount

i mean i'd rather have money to go on vacations after 6 months w/o work/school i kinda did everything i alr wanted to do with hobbies

[elder star]

Was it easy to ask for us position as Canadian and is location based on team matching?

[tidal fractal]

yea they acc have no hc left in toronto

but a lot more in us offices from what i heard

nyc was filled tho

[ornate forge]

Did the rec say they have a lot of hc in US?

Kinda nervous about hc filling up soon

[tidal fractal]

seattle had multiple teams still looking

not sure abt bay area but it had hc when i asked a week ago

either jan or dec

[haughty bolt]

is this tn visa? i thought canadians have tn status if they go work in the us so they're visa exempt

[tidal fractal]

i gotta wait for my uni to process my degree which takes like a month

and then it takes 2-3 months to get approved w preapproval

[haughty bolt]

oh i see

[tidal fractal]

but yea technically it's not a visa

[haughty bolt]

can you get tn status from port of entry like show up with your docs at the airport and get approved same day?

[tidal fractal]

yeah that's a lot faster

my immigration agency recommended doing preapproval bc i have a math degree not cs/eng which makes it harder to get approved

and preapproval has less risk

[tidal fractal]

u do need ur physical diploma in-hand at this point still though

and some unis take a while to get u it

[haughty bolt]

makes sense ty

[limber shoal]

So for June 2026 grads, most ppl wont get their physical degree until around mid july?

[tidal fractal]

depends on ur university, some let u get it earlier if u request it otherwise i'm guessing it during convocation

waterloo lets u request it early but even requesting early for me is like 1.5 months after im done all exams/classes

[limber shoal]

I Can connect you with someone from Loo for this. He did something similar lol

[tidal fractal]

would be super helpful tyty 🙏

[limber shoal]

Hmm so in ur case around mid february/march?

[tidal fractal]

degree i'd get by late jan

[limber shoal]

K i will ask him to send u friend request. I dont wanna tag bro here

[tidal fractal]

but after processing down time my actual start date is like late march

[limber shoal]

Disclaimer: bro was not coasting but he did jump ship after 3 months at a diff company. But he might have some valuable insights still

[limber shoal]

Ahhhh

[tidal fractal]

gotcha

[simple swan]

Just curious how’d your em round go

If you remember

[tidal fractal]

it was just general questions

like telling a story

i didn't really use star just kidna rambled

em seemed happy after like the 3rd question tho tbh

[simple swan]

I couldn’t really tell with mine he’d just kinda smile and nod sometimes ask follow up then jump to next q

He was def reading from screen

[tidal fractal]

lol yea mine was litearlyl like

hm which question next

i think she was just fulfilling the amount she needed to ask after a bit bc they usually know kinda early

the last question i just blanked and she was like whatever dont worry abt it 😭

[tidal fractal]

i tihnk this is a good sign

[simple swan]

It’s like 20 mins behavioral then 5min intro/q&a so prob just filling time

For mine at least he just kept asking til 20min mark