What r/FAANGJobs is talking about this week

A Meta employee describes the hiring bar as the lowest it's ever been and says the company is hiring aggressively. Their explanation: Meta needs headcount to prepare for a February 2027 layoff....

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/google-extends-voluntary-buyout-offers-employees-several-countries-2026-11-04/ I assume it’s for capex spending to balance for AI spending. Are...

Google and Meta were the top two sources of Anthropic engineering hires in this dataset. Anthropic’s median new offer for senior software engineers was $570K, about 30% higher than Google’s and...

I made it to the final rounds at Google and Amazon. The feedback was positive overall, and my understanding is that I performed well and came close to an offer both times. In each loop, one coding...

OpenAI recruiter reached out for Applied AI Engineer role. The intro call with recruiter is scheduled next week. Any idea what this interview process looks like? Has anyone given an interview for...

12 YOE, backend and distributed systems. US-based. Timeline: \\- Sept: hiring manager screen \\- Oct/Nov: 4 onsite loop \\- Today: automated rejection email Signed an NDA, so can't give much...

Are we cooked?

I just started as an IC6 at Meta in Risk/Audit domain. Coming from a consulting background. Any tips domain or Meta specific are much appreciated to help me navigate and make the most of it. Also...

The candidate is joining Google with about 1.7 years of experience, coming from a FAANG-adjacent company. The offer includes around 12k for relocation and an 18k sign-on bonus. They just want to...