Education: Tier-3
Years of Experience: 5 years 4 months
Current Experience: SDE 2 at E-Commerce
Current salary: 46 LPA (36 LPA base , 10 LPA Esops)
Date of the Offer: July
Company: Youtrip
Title/Level: Senior Software Engineer - mid level
Location: Chennai
Salary: 41.4 LPA base
Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 41LPA first year

Rejected the offer

1. Recruited justified the numbers by considering ESOPs as paper money so valued it at 0 and hike of 15% on 36 LPA fixed
2. Recruiter also mentioned that since I said I had no Expectation and was comfortable with the pay for my experience and role , they thought I would accept the offer

R1- DSA - min steps to convert binary string to 0 - you can divide by 2 and subract it by -1)
R2- SD - Manage product inventory and user data. Implement search, reviews, transactions, and personalized recommendations. Ensure secure payment processing and fraud detection.
R3 - Behavioral / leadership / HM round