**Education**: B.Tech (Tier - 2)\n**Years of Experience**: 5.5 years\n**Prior Experience**: Software Engineer in a European Bank\n**Current CTC** (including Fixed + Bonus + EPF): 25.5 LPA\n**Date of the Offer**: December 2024\n**Company**: JP Morgan Chase\n**Title/Level**: Associate (SDE-2) \n**Location**: Bangalore\n**Salary**: 32 LPA (Fixed)\n**Relocation/Signing Bonus**: None\n**Stock bonus**: None\n**Bonus**: 10%\n**Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock)**: 35.2 LPA\n**Benefits**: Standard JPMC benefits\n**Other details**: None\n\n**Final Decision**: Declined the offer. I had interviewed for Senior Associate role (602) (Software Engineer - III) position. I was offered an Associate position (601) (Software Engineer - II) i.e. downleveled. I did not want to take a downlevel to as I had already been an Associate at my current company for about 3 years and I also had a better offer from a different company for an SDE-3 position.\n\n**My Interview Experience** - https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/6376041/JP-Morgan-or-Associate-(SDE-2)-or-Bangalore-or-Offer

Education: B.Tech (Tier - 2)\nYears of Experience: 5.5 years\nPrior Experience: Software Engineer in a European Bank\nCurrent CTC (including Fixed + Bonus + EPF