- Education: Bachelor in Computer Science
- Years of Experience: 10
- Date of the Offer: May 2020
- Company: Amazon
- Title/Level: SDE2
- Location: Toronto
- Salary: 140,000$(CAD)
- Relocation/Signing Bonus: 58,000 for Y1 and 48,000 for Y2
- Stock bonus: 30 RSU
- Benefits: 15 paid vacation days + 3% RRSP matching + covered health/dental/vision
Getting pass onsite interview is hard but I think get a reasonable offer is worthwhile. Here are my tips:
- Don't agree with any number of negotiation at the first place. Allow both sides to think and discuss.
- Respect the recruiter, you can imagine to get an agreement is like a win-win solution; so do not brag your expectation too high.
- Try to get a competing offer from any other company. It signals that you have another option to walk away from the deal.
- Negotiate for each component by the following order: Base Salary > Stock > Signed-on bonus > Relocation package.