Guidance Required - Targeting SDE-2 or similar roles with ~4 YOE
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Mar 02, 2026
Mar 02, 2026

Need advice on what to do to get an interview for SDE-2 @ any well-paying MNC or startup.

  • Background - Backend + Android ~4 YOE @ Samsung R&D Nodia, no ratings, no promotion, toxic culture ...
  • DSA - Intermediate, LLD/HLD - have knowledge but needs practice.
  • Targetting SDE-2 or above specifically paying well 28-32+ CTC anually minimum.
- Have been applying consistently to jobs on linkedin, naukri & career portals, linkedin HR dms ...

1. Got referrals for a few roles @ Adobe, Microsoft, Akamai etc... - no reply till now. 
2. Gave OA for Amazon - cleared OA but ghosted.
3. Have been applying to Microsoft on a daily basis, got a referral too - but not received any call or OA link yet. 
  • What do I do now ? Studying without getting any calls or OA feels like hell.
  • Heard a lot of people are getting calls and even gotten offers from Microsoft, Amazon etc... cheating in the interview process.
  • Any advice is appreciated.
  • List of companies hiring & applied to -
Microsoft
Amazon
Salesforce
Snowflake
Juspay
Postman
Freshworks
Zoho
Razorpay
PhonePe
CRED
Stripe
PayPal
Zeta
Couchbase
Atlassian
Airbnb
LinkedIn
Adobe
Databricks
  • Leave comments for advice or continuing the list of companies or any other job portals to apply to. Thanks
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