Don't Get Down-Leveled or How to Tell a Good Story (From a Principal at Amazon)

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Why does down-leveling happen? How can you avoid it and get the salary you deserve instead of battling for a promotion and raise later? Learn how to tell the right story and you just may re-engineer your career.
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@trentconley4374 2 жыл бұрын

dude this channel is so underrated; I'm so glad I found this. All of the advice feels so intuitive, genuine, and logical, something that's hard to find. Thanks for making these Meta.

@labyrinth242 2 жыл бұрын

the channel got down-leveled

@jamalsheriff1928 2 жыл бұрын

no its not underrated, he ownly upload like 1 video every 5 months and getting more views than the amounth of subs he has

@renderwood Жыл бұрын

I think KZfaq recommended this to me because I watched few Joma Techs - this isn't maybe equally funny but contains more useful information. I did notice some attempts of comedy here =) US tech life seems to differ quite a bit from Europe, but I still enjoy this content!

@JK360noscope Жыл бұрын

@@labyrinth242 This is the kind of quality jokes I would expect from the audience. *slow clap*

@travis1240 2 жыл бұрын

When negotiating, don't ever listen if they say they'll consider a promotion after a few months or a year. When that timeframe rolls around they will say "but you've only been here .... "

@pedromarques9267 3 ай бұрын

I asked them to write in the contract that they give me a better contract in a year. If it's not written, they won't do it

@BbB-vr9uh 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely speaking to your audience with “use star as a linter” at 6:05

@danielliebster3532 Жыл бұрын

I wish I had seen these 20 years ago :) Thank you for crystallizing concepts that had been nebulous in my mind so succinctly and practically.

@duncan94065 Жыл бұрын

I just successfully passed my L6 loop and I used your videos, especially this one, to prepare. Thanks!!

@botenjohn1752 Жыл бұрын

Wow, lower quality script / video than yours charge like $1000. You are a saint for doing this man. Thank you so much

@jackgiunta5715 2 жыл бұрын

Ex-Amazon SDE2 here, really appreciate you making these videos. Love the stress on the importance of story telling. As an interviewer I can second how much it matters

@iulo Жыл бұрын

man, this is pure gold.

@arvindkumar062 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice. Truly appreciate the effort you have put in to simulate a real interview question. Delivered beautifully.

@jaehoonlee1 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and coming back! Appreciate and learning a lot from your video.

@FaustoGBG 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your videos, please keep them coming! There's not enough out there for us more senior engineers.

@tr9429 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing these! I'd love to hear more advice on staff and principal engineering. I find this level to be especially challenging as there is a huge shift towards "leadership without authority", operating without a team, and having much harder time defining your own success.

@yanlang6268 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Meta, super grateful I saw this great video while doing interview prep! I literally followed your U story approach! Thank you so much and hope you create more contents on SDE career path!

@pablomotta___ Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your time and generosity in sharing such valuable information!

@thorsanvil 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vids! Helped cool my nerves down for the interview. Your realistic approach and sensible arguments really helps keep me/the viewer level headed in our approaches. Got the amazon job, if I ever see you, I owe you a beer!

@skyisblue3847 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking your time to create this valuable video

@poison99x 2 жыл бұрын

I've waited 9 months to see your next video... and it did not disappoint!

@karthikreddy4083 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen on this subject, thanks for uploading!

@theophanerupin228 Жыл бұрын

This is by far the most helpful tips about how to nail a behavioral interview I’ve gotten so far. Very well done!

@ItsOkToDaance 2 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing video, as someone currently going through interview processes it's very useful ! I've never heard of the U-shape storytelling framework before, and I love the authenticity of your explanations - Thank you

@AmanJakkani 2 жыл бұрын

my friend showed me this channel, severely underrated advice! thanks so much, i really learned a lot

@kjkang11 2 жыл бұрын

I have only briefly met you once after a meeting some time ago when I was at Amazon. Wish I actually had someone like you around to learn from. It is really hard to come by a genuinely good advice in a sea of really bad voices out there. I am so surprised KZfaq actually recommended me to a right person. I respect that you prioritize your family and your own life, and when you do get a chance I look forward to your next video.

@cocoarecords 2 жыл бұрын

You are a really great speaker tbh. Enjoyed the no bs video

@davidsun9026 2 жыл бұрын

Your video showed up in my KZfaq recommendations. I'm not even a developer, but this is great advice/insight. Thank you for sharing

@lokesh00xx Жыл бұрын

You really have a unique way of narrating stories! It was really helpful. Thank you!

@sagarjoglekar Жыл бұрын

I think this was the best video I have ever seen dissecting behavioural questions for tech roles. I learn't a lot! I am super grateful you made this video!!

@videosforketan Жыл бұрын

For searching over months I reached to the content that helps find the missing pieces of next level. It tells not only what I have to prepare but how also. Thank you so much for posting the insightful content.

@Sefran12 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the best channel for those of us who are trying to go from middle to senior and then some more. Thanks!

@bombaybhai Жыл бұрын

This is smart , relevant and without any fluff advice. Kudos for the great video!!

@salmancloud 2 жыл бұрын

OMG... this is your third video that I just watched. I have done a lot of prep for my AWS interview already, but, I feel like you are going to help me put an amazing polish on my answers. I have prepped over 30 stories from my experiences already, but, now after watching your videos, I realize that I seriously need to up-level many of them. Also the U method is brilliant. More examples of the U method would be really awesome. THANK YOU! - AMAZING CONTENT!

@adaeinthelife 2 жыл бұрын

Another hit. Thanks!

@KevinNaughtonJr 2 жыл бұрын

really awesome video Meta! Thanks for sharing!

@bklynkid8890 2 жыл бұрын

Meta, this is seriously one of the best pieces of advice I have ever heard. I often struggled with answering “Tell me a time where X”. I recently used this video’s lessons with amazing success in my last interview loop which landed me a new job. Thanks and well done on the amazing advice and video!

@user-ci4it4yp9v 2 жыл бұрын

I'm preparing for an Amazon interview and found this video is very useful to me. Thank you!

@thomasfgooch Жыл бұрын

Super appreciative of this video! Thanks so much!

@indrajeetnikam5301 Жыл бұрын

This content is a gold mine ❤

@pedronascimento3491 2 жыл бұрын

Dude Really Thanks!!! Each video blows up my mind

@aravindsarma Жыл бұрын

Each word in this video is an actual gem and I've to watch again and again to internalize all of it. Thanks for taking time to come up with the script.

@junkyardmonkie 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you made another video. It had been a while since the last one.

@LongForgottenOne 8 ай бұрын

Next week I have an Amazon interview, your videos have been so insightful, thank you very much.

@Buchan178 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Meta … this was so true and I try to give a solution while story telling. But as you said “life is too messy” now I am not trying to provide a perfect solution and my Staff level interviews are going great.

@davidde7620 Жыл бұрын

I have often thought that the popular STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) method of narrating a story didn't have the same impact I was going for when I would talk about something I have done or accomplished. Thanks, A Life Engineered for this great advice. Building a story with the U-Story method and then framing it in the STAR method makes much more sense.

@m00semanus Жыл бұрын

Genuinely impressed with this video. No bullshit content. Straight to the point and a thoughtful response. And the answers are better than the $700 interview prep course I took. Thank you thank you thank you.

@yankunbigcat7925 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! This video is so good. Examples are great, and the summary part is extremely helpful.

@mazenkenjrawi158 8 ай бұрын

Amazing! especially the last point!

@nigamshahmusic Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video (and the others). I am back to interview prep after getting laid off recently from Meta (aka FB). After 4 years as a senior eng at a big tech company, everything you are saying makes sense... But it is still hard to look at one's own experience with an objective POV, and tell the story in a concise way. My last time around, I prepared all my stories using the STAR method, and I find that I spend too much time telling the facts, and not enough telling the substance -- which is why I am telling this story in the first place. I will try thinking about it with the "U" shape. Thanks!

@BrianMendoza93 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your advices! The video catches you in an instant!

@bfayer 2 жыл бұрын

Great point about focusing on villains, similarly- when people decide to spend time describing things they hate it's pretty easy to read into that as a toxic personality trait.

@snehabandekar9934 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for creating this video. This video offered genuine advice that I knew but I guess did not stitch it together. Listening from your experiences helped

@Aya-ms6lv 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back! Great video as usual

@danjuarez79 5 ай бұрын

Your "stories" have taught me a bit about how I should tell mine and I thank you for that.

@stevefaulkner183 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Even after years as a Staff engineer, this was very helpful to me

@tarmus6908 2 жыл бұрын

This, is, amazing. This channel needs more subs.

@MagicFrisby 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, editing, story telling. Great work, keep it up

@assadullahshaikh2625 2 ай бұрын

You're the G.O.A.T. I feel so unlucky to have found your channel so late. But equally lucky that I found your channel at the time I needed it the most.

@pkr619 3 ай бұрын

Probably the most underrated dev focused channel on youtube, each video is a gold mine.

@TamNguyen-eg3pq Жыл бұрын

This is really great stuff. Thanks for sharing!!!

@EngMohamedRamadan 2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy that you are back to make videos again. Your videos are great and had many useful information. I understand that you still don't have a lot of subscribers because it still don't have many videos yet.

@ishab745 2 жыл бұрын

Missed you! So happy to see a great new video!✨

@patrickdee7365 Жыл бұрын

Extremely valuable channel, very glad I got here

@muhamadmarifatalhanif8345 4 ай бұрын

Had my first entry-level job interview as a junior dev at a local company in my city, and you've been my guide in understanding what helped me secure the job. It led me to the point where my interviewer and I were negotiating my salary. Thanks a lot uncle Steve😆!

@utprem Жыл бұрын

I accepted the Down-Leveled position for my family and location reasons. Believe me it sucks and is frustrating. Thanks for sharing such details useful for others

@sti302man 2 жыл бұрын

Boy oooh boy!! This was great .

@xingyanglan6836 Жыл бұрын

This is phenomenal content. I might not be the intended target audience but your presentation of advice teaches me things that I feel like I can start applying.

@hungchau 2 жыл бұрын

Gold right here. Thanks Meta.

@offBeatRock777 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is a treasure trove

@ehdyn 2 жыл бұрын

To anyone that comes across this.. it's actually worth your time and attention. Saving this one..

@frankhu5418 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Love the concept of the u story and the lint with star.

@AngelAlvarado57 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Meta for sharing.

@ssjcosty Жыл бұрын

Very useful, thanks! I have been downleveled and downright rejected after a few interviews, but there the problem wasn't that I didn't have the skills or the experience, it was that I hadn't really prepared for the interviews (with practised answers etc.).

@djetton1 Жыл бұрын

Such a golden channel!

@yoloswaggins2161 Жыл бұрын

I like the way this guy thinks and presents.

@beepbong Жыл бұрын

Great channel, love the humor

@dmitry1589 Ай бұрын

Great video with awesome examples! Packed with golden nuggets. I am interviewing and figuring out how to present my experience in a way that it represents my skills properly. This video is better than whole course on leadership I took on one of the learning platforms.

@jessiz- 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this is really helpful! Also liked how you gave a couple of lengthy and realistic example responses. I'm trying to think about how to format my responses for upcoming interviews, and a "u-shaped" story does sound compelling - I'll keep that in mind

@bronsonschnitzel7493 2 жыл бұрын

Ran into this scenario at Amazon. I got hired in a level lower than I should have because of the behavioral portion. My experience well exceeded the level they gave me. I ended up leaving because the promotional path was more political than I cared to deal with and the work I was given was insanely menial with little to no growth. Left to go to a company with the level I should have been.

@laughingvampire7555 24 күн бұрын

yes, these interviewers make too much excuses about why the interview process sucks so bad.

@Stella-se1lg 8 ай бұрын

Wow! That’s GREAT😊 I love your content❤

@davidkezi6086 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the content, loved the presentation.

@quirkyquester Жыл бұрын

amazing video, thank you so much bro! One of the best video!

@jezzikah01 11 ай бұрын

Amazing advice. Thank you

@Neonb88 Жыл бұрын

So so so valuable and practical, all coming from real life experience. Even when we compare you to some of the other best Tech KZfaqrs like TechLead, Tina Huang, etc. your advice is so practical, goal-oriented. If you started a Patreon or something like that, I'm sure some folks would pay you just from the benefit they got from these videos I also liked the cute bit at the end about narratives and struggling with the complexities of life, being trapped in your own perspective, etc. It was nice to know someone else also thinks about these things, but still has optimism and enjoys a great story.

@KoberTheObserver 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video! I had some experiences where I can tell a story similar to the example in the video. It is kinda hard to tell a story like that when you are in a interview, specially if you are nervous. However with this video I find it easy to tell a good story with my experience.

@billourou4443 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you for you made this video. It’s really help me to a job interview.

@jonathanmantello3974 Жыл бұрын

Wow, amazing video! Thank you!

@sirajali3815 2 жыл бұрын

You have great advice. Thank you!

@derrickagyemang1259 Жыл бұрын

Great content. Thanks for sharing

@augustineumeagudosi5540 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this insight

@reynaldoruizflores Жыл бұрын

Again, thank you. Very useful.

@vvolfbelorven7084 2 жыл бұрын

I was told at the firm to develop “story telling skills” so I watched this video with purpose Thanks for the tips!

@nullx2368 2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised of how much your advise aligns with how I go about the interview process. Learning, Understanding situation and adapting to the vision/needs of a team is how I prepare for an interview. If in the interview I get a lot of "random" tech questions that don't relate to the project, It feels like they are doing a terrible job and funny enough even if you do bad aslong you show confidence in solving their actual problems they will still consider you.

@TheodoreRavindranath Жыл бұрын

Amazing.. real eye opener!

@bhargavreddy6140 2 жыл бұрын

I always look forward to your insights ,unique

@sandrallancherosg Жыл бұрын

Wow! Awesome video!

@subbunat4273 Жыл бұрын

This is great advice, thanks

@miralirazakhan314 2 жыл бұрын

this is GOLD

@martinmassera Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I felt your sincere desire to help

@sompamalakar Жыл бұрын

This is very helpful. Thank you

@SketchbookStudioo 3 ай бұрын

extremely valuable insights here my friend

@anshumansingh9184 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back ❤️

@f.u.spammers3846 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Would be fascinated to hear you discuss the various angles of what happened in my last job. The "protected bully" at the office. This is someone who, for whatever reason, has the backing of their manager and maybe even higher. Their position is secure. From their catbird seat, they spot you. You are just trying to do your work, but for whatever reason you trigger their hunting instincts. They go about undermining you, turning people against you, making your work difficult, gaslighting you, etc. My share of the blame would be not reacting well to the abuse, resisting them, and calling them out, but even going the traditional accepted chats with our boss or with HR doesn't work because their interest is to retain the status quo. I would agree this should have been my cue to hit the eject button immediately, however I don't want to be quitting every job where this happens. I ask you because in your videos you seem real and genuine.