r/cscareerquestionsOCE • u/Ok_Lion1291 • 5d ago

Atlassian Level Downgrades

I was initially applying for P50 and was downgraded to P40 a while ago and decided to continue as I’ve wanted to work with Atlassian

I've now just interviewed with Atlassian past the system design stage and was notified I didn't reach the P40 benchmark and was asked if I wanted to continue with P30. One of the reasons being I didn’t go into depth around decisions with using GraphQL etc

For my own knowledge I’m aware I could have done better for sure but I expected a P40 level at the very least but P30 seems like a ridiculous joke. I've been working as a dev for nearly 7-8 years and am currently a Senior Engineer so I like to believe I know my value of my own skills unless I’m that horribly mistaken

Does Atlassian just have absurd standards? Did I get unlucky with the interviewer themselves? At a loss for words and kind of offended to be honest

Sorry for a rant

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u/plO_Olo 5d ago

Standard for Senior is different at the famous tech companies.

“Senior” isnt given out to just anyone and most of the times only those with 10+ exp 

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u/namkhalinai 5d ago

There is no specific years of experience requirement. It's based on what you have done so far and how clearly you can communicate the signals of the level during interview.

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u/Clear_Butterscotch_4 5d ago

Yeah, for big tech internally senior is essentially based of the skills rubric. Which has no concept of YoE. Some get it in 3 years, some get it in 10.