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Was the whole process <= 1 hour, the total amount of live coding was <= 1 hour, or any session of live coding was <= 1 hour?

All the interviews at Google are 45 minutes, and when I interviewed only 2 had coding, so there was realistically 70-80 minutes of coding that day. I did maybe 15 minutes in a phone screen on an earlier date. Even if you did only 60 minutes for the whole process, you really aren't that far off from a typical FAANG.

Level 7+ at FAANG can reach $1m+/yr. Obviously I can't say that you would be able to reach that (most don't), but it's a possibility at least. Part of the difference is that non-FAANG companies often don't have as much of a path to these high levels for ICs so you are forced into management if you want to keep raising your compensation.

For anyone senior, it absolutely is.

https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1627276892226322432