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Got hired 8 weeks after getting laid off. Here’s what actually worked for me. I’m a senior product designer and was looking for hybrid roles in my city. No FAANG on my resume, no fancy school, nothing particularly impressive on paper. I applied to 58 jobs → 8 interviews → 1 offer…

I was using Phil Schroeder's Job Search Stack in Claude Code to apply to around 10 jobs every day, send follow-up emails, keep track of interviews, write cover letters, interview prep briefs... the whole gambit. Code Metal must have been kind of a no-name company because not that…

Last November, I got fed up with the crap culture at Boeing and decided to up my game plan for interviews. Now, I have 2 offers. Previous Role: Senior Product Manager, Boeing Commercial Airplanes  \* Background: Aerospace Engineering, MBA  \* Experience: 9 YOE (Years of…

I was working at a small kids tech smartphone startup after being at another agency and I was tired of the incredibly low salary, virtually no parental leave, and bad company culture. Many coworkers were nice and good to work with but leadership was a bit of a nightmare like many…

Five months ago I got fed up with the crap culture at Amazon (needs a separate post) and decided to start working on my game plan for interviews. Now, I have three offers - Expedia is travel not in the same league I know. No trolls please. My goal was to land a PM role at Google.…

Background going into this: 6 years of experience as a backend engineer, strong on distributed systems and Python, average on algorithms. I did not grind LeetCode for this one and it turned out that was the right call. Preparation Anthropic's interview structure does not reward L…

I recently went through the Databricks interview process and ended up getting an offer, so figured I'd share what I learned. I interviewed for a non-technical role, so obviously the exact loop is going to depend pretty heavily on the position. From what I experienced, though, the…

About two months ago, I started my job search for a Product Manager/Owner role. Last week, I received an offer I’m super happy to accept—and I'm still waiting on a few final case study responses over the next couple of weeks. Quick Background: 3+ years of PM experience in the Mar…