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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…

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 actually applied for another role in the company. It was a senior product manager role which was switched to just product manager. I decided to continue pursuing it. It was a payments role - an area I don't know much about. So I did a ton of interview research and spoke to peop…

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 recently started as a data scientist at a fairly large tech company in Palo Alto, and figured I’d share the process since my background was pretty nontraditional. I was working as a financial analyst for the government, so I definitely didn't have the typical CS/ML background.…

2026 DS job hunt: 2 offers, $300K+ TC I kept seeing people say the DS market is terrible, so I figured I’d share my experience. It definitely isn't easy right now, but I don't think it's hopeless if you prepare well. I started looking a few months ago because of a career bottlene…

I graduated with a CS degree in 2019 and worked as a software engineer for 2 years before transitioning to PM at a mid-sized tech company. Been doing PM work for 3 years now, mostly in B2B SaaS. Applied to Google in December, got the offer last week. Total process took about 2.5…

I went through full interview loop at Google for L6 MLE position. This is how it went. I won’t be able to share the exact questions. Round1: ML system design, went well. Question was about designing a content moderation system. Feedback: Positive. Round2: ML system design, went v…