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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…

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…

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 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…

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…

This came in the midst of my Google loop. I was still waiting on their feedback when a Microsoft recruiter reached out. The timing was challenging since it coincided with suuuuper heavy sprint cycles at work, but I managed to carve out the necessary time. The recruiter call was a…

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 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.…