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I applied for the role through an internal referral, which helped me get connected to the recruiter quickly. After an initial screening with the recruiter, I moved on to a second-round interview with the hiring manager, where we discussed the role in more detail, my background, a…

I got laid off from Meta and then a few other companies. I finally hit kind of rock bottom after working for a disastrously failing startup and had to part ways. I spent 2 months heavily focused on Linkedin, applying to jobs, trying to reach out to people I know. The one thing th…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

Started my prep around October 2024 and I was consistent with the planning, efforts, applying and studying. It was painful but sweet. Applied mostly to backend/full stack roles in USA. Resources -  Coding \= Leetcode, Leetcode discuss section company specific, Leetcode explo…