How to Get First-Round Interviews at Tech Companies - Full Guide edition

When you're looking for jobs, getting first round interviews is one of the hardest places to be stuck in. Once you’re getting called in for interviews, you start to see what works and what doesn’t. But when you’re applying over and over and hearing nothing back but formulaic rejections or silence, there’s not a clear way to get better.

By the end of this 97-page book, you’ll know how most people apply to jobs, why it doesn’t work, and what I recommend you do instead. The material is based on coaching dozens of tech job seekers 1:1 and being part of the hiring process for 9 different roles at tech companies. The book includes a step-by-step breakdown on how to get more first interviews, including:

• Why most people work too much on their resume, and what few changes you need to make a big impact
  
• How to pick companies that are most likely to interview you
  
• How to get people at these companies to speak with you, even if you’ve never met those people before
  
• How to conduct an excellent informational interview to learn valuable information other applicants won’t know
  
• How to turn these informational interviews into personal introductions that skip the resume screening and get you an interview
  
• An effective way of organizing this whole process 

This is the recommended "Full Guide" package, which includes resources and some help from me, but not as much 1:1 help as the "Personal Support" package. In addition to the book, you get:

• A question bank of over 100 informational, assessment, and diligence interview questions
  
• Tested templates for reaching out to people you know directly (warm), people you’re getting an intro to (warm intros), and people you don’t know yet (cold)
  
• Asking questions via email - you can ask me up to three questions about the book via email, and I’ll answer personally
  

For more information, please see unusuallydifficult.com.