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We all know that despite the growing need for software engineers, getting a job at any tech firm is hard. Nightmarishly hard. The interviews are confusing with tons of levels and an infinitely large question pool they can ask for. This is why we have this newsletter.
However, most people never even get here. They get rejected by the companies in the resume filtering stage. Of the millions of people that apply to Google, not even 1% make it to the interview stage. This can due to many reasons. ATSs can be brutal, the competition is large, and recruiters don’t even look through your resume properly (which is literally their job). None of this is good for your chances.
However, this doesn’t have to be the case. There is a way to exponentially your chances of getting the interview. And since you’re a subscriber of this awesome newsletter, once you get your interview, you will get your offer. Here you can see that using the techniques discussed in this article resulting in an Amazon recruiter reaching out.
So what is this magic, and how can you start using it? Let’s get into this.
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Leveraging Platforms
Let’s get something straight. There is a huge demand for good developers. Emphasis on the good. This means many things:
There are tons of recruiters looking for engineers. They load up their LinkedIn and other hiring platforms to look for the candidates. If there wasn’t a huge demand for software developers, the huge recruiting industry would not exist. Plain and Simple.
Companies hate false positives. They would rather not hire someone over hiring a bad developer. This is why they can be so ruthless in their hiring process.
The reason you’re not getting interviews is because of the competition in online application. Since there is such a large volume, you will get for very arbitrary reasons, often through no fault of your own.
Now you can make your resumes ATS friendly, try to jump through all the hoops, and get your interview. Or you can play it smart.Use the technique here to skip the line and go to your phone screen/interview.
In case you haven’t worked it out yet, this email/post will cover LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a great tool because so many recruiters/professionals use it to find and connect with professionals. Think of it as a Google for job-search-related activity. Using our LinkedIn effectively, we can rank highly on LinkedIn searches, getting lots of hits and offers. No need to spend money on expensive services and consultants. Let’s cover the various facets of a great LinkedIn profile and how you can make yours amazing. I will be referencing my profile, which can be found here.
Skills and Endorsements
This is definitely the highest ROI move for you to make. For those of you that don’t know, LinkedIn offers all users an option to say that to highlight what skills they are good at. The section should look something like this
Select the skills that you have a lot of experience in, and list them. Include Programming Language, Version Control, Frameworks, and skills. Since I work in AI, my skills section is very geared towards Python, AI, Math, and Data Processing. Yours will depend on your field. Once you’ve populated your profile with a lot of relevant skills (try to avoid soft skills), start knocking out the LinkedIn skill assessments for these skills. Do your best since these skills are very important. Doing well will rank you very highly. For example, you can see for the Python assessment, I placed in the top 5% of everyone (3 Million people) who took it. This is the highest percentile achievable, and thanks to this, I get ranked very highly on recruiter searches.
Along with the skill quizzes, start asking for people in your network for endorsements. This will help you a lot in ranking highly.
This is, however, only step 1. It will only allow your profile to start popping up in searches. However, the next step is to ensure that the right people start reaching out to you. This is even more important since recruiters and relevant people only reach out after looking through your profile. Let’s cover how you can take your profile to the next level.
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