I joined google 9 years ago fresh from school with a degree in chemical engineering. I was an account executive, customer success manager, strategic partnerships manager to now a product manager finally since the last year. I am on internal tools team however, and don’t have a consumer facing product. I am at L6, and TC 280k but mostly because of stock increase. 3 promos, joined as L3. What kind of roles can I explore outside of google? I really want to move but haven’t been able to figure out where I fit in the outside world. I applied for sales, BD, product strategy roles at other fang or non fang companies, startups but haven’t had much luck. The roles are either too junior for me or I dont meet 5 of the 10 things they look for. Also, my onsite conversion ratio is pretty high, 8/10, I would say. However have had at least 25 onsite rejects in the last couple of years that I have intermittently been interviewing. Advice?
If you are able to cover cost of living with current TC, then I recommend this. Work on a 9-12month plan to acquire skills for the job you want to go to. Then try and hopefully it should work out. Those 25 rejections are hard to take but there is likely a message in there that you have to find and learn. That’s the best I can tell you right now. You can find appropriate mentors and do mock interviews to up your skill. Network on LinkedIn
If you’re getting onsite and then going 8/10 is it cultural issues? Do you feel you’re not doing well more on the behavioral questions or technical questions? Must be something that leads to on campus interviews that aren’t converting to offers
Google L6 product manager TC 280K seems low (compared to SWE L6). 8/10 onsite conversion seems ok. What feedback did you receive from the 25 rejects? My 0.02 - unless someone is trying to get rid of you, find projects in Google that covers top N skills for JDs you looked at. Get that job or role, experience in that area and try again in few years.
That is my frustration. Just because I do not have any competing offers, I cannot have google increase my TC. As I started out on a different ladder and moved to PM, my numbers are way off. I have been trying to add other skills and doing 20% projects as well, but am just not able to cut out of it.
Which location are you in?