Modifying my previous QA title to add more YOE as a senior PM-T
Hi all,
I am currently working as a Technical Product Manager at a small startup in Canada. I've been here for 3.3 years.
I keep applying at FAANG companies as a Sr. PM-T but I keep getting downgraded to an L5. I am thinking this is because I don't have enough YOE as a PM-T
Back in 2016, I was working as a Senior Business Analyst but got laid off. I tried so hard to get a PM job but had no luck. I gotta put food on the table, so I reluctantly took a job as a Full Stack Senior QA Automation Engineer (Team Lead). It was a good job and allowed me to work closely with the teams' Sr. PMT. I volunteered to help him with extra projects in addition to my own job as a Sr. QA. I worked in this role from 2016 to 2019.
Fast forward to today. While I am currently working as a PM-T, I am tempted to lie/modify this previous "Full Stack Senior QA Automation Engineer (Team Lead)" -> "Product Owner" or "Product Manager" so that my YOE as a PM-T is 6+.
I would not change the timelines or the duties. Just the title.
Is this really so bad? Any thoughts? Would the background check catch this?
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