Here's a list of companies I've had interviews at and not made it to an offer. Been interviewing consistently for 9 months now - I know, it's a shit show. Looking for a PM/Senior PM role. 8 YOE and shit TC. Made it to onsite about 6 times, phone and video rounds with hiring managers about 10 times and recruiter screen the other times. Should I give up interviewing and reflect on what's going wrong? if so, how? Or just keep going? Does being on a work visa reduce my chances?(Dropbox and qualtrics refused to interview me after I told them I was on H-1B). Thoughts?
your lack of sorting peeves me
Haha it's just a shitty Android notes app I used to not this list down. Thanks for expressing your discomfort though đ
With this much interview experience, reflect on what are you doing wrong, make notes, take help from friends and family and improve on that. Keep going!
Does x2 mean you made it to phone screen, x3 mean you made it to onsite, and no x mean you got ghosted/ rejected after speaking with the recruiter?
x 2 means I interviewed with that company twice in the duration of about a year
Interesting, I didnât think you could do that with Facebook or Google. If youâre consistently making it to onsites, Iâd say keep interviewing. If you canât get past phone screens, you definitely need to stop and reflect.
PMs interviews are most subjective, there is no consistency in any company, thirdly not easy to problem solve for hypothetical questions, right on the spot. In the real world, people get time to think through problems, research, and find solutions. Take a break and then get on it again in few months, remember none of the failures matter, you only need one to go thru, it will eventually happen.
And no offers?!
Zero offers.
I think you are interviewing at the wrong time, wait for January. I am in a similar boat but had offers which I didnât like
I mean he says itâs been 9 months of interviews. Surely, it mustâve been the right time during some/most of those months.
What company are you at now?
Razorfish (Now called Publicis Sapient). Yeah, no one else has heard of it either. It's a consulting/agency services company
Iâve heard of Razorfish. Are you in Seattle?
Unfortunately, being on a Visa is a restriction a lot of companies arenât able to get around right now.
Why?
Do a startup to teach people how to get so many interviews
Step 1:Be in the bay area. Step 2:Be in the tech industry. Step 3:??? Step 4:Get interviews.
Interviewed at one and was ghosted for 4 weeks after which I was told "sorry, we want someone who has built a product team from the ground up". I was like, ok.....did you not get that from any of the prior conversations?
Find a "lesser" company that could use your services in that position. You may need more background in that position before being considered by these big companies.
I could explore this, thanks for the suggestion. Any companies you can think of at the top of your head?
Find a field you're really interested in. Then go to Crunchbase and find some companies that have just raised a B or C round.