The secrets to landing offers at top tech companies

Name: The secrets to landing offers at top tech companies
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A comprehensive guide on how to effectively structure your job search and easily secure offers at top tech companies

Created byKevin Wu

Last updated 4/2024

English

What you'll learn

How to write a compelling resume
How to organize your linkedin
How to create a compelling cover letter
How to effectively structure your job search
Landing Tech Interviews
The most effective job boards
The best strategies for cold applying
Boolean searching
Cold Emailing
How to expand your professional network
Thinking Outside of the box
The third door
Automating the Job Search
How to pass technical interviews
How to learn data structures and algorithms
How to leetcode effectively
How to pass behavioral interviews
How to negotiate your compensation

Course content

9 sections • 32 lectures • 31m total length

Course Introduction0:45
Learn how to effectively structure your job search to land interviews at top tech companies, and understand why tech interviews feel like a game and how to stand out.
Course Overview1:08
Skip to the bonus section at the bottom for some great resources on building your portfolio, passing the interviews, and negotiating your offer.

The best time to start applying is now0:24
apply now; opportunities come and go, and new jobs post weekly so waiting only increases competition. practice interviews to improve, since you never feel fully ready.
Numbers Game0:26
What is Boolean Searching?1:39
Here are some commonly used boolean terms:
AND: Includes all of the criteria in your search results
OR: Includes one or more of the criteria terms in your results
NOT: Excludes certain criteria from the results Quotation Marks
“”: Searches for specific terms that must be included in the results
(): Group Search terms together (does not work on google)
intitle: Looks for certain criteria in the page title
inurl: Looks for certain criteria in the page url
site: Looks for candidates in a specific website
filetype: searches for a specific file type such as pdf or doc

Example searching for jobs with Boolean Searching:
("new grad" OR "recent grad" OR "entry-level" OR "entry level") AND ("software" OR "developer" OR "engineer")

Example searching for recruiters with Boolean Searching:
("talent sourcer" OR "recruiter" OR "human resources") AND ("Google" OR "Meta")

Example searching for hiring managers with Boolean Searching:
Example searching for connections with Boolean Searching: ("Google" OR “Netflix” OR “Airbnb”) AND ("Software" OR “Developer” OR “Engineer”) AND (”Referral” OR “DM for” OR “Message me for”)

Example finding resumes or cover letters:
Resumes:(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv) (filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc OR filetype:txt) “android developer” -job -jobs -sample -templates

Here are some common titles for Software Engineering roles you can use in your boolean search:
Software Engineer or Software Developer
Frontend Developer or Frontend Engineer
Backend Developer or Backend Engineer
Full Stack Developer or Full Stack Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Systems Engineer
Embedded Software Engineer
Application Developer
Mobile App Developer or Mobile Developer or Android Developer or iOS Developer
Web Developer
Blockchain Developer
Database Developer or Database Administrator (DBA)
QA Engineer or Quality Assurance Engineer
Test Engineer or Software Test Engineer (STE)
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Data Engineer
Machine Learning Engineer
Firmware Engineer
Cloud Engineer or Cloud Solutions Architect
Security Engineer or Cybersecurity Engineer
Infrastructure Engineer
Solutions Architect
Network Engineer
Release Engineer
Performance Engineer or Performance Tester
Graphics Engineer or Graphics Programmer
Game Developer or Game Programmer
Startups vs. Non-tech vs. Big-tech companies1:18
Compare startups, non tech, and big tech interview processes, emphasizing culture fit, variability, and research. Master Leetcode rounds and on-the-job learning to land offers.

Job Boards0:40
Here is a list of popular job boards you can try out:
Stack Overflow Jobs
https://stackoverflow.com/jobs
GitHub Jobs
https://jobs.github.com/
Dice (Tech Job Board)
https://www.dice.com/
Hired (Matches candidates with companies)
https://hired.com/
Wellfound (Formerly Angellist, for startups)
https://wellfound.com/jobs
LinkedIn Jobs (Has a significant tech section)
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/
Remote OK (Remote tech jobs)
https://remoteok.io/
We Work Remotely (Remote jobs including tech)
https://weworkremotely.com/
JS Remotely (JavaScript remote jobs)
https://jsremotely.com/
Cryptocurrency Jobs
https://cryptocurrencyjobs.co/
Levels FYI Jobs
https://www.levels.fyi/jobs
Applying directly from website1:00
Maximizing your time0:39

What is Networking?0:42
Networking in person0:45
Attend events like hackathons or tech conferences to build in-person connections for landing offers at top tech companies, and conduct informational interviews to gain insights before asking for referrals.
Using LinkedIn Effectively0:14
Leverage LinkedIn to expand your professional network remotely by reaching out to software engineers, recruiters, hiring managers, and CTOs.
Software Engineers1:09
Recruiters and Talent Sourcers1:02
Learn how to browse a company's job board for roles, reach out to recruiters and talent sourcers, and use a Boolean search to connect with the right contact for referrals.
Hiring Managers0:45
CEO and CTOs0:40
Cold emailing0:42
Discover how cold emailing surpasses LinkedIn by landing in the inbox through research and guessing formats like firstName LastName at company.com, using Crunchbase, Glassdoor, Blind, Reddit, and guessing tools.
Finding creative ways to make connections0:25
Automating the job search0:35
Automate cold emailing and LinkedIn outreach with templates and chrome extensions to streamline the job search, while networking as a numbers game to boost referrals and interviews, like code applications.

Phone Screen0:45
Data structures and Algorithms0:28
Build a foundation in data structures and algorithms for interviews, then practice on LeetCode and tailor prep to your learning style.
Leetcoding1:47
Mock Interviews1:33
Practice mock interviews to articulate solutions, compare approaches, and optimize code, using leetcode prep, time and space complexity trade-offs, pseudocode, walk-throughs, thinking aloud, and networking opportunities.
System Design0:16
Behaviorial0:42
Master behavioral interviews using the Amazon star method—situation, task, action, result—to structure team-focused responses. Practice with common questions from Glassdoor and Blindly Code, and tailor answers to each company's culture.

Requirements

Have a Resume
Have a Linkedin

Description

The typical interview process consists of 4 steps:

Building your portfolio
Landing the interview
Passing the interview
Negotiating your offer

In this course, I will provide a high-level overview of the job-search process, guiding you on the best ways to study and prepare for each stage. I will share insightful tips, strategies, and mindsets to help you navigate and effectively structure your job search.

For building the portfolio, I will show you how to craft a compelling resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile to capture the attention of recruiters and hiring managers.

When it comes to landing the interview, I will share the most effective strategies for cold applications. Additionally, I will introduce techniques like boolean searching, cold emailing, networking, and thinking outside of the box to help you stand out from the crowd. By adopting these strategies, you'll be able to skip the initial filtering stages of interviews, move ahead of candidates more qualified than you, and even create opportunities that might not exist yet.

For passing the interview, I will show you the best study plans for preparing for technical and behavioral interviews.

At the end of the course, I will delve into the significance of salary negotiation and how to negotiate your compensation effectively.

This course will teach you how to land and pass interviews, anywhere.

What this course is not: This is not a guide on how to pass technical interviews. There are plenty of resources online, such as LeetCode, to help you with that.

What this course is: This is a comprehensive guide on how to effectively structure your job search and easily secure interviews at top tech companies.

Who this course is for:

Job seekers looking to break into the tech industry
New grad computer science majors looking to lander their first software engineer job or internship
Software Engineers looking to land more offers
Computer Science Majors looking to land their first role
Software Engineering Interns looking to land their first full time software engineer job

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 2min

Laying the groundwork4 lectures • 4min

Building your portfolio3 lectures • 4min

Cold Applying3 lectures • 2min

The Third Door2 lectures • 4min

Networking10 lectures • 7min

Passing the Interviews6 lectures • 6min

Negotiation1 lecture • 2min

Conclusion1 lecture • 1min

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Description

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