u/NextDoorNeighbor11

After my masters, when I joined a FAANG adjacent company, the law firm was so good they reached out early on to get started on I-140 and I kept brushing it away - hoping to get H1B first, hoping to settle in my new job, and then before I knew it, time passed by and I started pretty late and couldn’t even get to getting my I-140 as i had to leave that job due to certain situations. At that time, the processing window was like 6 months.

In my next job, they were clear they will start PERM after one year of joining and seeing as i didnt have much choice, i joined them. They didn’t get it to it due to multiple layoff rounds they kept conducting. Unfortunately i was also impacted in its 6th round.

Now I’m really worried about my future and yes as silly as it may sound, I understand it’s all my doing. My biggest regret is- if I had been on top of my filing on my first job and not delayed it, even before I left that job at that time, I’d have gotten my I-140. I’m unable to process that regret. I am starting to be so angry and resentful towards myself cos of my silly mistake that costs such big decisions later.

I’m sharing to get my heart lighter on the mistakes I made so that you don’t, I appreciate this space to come share my troubles. You’re all amazing. Thanks!

I want to really position myself in the best manner and learn what defines the right culture fit, the daily roles and responsibilities etc. would love to speak to someone if possible.

TIA!

How far out do you schedule the hiring manager round after the HR reached out to speak with the hiring manager? Genuinely curious about this cos I always fear if I’m doing it right.

Similarly, if hiring manager round goes well, how long do you take to prep for the full loop?

I’m looking for some hopeful stories where the wonderful folks in this sub have landed roles after being laid off in the recent times.

The market has been pushing me to feeling like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel.

Could use any true, stories of success. Bonus points if you are a product manager.

The market has been tough on many of us, especially for those who had a time crunch - either due to finances, health reasons, immigration or anything personal.

It’s hard to keep faith when there’s more darkness and negativity.

I’m looking for some true success stories for those in tech (bonus points if you’re a PM) and successfully landed a role in the recent.

TIA!

I feel I am not doing good because it takes me 1 full day (10 hours of time) to just get 4-5 stories straight for behavioral and remember them.

Please tell me how can I be more efficient in overall job prep - for any round.
TIA!

Behavioral sounds quite easy in the surface, but I’m noticing I’m not great with answering all variants of behavioral -

1. Describe working with stakeholders for your projects ( do I talk about my approach in working with them or do I give an instance?)

2. How would you go about convincing someone who disagrees with you? (Again, should I only talk about approach here or also share a story and what underlying thing are they trying to judge?)

Honestly my stupid head thinks hey! This is a fun question and this instance relates well and it goes on to talk about that story that relates to this, but I bet I’m not thinking about the underlying what they might actually want to hear- like for the convincing part of the question, do they want to hear what often causes disagreements, what patterns have I seen of disagreements being caused that I now handle before hand etc.

Please help! I’m on a time crunch and am really having a hard time making myself better.

Bonus points if you can advise me on what really helped you go from a B to an A+ in answering behaviorals.

As someone who’s in a time crunch to find another job, I am literally so afraid that I haven’t even seen the second page of LinkedIn jobs, applying to 7-8 applications and tailoring them takes my day away.

I am having genuine FOMO that I haven’t seen all jobs posted in 24H and if I missed something that was so relevant to what I’ve done. How are you guys optimizing your job application that really works for you?

When I was a software engineer, I was drowned in consultancy calls for dev positions, after a solid experience as a dev and PM across good brands, I’m not hearing of any consultancies hiring for PMs/TPMs, anyone have a good contact to reach out to? I’m on a time crunch and could really use the help.

TIA!

I’m losing faith and hope that things will get better despite my efforts. I’ve been passively job hunting with a full time job since last 6 months and it’s like the universe saw me job hunting - I was also laid off 3 weeks ago! Now I’m actively job hunting and I’ve applied to numerous positions, have given full effort in understanding what the role is looking for, to recollect my work experience and frame it right and it’s been now 6+ months that I’ve not landed any role.

Also, after going full time on job hunting, my HR call numbers also dropped. I’m trying hard to be optimistic but have an immigration timeline of 60 days to find a job or leave the country.

Background :
Master’s in CS
Big tech Software & PM role
Fortune 500 PM
Overall 6 YOE.

Things I’ve done:

1. Have shipped AI/ML initiatives at work but still need more hands on for confidence, so enrolled in self learning
2. Actively applying to 7-8 jobs per day with resume highlighting relevant work
3. Asking for referral within my (limited) network

I’ve felt this subReddit as my virtual home, have given and recieved so much valuable insights. This time, I’m not sure how to ensure I land a job by 60 days. Please help in any way you can, feel free to be a critic if you think it’s going to help me improve in any way.

I’d also appreciate if you can help with introductions to anyone you might know in your circle for reference or so.

TIA!

I have had pollen allergies since 4-5 years, this one was almost like a flu or so it felt - coughing, sneezing, watery eyes, coughing (yes a lot) and feeling fatigued. I thought the worse was about to get over.

But since last 2 days I’ve lost sense of smell and taste. Interestingly, my allergy symptoms of cough sneeze and watery eyes has gone away today but loss of smell and taste is still there.

I’m worried - please help!

Is anyone else tired of seeing “has 5+ YOE developing Agentic systems” “6+ YOE with AI/ML experience” for mid level roles - I mean cmon while I understand AI and ML existed since 1960/70s foundationally, corporates were not so AI first 6-10 years back!

How is everyone getting interviews with these demands (and I’m not talking about AI scientists or ML engineer roles where this could be evident requirements). I’m talking about product roles. That too, not an “AI PM” role.

I’m not sure how to continue my job search because I’m upskilling and need to land a job in 3.5 months (visa issues).

Have found a “fits like a glove” role and am so excited about it! Definitely want to give it a best shot and thought if someone here can help with a referral or connect me to the hiring manager, I’d love to share all the work I’ve done in the same field :)

TIA!

This year has been so heavy and I’m not even halfway there 💔

6 YOE across FAANG level company and a Forbes 100 company, laid off recently from a product role. Thats not the worst, I would normally be calm and keep looking and working for it but am on immigration constraints that makes it worse.

I have tried everything from applying with customized resumes to getting referrals at some places, practicing with family, but clearly I’m missing something as I haven’t been getting enough calls to land just one role.

FYI -for instance, I recently went though a full loop at a company and after a heavy draining one month, exhausting prep and managing everything, I was rejected despite knowing I cleared the toughest bar as per the recruiter.

I need your help genuinely. I’d be extremely grateful if you could:

1. Share the most effective tips to successfully land interviews
2. What prep has worked best for you
3. Could you help me get referrals/know someone who’s hiring?

I could really use some support as I see myself breaking down and having no further strength to continue with everything going on.

TIA!

If I had to speak with 7 different people, each for approx an hour - Starting with recruiter who cleared me so I spoke to the HM, who cleared me so I spoke with a director, who cleared me so I went to the final panel loop where I interviewed with 4 people across VP, Eng director, X-Fn director, team leads scheduled over another 2-3 days, how many rounds would you say I had?

Asking because it seems some people considered rounds vs calls different.

My heart breaks writing this but I found a role that was exactly a great mix of what l've been doing and did in the past. Cleared the toughest bar in the second interview as per the recruiter. Had total of 7 rounds, I prepped my best and gave my sleep, soul and passion only to get a rejection. I understand I could have done best in all rounds, but I remember 5 going really well and 2 going mixed.

I feel lost and hopeless, feels like there's no light at the end of the tunnel.

Title pretty much sums it up. I’m looking to invest in something that’s moderate risk like Seagate or WDC that might have same level of growth, but I’m learning and feel like I might have missed the train on those seeing it’s already at $500 almost.

What stock would you recommend that is today at what Seagate and WDC were a while ago.

Thank you for being patient and reading it, appreciate honest feedbacks.

Despite good enough work ex (a FAANG level company, a Forbes 500 company next), I feel like I’m being thrown curve balls that I don’t have energy left to catch, leave aside tackle well.

What is this coming too? I have 6+ YOE and the amount of expectations during applications AND during interviews makes me feel hopeless, almost like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel for this job search in this market. I’m sorry if this offends anyone, please know that’s not my intention. Just needed a place to vent because I’m not even sure I want to continue, but the worst part is: I don’t have a choice.

For example: I’m extremely burnt out and my brain seems fried to the max, but I have an interview I need to prep for tomorrow, if I postpone, I know I’ll risk it big time. This is just an example, despite every minute prepping whenever I can, it just doesn’t feel good and I’m constantly worried and scarred of how things are not going according to plan, I’m becoming just number. I don’t even know what to feel anymore.