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Let’s Craft Your Story Blurb

EX. I was in the service industry for 10 years and hated working with the POS. I realized that I probably could write better software so I took it upon myself to learn JavaScript. While I working that industry, I was also writing code to make the industry better. I leaned into my engineering skillset, I learn into freelancing and working with several and wonderful clients but I’m tired of the agency life, working with clients. I’m ready to join the product team such as yours that builds software that people love because my roots as working with software that I hated. So i’m really excited to be interviwing with your company today.

My Personal Pitch

I went to university for computer science and then the pandemic hit, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to explore another passion of mine which is real estate. While I was in my career as a real estate professional licensed in both Texas & Georiga, I found myself as the go-to person for anything tech-related whether it was with websites, contact management systems or marketing software etc. These moments were actually the highlights of my day so, I took it upon myself to learn fullstack development and really leaned into my engineering skillset and business experience to freelance for several clients. I have ALWAYS been in love with the idea of using software to create powerful technology that transforms and improves the lives of so many people in the world. Now, I’m eager to join the product team (such as yours) that builds software that people love so i’m really excited to be interviewing with your company today.

HITLIST

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Find things in your scope - entry level 1-3yr. Get to the nerds and it comes down to two questions

  1. Find the hiring manager:
    1. add them to the hitlist
    2. follow them on twitter
    3. find their email (hunter.io)
    4. ask for a coffee chat
      1. hey, i saw you live in boston and you’re really into typescript. that’s something i’ve been getting more into. would you be up to having a coffee chat? I would love to learn more about how you got to where you are and your career as a software engineer!
    5. send a thank you
    6. get the recommendation
      1. “we have an open role, would you be interested?” - yeah, would you mind referring me for that role
      2. follow up - “hey idk if u saw they released new stuff about x. have a good rest of your week.”
      3. 2weeks later - “hey i see that there is an open role at your company. we met 2 weeks ago i really enjoyed our conversation, would you mind referring me?”
  2. Find the engineers on the team:
    1. add them to the hitlist
    2. follow them on twitter
    3. find their email (hunter.io)
    4. ask for a coffee chat
      1. hey, i saw you live in boston and you’re really into typescript. that’s something i’ve been getting more into. would you be up to having a coffee chat? I would love to learn more about how you got to where you are and your career as a software engineer!
    5. send a thank you
    6. get the recommendation
      1. “we have an open role, would you be interested?” - yeah, would you mind referring me for that role
      2. follow up - “hey idk if u saw they released new stuff about x. have a good rest of your week.”
      3. 2weeks later - “hey i see that there is an open role at your company. we met 2 weeks ago i really enjoyed our conversation, would you mind referring me?”
  3. Find the recruiter:
    1. add them to the hitlist
    2. follow them on twitter
    3. find their email (hunter.io)
    4. ask for a coffee chat
      1. hey, i talked to [hiringmanager] [engineer] they’re amazing people. i really like had a good time getting to know them. me and bob went out for coffee last week. great guy. i saw you had an open role i was wondering if there’s anything you can do to push my application along
    5. send a thank you
    6. get the recommendation
      1. “we have an open role, would you be interested?” - yeah, would you mind referring me for that role
      2. follow up - “hey idk if u saw they released new stuff about x. have a good rest of your week.”
      3. 2weeks later - “hey i see that there is an open role at your company. we met 2 weeks ago i really enjoyed our conversation, would you mind referring me?”

30 High Value Applications - Custom Resume, Cover Letter and Story that Match Why You Applied There

Ex. service industry - for 10 years i worked in the service industry and every day i used software that i hated working on pos systems that just didnt work so i committed my nights to learning how to code and started building software that i would love to use on the job. eventually i started taking on clients when the pandemic hit i realized 2 things were happening. service industry being hit and industries like airbnb were being hit as well so i started to build tools that would help folks during these difficult times and start to take on more and more clients eventually got tired with the clients and the agency life. now i want to join a product team such as yours at aribnb where i can work on products that inrease everyones lives but also continue the work i did during the pandemic to help foks find easier accommodations and restaurants that were covid safe

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