How to apply to job: https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1364361569899974658
- Pick company.
- Glance at open roles
-
Pull up LinkedIn or Twitter. Find person connected to team
- Start with hiring manager. They are geared to escalate Candidate With Immediate Intent
-
Hi X, I’m considering my next move and was hoping I could grab a virtual coffee with you about [Y, Y team, and what it’s doing] and @company. I’d like to learn more.
- Better: “Hi [person], I’m considering my next move, and saw Stripe has an opening for infrastructure engineer mentioning Kubernetes. My current team just migrated from ECS to K8S. It was a bit of a mixed bag, would love to see if Stripe felt some of the same pain”
- Add: “I wrote up some of my reflections on this here…”
- Ask culture fit questions
- Ask for advice on applying
- If I have no experience, build a quick thing with an API (related to position) or something and then talk to a DevRel about it
- Interviewing the Company