The webinar "How to land a FAANG job" was presented by Misha Yurchenko on October 2, 2020.

1. How to Land a Job at the Top Tech Companies!
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google

2. FAANG Companies
1. What are they looking for?
2. How can you get an edge in applying for the job?
3. How can you nail the interview?
Goal: Practical, actionable advice you can use today.

3. Who Am I?

4. 24 million applications
3 million 1st interviews
700,000 finals
185,000 hired

5. What FAANG Are Looking For
1. Technical skills/domain and role expertise - typically a minimum of 3+
years
2. Culture - fast paced, humble, willing to accept critical feedback,
creative, excellent communicators
Top education and MBA a big plus
Role-specific certifications (but don’t list them all on LinkedIn!)

6. What Will Make You Attractive
Considerations:
1. Well-funded /larger tech company (scale + culture)
2. Fast growing startups (speed+ culture)
3. ...ideally both. Check CBInsights for a huge list. Asia / US
Unicorns / Fintech / AI etc.
4. Inhouse preferable to agency
5. Failure + Success
6. Moving closer to hiring city (Seattle, San Fran, New York,
Dublin, Hyderabad, etc) - location is important
7. Pro Tip: Use LinkedIn to look up companies where people
previously worked.

7. Interview Process/ Hiring / Culture
Facebook Apple Amazon Netflix Google
# of interviews 3-9 3-10 3-8 3-10 6-16
Structure Structured. Coding +
system design +
behavioral
Less structured.
Coding +
behavioral.
Structured. Technical
+Behavioral
Unstructured.
Behavioral +
technical
Structured.
Technical+
Behavioral
+Casual
Open roles as
of Oct 1st 2020
650 technical roles
1,150 non-tech
1,600 tech
2,875 non-tech
12,000 tech
21,000 non tech
150 tech
500 non tech
3,000 tech
7,000 non tech
Culture Mission-driven,
connecting the world,
hacker culture
Creativity, secretive Efficiency,
customer-obsession
People over
process
Friendly,
mission-driven

8. How to Get Your Resume/CV Past the System
1. Don’t send the same resume for each role. Quality > Quantity
2. A great resume is easy to read and can be scanned within 3 seconds. A good
resume and a bad resume.
3. A great resume has : Career progress, numbers, scope/scale, keywords.
4. Get professional feedback on your resume. TopResume/ Carrus.io/ Upwork/
Fiverr
5. What is an ATS? ATS > Screening > Human
6. Use Jobscan.co for all applications and roles to bypass the ATS (show demo)

9. Follow up with the Recruiter & Hiring Manager

10. Direct application vs. agency recruiter
Pros
● Good recruiter can get you interview and
help prep!
● Good recruiter can control speed
● Good recruiter can push for you
❏ Direct application more flexible
❏ Direct application less pressure
❏ Direct application can be good prep
Choose one!
Read more about how to vet a recruiter here.
Cons
● Bad recruiter waste of time/no prep
● Bad recruiter can put pressure
● Bad recruiter limited roles
❏ Direct internal recruiter can be slow
❏ Direct internal recruiter not incentivized
❏ Direct not much prep

11. 1st Interview-2nd Interview: STAR
● Recruiter/Hiring manager = Behavioral
interviews and/or resume from start to
finish.
● Your chance to learn about the role - ask
lots of smart questions. Here’s a list for
you.
● Use the STAR method. Free STAR sheet
template and Amazon template. You can
use this for any FAANG or behavioral
interview.

12. Do you really understand the business?
Flywheels Links: Amazon/ Apple/ Facebook / Google / Netflix. Source: https://reasonstreet.co/

13. Final Interviews/Technical/Written
● Do 5-10 hours of mock interview practice.
● Amazon example of what it takes.
● You need at least 2 weeks to prep. Don’t push it.
● For technical mock interview practice go to
algoexpert.io or interviewcake & crack the coding
interview
● It’s 50/50 skills/culture
● For behavioral interview prep for FAANG, go to
https://carrus.io/
● Use STAR.
● Don’t schedule them all on the same day, it’s torture.

14. Why Is it so hard to get interview feedback?
Recruiters are busy.
Some are lazy.
Others just don't want to hurt your feelings.
Solution: Ask the hiring manager. Follow up multiple times. Connect with them
on LinkedIn and use Inmails. Mock interviews really help to get feedback
beforehand.

15. Moving Forward
● If you don’t pass, find out if it's culture or
role-related.
● Try for a different role or again in 6-12 months.
● Or, plan B, find a non-FAANG job and look for a
stepping stone.
Why you should apply anyways...
● Great practice for the process
● Makes you a better interviewee for other
roles
● Puts you in the system for future roles

16. Carrus.io
Free 15 minute call with any coach / Recruiters and hiring managers from FAANG companies

17. Free Stuff
● My two books for free - Cracking the Amazon Interview and STAR. Get them here.
● A free list of 127 tools for your job search
● Free 15 minute chat with any of our top tech coaches on Carrus.io
● You can download this slide too!

18. Thank you! Questions?
My contact:
Misha Yurchenko
misha@carrus.io
Carrus.io : register for free at https://app.carrus.io/register