Career advice and job search insights from Itay Sharfi, former Google PM and founder of Application Owl.
Mass-applying optimizes the wrong metric. A candidate who stopped spraying applications and started preparing deeply got to final rounds on most of them.
Three companies, three positions, countless interview rounds, and no answer. Why companies stall, what it costs you, and how to force a decision.
A director recently asked me, “Is this move a step up or a step down?”
Generic answers feel safer, but they don’t get you hired. Here’s why, and how to fix it.
Seven years ago, I lived in Pleasanton, a picturesque town at the edge of Silicon Valley. Professionally, life was ideal. I worked at Google on a
If you've been searching for jobs recently, you might feel stuck.
300 applications, 15 interviews, 1 offer. A real case study from a senior PM search shows what your actual odds are and how to improve them.
You’ve done the work. You’ve built the experience. You’ve made it to interviews.
Some interview questions feel like traps. They push you to reveal something you’d rather keep private:
Some mornings, you wake up and think, “Maybe today’s the day.”
It’s not your imagination. Software doesn’t always reward age the way medicine, law, or academia might. Unlike surgeons or professors, you rarely see
What Really Happens After You Apply for a Tech Job?
If you’re interviewing with a Big Tech company (Google, Amazon, Meta, and the rest), you need to understand one thing.
Networking through LinkedIn is one of the most powerful ways to access hidden opportunities in tech. When done right, a cold outreach message asking for a
You might think the best candidate always gets the job. But in a competitive market, that’s often not true. The best candidate often loses to the one who
One of the most common questions I hear is: Why is the job market so tough? I regularly speak with hiring managers across the industry, and here’s what
Imagine this: you’re a recruiter, and you’ve just opened a promising resume. But then you notice something. A gap in the timeline. Questions immediately