The end of the beginning
What we’ve covered
This book aims to cover everything after you decide what career(s) might be a good fit for you up until you have many first-round interviews to choose from.
You learned that if applying to many places online isn’t working well for you, the Unusually Difficult system presents an alternative way of predictably being able to talk to people at your target employer, learn about their companies, get a recommendation, and use that recommendation to secure first-round interviews at a much higher success rate than applying cold.
My goal is that this leaves you feeling empowered to choose any company in the world and have a good chance of getting your foot in the door.
Of course, there’s a lot of work between getting a first-round interview and getting a job, but from this point in the process forward you’ll be able to get a lot more feedback on how you’re doing from observing interviewer reactions to what you say. There are resources in the next section to provide a bit of help when you reach this point.
Feedback and thank you
If you’ve made it this far, hopefully you’ve picked up a ton of valuable information about how to get more first-round interviews at tech companies and how to deliver an excellent informational interview.
But there are probably some questions you have and clarifications that would help you out. Please get in touch with me for any questions or feedback you have, at firstroundinterviews@unusuallydifficult.com. I read every message.
This book was entirely built upon my 1:1 work with job seekers like you, and the questions and feedback I’ve already received during the drafting process have made the information more useful for everyone. The main reason I started with a book instead of video is so that it’s easy to make changes and share them with future readers. I’d really appreciate you taking the time to share what could be improved.
Finally, thank you for taking a chance with your time in reading this book and trying out the recommended strategies. I hope they help you get a great job more quickly than you expect!