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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FAANG is Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google[/quote]

How to get into one of these companies?   Do I need to get a referral from someone who works there?   I have a lot of DoD experience and clearance but not a SDE (as I am not working on cutting edge so I won't be able to compete ).   Not sure what other jobs besides SDE I can do as I have a lot of analytical skills etc.   Where do you look for FAANG jobs?  [/quote]

Have you tried their websites? Or did you not find jobs listed that match your interest/experience?[/quote]

It seems like there are a lot of SDE jobs but I have old skills for that job.  Maybe I should look under people jobs vs engineering - I might need to start at entry level due to competition and work my way up.  [/quote]

They will never hire someone over 30 for entry level. [/quote]

Not true.  My spouse didn't get his degree and first job till early 40's.[/quote]

Veteran in cybersecurity?[/quote]

Nope and nope.  [/quote]

So what is his secret sauce? I’m a computer science major with a degree from an elite university in my 40s and I can’t land a job paying FAANG rates in tech. [/quote]

My spouse went to a no name college.  It is skill.  You either are not good or don’t interview well.  [/quote]

Haha, my skills are fine. I interview fine but can’t get past the screen to interview for the high paying companies.  How does he get the interview and chance to show that skill?  Does he demo a project on GitHub? Or have a project demo from when he was in school?[/quote]

If you were interviewing fine you’d be getting past the screen.[/quote]

Again, I’m talking about the resume screen. If they call me i move on; had an offer from Amazon but no interest in sweatshop or risking being their hire to fire   ( which may be the PP).

I assume we are talking past each other. I mean the resume screen where a device or maybe some HR drone scans your resume and you get connected to a person to talk to. When I talk to somebody, I always move onto interviews and coding challenges, and have gotten a bunch of offers but most not paying the $250k+ I am looking for. I did get a decent offer from Amazon, but it’s so shady as mentioned above I passed on it.

I’m asking as a 40 year old how to get that interview with a top flight tech company and pass the resume screen. I think they have someone looking for graduation dates, and since PP has a recent grad date they get setup to talk to someone. My graduation date is not listed or is from a different century, so is THAT my problem? If I get a recent grad date will it get past the HR drone?[/quote]

^^ NP working at FAANG. Easiest way to get past the resume screen is to have an internal referral. Any internal referral will do (e.g. doesn't need to be strong glowing recommendation directly to the hiring manager, at my FAANG you just submit a quick form to HR) -- it puts you in a different queue. Almost every candidate we interview comes this way. [/quote]

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