From Senior Director to VP of Engineering: 15 interviews in 75 days

Varun Kirti
Founder & CEO
1 min read

A Senior Director of Data and AI told us: "I am feeling overwhelmed monitoring every job board, tailoring my resume over and over, and honestly, I’m just trying to keep applying."

He wasn't landing interviews and couldn't find the right roles on his own. He wasn't reaching out to a single hiring manager either. Just applying and waiting.

Underselling himself without knowing it

And we soon realized an even deeper problem: He didn't think he'd qualify for VP-level roles. He was underselling himself and didn't even know it.

The moment we had him on board, we started building his case around his niche, which was Data and AI platform engineering. Specifically, the problem most companies are wrestling with right now is getting AI models out of pilots into full production. He had done exactly that, but none of it was showing up on his resume.

We rebuilt it so the right person could see all the relevant experience and nothing else got in the way. We also applied fast and reached out directly to the hiring managers.

15 interviews and a VP of Engineering offer

The result was 15 interviews within 75 days, including Anthropic, Netflix, PayPal, Roblox, and Snowflake. Ultimately, he ended up accepting a VP of Engineering offer at a scaling AI-powered HealthTech company, with a base of $300K+.

Same person, same experience, same market. The only thing we added was a robust system with a side of industry expertise.

If you want the same system working for you, book a call with us.

Varun Kirti

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Founder & CEO, Wolf Mentoring

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