- Role landed
- Head of Data Science
- Company
- Checkmate
- Time to offer
- 5 months
- Interviews landed
- 30
- Offers
- 6
Raj had quit his job ahead of expected turmoil at his company. He was not in a rush to land anything, he wanted to land the right thing, which is why a guaranteed-placement engagement made sense to him rather than a faster fix.
In five months we landed him six offers as a senior director of data science, from companies including Coca-Cola, CarMax, Empower, Corpay and HCSC, plus interviews at 30 more. He took the Head of Data Science offer at Checkmate because the pay and the role lined up best.
He did not know this category of service existed
“Prior to joining, I had not seen anything like this even existed before. I didn’t even know how effective it was going to be. There were initial doubts as one would have: is this even real, is this effective? I looked through testimonials and stuff.”
What surprised him was that stopping was a choice
Most searches end when something acceptable arrives. With six offers in play, his did not have to.
“It changes the game completely in terms of how you go about job searching. It’s almost to the point where, after I accepted, and I had a few other offers, I was like, okay, that could be the end of it. But let’s keep going.”
That is the practical value of running a wide search rather than a sequential one: the last offer is negotiated against the others rather than against nothing.
The search in numbers
- 6 offers in 5 months, including Coca-Cola, CarMax, Empower, Corpay and HCSC
- Interviews at 30 further companies
- Head of Data Science at Checkmate, chosen on pay and role fit
- Level: VP. Function: AI and Machine Learning
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