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A Life Engineered ยท June 22 ยท 37 min

I Coached a Ex-Microsoft Manager for His Netflix Interview

Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale ๐Ÿ“˜ I wrote the book on technical behavioral interviews, nearly 1,000 interviews worth of lessons in one guide. Grab it here: https://geni.us/BehavioralInterview-yt If you want to be in the hot-seat for the next video like this, apply here: https://forms.gle/121P4FhVhxkBaPiq5 ๐Ÿš€ Work directly with Steve to get a high performance review and your next tech promotion in a year, guaranteed! โžก๏ธ http://go.alifeengineered.com/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=lf&utm_campaign=s2p-nr&utm_content=john-sponsored For the extended conversation, become a member to this channel or join my Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/alifeengineered/p/i-coached-a-ex-microsoft-manager?r=2tt9s7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true ๐Ÿ’ฅ Continue the conversation on my Discord server with like-minded viewers. The advice section is *chef's kiss* - https://discord.com/invite/HFVMbQgRJJ ๐Ÿ“ˆTransform your tech career with my free weekly newsletter - https://alifeengineered.substack.com/ After 19 years at Microsoft, John expected his track record to speak for itself. It didn't. A year into his search for an engineering manager role at Netflix, the interviews keep ending the same way. Steve Huynh has seen this before โ€” the experience is all there, but the stories aren't showing it. He coaches John live on exactly what's getting in the way.

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Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale

๐Ÿ“˜ I wrote the book on technical behavioral interviews, nearly 1,000 interviews worth of lessons in one guide. Grab it here: https://geni.us/BehavioralInterview-yt

If you want to be in the hot-seat for the next video like this, apply here: https://forms.gle/121P4FhVhxkBaPiq5

๐Ÿš€ Work directly with Steve to get a high performance review and your next tech promotion in a year, guaranteed! โžก๏ธ http://go.alifeengineered.com/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=lf&utm_campaign=s2p-nr&utm_content=john-sponsored

For the extended conversation, become a member to this channel or join my Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/alifeengineered/p/i-coached-a-ex-microsoft-manager?r=2tt9s7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

๐Ÿ’ฅ Continue the conversation on my Discord server with like-minded viewers.ย  The advice section is *chef's kiss* -ย  https://discord.com/invite/HFVMbQgRJJ

๐Ÿ“ˆTransform your tech career with my free weekly newsletter -ย  https://alifeengineered.substack.com/

After 19 years at Microsoft, John expected his track record to speak for itself. It didn't. A year into his search for an engineering manager role at Netflix, the interviews keep ending the same way. Steve Huynh has seen this before โ€” the experience is all there, but the stories aren't showing it. He coaches John live on exactly what's getting in the way.