Aug 30 / Richa Bansal

7 Interviews in 1 Week—Here's How He Did It

My client is interviewing with 7 companies this week for Lead Data Scientist/Data Science Manager roles.

Here are three things he did that helped him land these interviews, with the exact process he followed:

1. Keyword Optimized his LinkedIn

He followed our step-by-step process to keyword optimize this LinkedIn profile for Lead Data Scientist roles.

He updated his profile in the following order:

- Headline
- About Section
- Job Titles
- Job Description

For the About section:

- He copy-pasted his executive summary from his Resume
- Listed three key accomplishments with quantitative results
- Add the list of 30 target keywords, industry terms, and technical skills

For the Job titles, he cleaned up past job titles that distracted from his target roles and keyword-optimized them further.

Half of the interview requests came directly from LinkedIn optimization.

2. Direct Outreach to Hiring Managers

He searched for hiring manager who are actively hiring for their teams through the following:

- He liked multiple “I am hiring” posts to prime the LinkedIn feed to show him more posts about “I am hiring”.
- He searched for “Hiring + Lead Data Scientist”. Then narrowed down the search further using “Actively Hiring” feature on LinkedIn Premium.
- He did direct outreach to hiring managers to request an informal chat.

When the hiring manager asked him to reach out to the recruiter, he “closed the loop” by letting the recruiter know he was sent their way directly by the decision maker.

3. Networked with Senior Alums

He built out his list of networking contacts from his IIT, MS, and MBA databases.
He started the outreach by contacting the most senior contact first (VP, CTO, Director) and requesting strong referrals.

The more senior the contact, the shorter the time to an interview.

RESULT: 7 interviews (recruiter call, hiring manager call, partner call) with 7 companies.

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