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I’m 36 , PhD and 8 yrs if experience got CTLed as 1+x asc. Been unemployed for more than a year. Applied to morethan 300 jobs and only made it to few final rounds. Just when I thought my career was done i got a CoS role with a TC of 400k. Never give up
Framed it as a sabbatical year that I used to build stuff with AI (which is the truth).The interviews were very casual chats. I built an AI copilot to help the CEO and showed jt during the interviews. They loved it. I realize that executive level recruiting is very different. It’s much less “academic” (i.e case interviews/frameworks and all that bs). I was interviewed by a senior director of exec recruiting, CHRO, and a VP and ofc the CEO. Each round took around 90mn. They asked about everything on my resume. I didn’t really prepare tbh but FWIW, 6 months ago i failed a “cognitive test” for a manager role at a startup and couldn’t move past the first round because of that. It was brutal to accept that even with a PhD in engineering I still needed to prove to a 23 yo recruiter with an associate degree in marketing that I was cognitively capable to even interview with that startup
Your career is not over. Try to stay positive, i know it’s a difficult time, but it will pass.
Grad school to wait it out and pivot?
grad school is expensive...
Sorry OP. Your story hits home with me all too well. Please keep your head up
Sorry. Sounds incredibly tough. Have you tried independent consulting? It can be a nice bridge and help you justify the gap in your resume
thank you! will look into them
Guys im sorry but a year plus means youve gotta get creative. Your path is not going to look normal. Your trajectory is not going to be perfect.
Look for something ither than consulting.
A non linear path can yield some of the best results.
Ya. The notion that you can hop right in and make a deck for a ceo is gone.
In 18 months that job doesnt exist. And chasing that down is literally removing leverage for yourself.
You need to go find the thing that no one can take from you and its always going to be how to fix a problem. Im not talking fix a toilet, but there are industries, big and small, out there that have issues that can scale.
They are ignored unless you find them. This cycle will force people to find them. We will look back on these discoveries and say, dam I wish I thought of that. Now is that time to go explore if you have nothing to lose.
I understand you need to make a buck so do these things simultaneously but the traditional career paths are gone. The quicker you recognize that, the quicker you win, and the higher you'll climb.
Candidly, since you are getting interviews I don’t think your resume is the issue. What has been the feedback from the interviews?
can't get feedback on interviews - i always asked, but for compliance reasons most don't reply for such request
just to clarify: ~ 4 yrs after undergrad
and i've even applied to positions requiring 1-2 yrs of experience... no luck
That sounds like a really tough spot to be in. Final rounds repeatedly usually mean you're doing a lot right, even if it doesn’t feel like it.
I’ve seen a few folks in similar situations pivot into short-term or project-based work while continuing the search, and it helped them regain momentum.
If you’re open to it, I’d be happy to share a few ideas and resources that might help. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat more.