For folks exiting to FAANG / Product at start ups or really any hot company. How do you go about networking to get the interview? Do you apply then cold email someone you may have an “in”with, or are you picking say 10 companies and then having warm contacts there that you’ll ping when you see a job. I’ve been passively looking for jobs but zero luck, I only want to leave for the right fit. Big 4 here so feel my brand won’t auto get me an interview like mbb/t2

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I networked into interviews at Microsoft and Amazon. But I just got hired at a start up and a friend had mentioned them in a conversation and I just cold applied and got a phone call a couple days later by the recruiter.

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Rather than searching job boards and applying at will

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