Hi all, I need your help - I work in a bank as a product manager, 3 YOE and I want to move to Tech companies (I.e. Google) as a product manager.

This year I have not got any interview from FAANG (I don’t know why…) but got two offers from Consultancy.
1. Digital Product owner (80% focusing on financial industry)
2. Digital strategy consultant ( 50% focusing on high tech industry) but my worry is that this would be more strategy work

Which one should I choose that can get me into Tech?

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I would just keep trying to jump straight to tech. Just not faang. Work at a non faang big tech company (I.e. Salesforce, Adobe, Dropbox, Square, Zoom etc). Then after a couple years try to go into Faang.

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A bank product mgr is not equivalent to a faang product mgr.

Get into the company on a tech role, establish your reputation and then try to move over as a prod mgr a few years later

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I’m in the same position. 3 YOE as a Product Manager at a Bank and looking to move to a FAANG. My applications have been rejected (3 of them for FB and Google) but I recently spoke with a manger from Facebook who is hiring and they said I’m a strong applicant and I’ll be referred to a specific team that does exactly what I do and want to do.
I feel like the trick is to try and bypass recruiters and HR, but that takes a lot of time. What can I do in my CV to show I’m still a strong PM even with a bank background at HR screening? Or do I keep trying to bypass?
Thanks!

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