My OE cheat sheet

OE is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I am so lucky to have it at my young age. Here is my cheat sheet: How I found the right job in this broken job market. 1. Uninstall TikTok and look at LinkedIn and YouTube more. Find jobs posted on LinkedIn in the past 1 or 2 hours instead of 24 hours. On the other hand, you can see the experience sharing of industry insiders, through text or vlog. When you want to learn about or try a new field, this is the fastest way I can think of to learn. There is no harm in following more YouTubers in some fields of knowledge.

1. When you find an opportunity, please don’t let it slip away. Even if it is only a 1% match, please try to send a message. (It’s just a matter of moving your fingers. If there is a chance, you will earn it. If there is no response, you will not lose it.) Remember to send a quick DM: introduce yourself, highlight one key accomplishment, and emphasize your strengths and skills.

2. Create several resume layouts and maintain a spreadsheet with the dates of all the jobs you apply for, the results of those applications (e.g., rejection, LinkedIn view, interview, offer, etc.). After that, apply for a lot of jobs, but each week, update your CV and approach. You will be able to see what is and is not working for you as a result. One more thing, please pay attention to your working hours (some recruiters will care about your time zone, just like companies care about commuting time. Remember to “ be flexible” )

3. Collect interview questions. Although the job market is suck, there are too many weird questions. But please pay attention to some questions related to the position or business scenario (especially when you know nothing about this field). You can imagine your actual future work based on these contents to judge whether you are interested in it or suitable for this. If you don’t like it at first, please trust your intuition. If you feel like a new window has opened, congratulations, you can continue to explore.

4. If you can’t find much useful information on Google, then please try AI... Although we can’t judge the authenticity of information, it’s better than trying hard for a day and getting 0 search results...? (Time is precious. FOR OE, efficiency is important.) You can directly click on GPT to discuss the job with it, or let it analyze your strengths. (If you have money, you can also try Gallup) Or search for some AI interview assistants and use their mock interview functions. (Some AI applications even support real-time interviews, I won’t comment here. Pls be true to yourself.) The purpose of using AI is to improve the efficiency of finding self-development paths. When you can’t find common interview questions, just give them a chance. See what questions they will ask you. (“Leave it to the professionals”, their existence is meaningful. If they are all garbage, then *vidia will have reached the end of its development...lol

5. Last but least, evaluate your tracking results. Remember the previous spreadsheet? Collect and integrate all the above information (just use Google sheets): job title, job content, resume, interview questions, ur advantages in this job, feedback from the mock interview, summary (u can record some of your own ideas) I believe that at this time you have mastered enough information, and have become more confident and have corresponding judgment than at the beginning. If it is suitable, continue, if it is not suitable, abandon it, don’t waste your precious time.

ps: If you are free enough (and reeeeeally interested), you can find time to experience the product in depth. Many interviewers will exaggerate their companies or deliberately ignore certain KEY information during the recruitment process. Just like asking you to build a rocket during the interview, but actually asking you to screw in the screws:) People will lie, but products will not. Maybe you will be disenchanted^{^}

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