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I automated my job search to land 30+ interviews at technology startups. Here's how.

Selling yourself is just as hard as selling a product.

Here's how I automated my job search process to landed 30+ interviews with a few hours of work. (I've used a similar process to land clients (: )

Hope it helps you or another hacker in some way!

Step 1:

I use Crunchbase Pro’s company search feature to get a list of companies I’m interested in and their relevant contact emails. I use the filter feature to filter for US based companies that fit the industry, company stage, etc. that I’m looking for.

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Step 2:

I export the list from Crunchbase and input it into Hunter.io’s bulk email verification tool. This validates that all the emails are legitimate.

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Step 3:

I then import the verified list into Hunter's email campaign sender tool. This allows you to send semi-personalized emails to thousands of people at once.

Step 4:

I then write a cold email explaining who I am & link my background.

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Step 5:

I then run the email campaign. One of my email campaigns had a 24% response rate and led to ~30 interviews.

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The email you write and how you tell your story determines your results! It’s the difference between no replies and a 24% response rate.

I’m considering sharing more tips on how I’ve told stories to land offers (or interviews) at McKinsey, a16z-backed startups, and companies built by the people behind Twitch, Paypal, Jet, and more. Feel free to drop your email here if that’s interesting: https://kareemabukhadra.substack.com/

Also happy to just answer questions in the comments below! :)

on November 15, 2020
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    This is really interesting — especially the outbound approach. Most job tracking tools (and even spreadsheets) don’t really account for this kind of workflow at all.

    I’ve been building a simple job tracker, and one thing I’m realizing is that tracking applications is only part of the problem — things like outreach, follow-ups, and conversations are much harder to manage.

    Curious — how were you keeping track of replies, follow-ups, and conversations once the campaign started? Did you use a tool or just manually manage it?

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    Great point. I've been building a Notion system
    for job searching and the biggest game changer
    was tracking interview notes alongside applications.
    Most people only track where they applied but forget
    to document what happened in each interview round.

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    Love this. Would you be able to share the content of the cold emails you used (with confidential details removed)? @Kareem_Abukhadra

    I am starting out with some sales now, and am very interested in cold emails that got responses.

    Big thanks :)

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    Whoops, used the wrong photo! How do I edit my post?

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