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Nobody warns you the interview loop becomes a second job: screens, take-homes, panels, and silence between each stage.

They ask for your number on the form. You type low to be safe. That anchor follows you into the offer call.

Silence after a final round hurts. Silence after a cold apply is default. Treat ghosting like pipeline hygiene, not a verdict on you.

Clicking apply on every FAANG opening feels like strategy. It is mostly noise with a nicer logo.

You open LinkedIn and your stomach drops. That is not laziness. It is a depleted system that needs a reset.

You have two hours tonight, not a month off. Skip the 40-problem grind and run a prep loop that matches real interview formats.

You are not slow. You are repeating the same twelve fields and retyping the same bullets for every portal.

You can write clean SQL and still get filtered out because your resume speaks generalist, not analyst.

Manual feels safe until you send three apps a week. Spray-and-pray feels fast until your inbox fills with mistakes.

Someone asks where you applied last Tuesday. You check email, LinkedIn, and three tabs. That scatter is why follow-ups never happen.

Let AI fill the Workday form. Do not let it decide what truth goes on it.

PM listings read like they already have a referral in mind. Here is how to break in when your title says something else.