Puneet Sharma

I'm a product leader with about fourteen years of experience in analytics and the ad space. Before joining the program, I worked at Google in product operations, where I learned how planet-scale products are built and shipped. But my job search experience was one of enormous overwhelm and emotional exhaustion — constant rejection, sending applications into the void and never hearing back.

The old advice of "apply to 25-30 jobs a day, it's a numbers game" is horrible advice in today's market. Each recruiter gets 200 to 700 applications. My first aha moment was working with the narrative and mindset coaches. Through the mindset coaching, I realized that getting into a positive, action-driven mindset reinstated the self-belief I needed to show up to interviews with confidence.

The second aha moment was realizing that interviewing is both science and art. The structured preparation helps you build a mental model, and the art is practicing until you can think on your feet when an interviewer throws a curveball. The coaching team was rigorous — these are people currently interviewing candidates at companies like Google and Meta.

What made the biggest difference was that this is a team effort where you're never stuck or left alone. You're searching within a community of people who are two steps ahead, two steps behind, or exactly where you are — so you're never alone.