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How to get in the door at top companies: cold outreach to hiring managers. Part 2 of 2.

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In part 1 of this post, we talked about which channels are most effective for getting in the door and did an analysis of those channels along two axes: effectiveness and how much control you actually have. Here’s a quick summary. In the quadrant above, you can see that while getting contacted by an in-house recruiter is very effective, whether you get contacted or not is largely out of your hands. The channel that maximizes both effectiveness and control is cold outreach to hiring managers (not recruiters!) “done right”. What does “done right” mean? That’s what we’ll talk about in this post (part 2 of 2). Most people do this type of outreach incorrectly. Here, we’ll get very tactical and tell you exactly what to say and do to reach out to hiring managers at the companies you’re interested in and actually get responses. Here’s our recommended, hyper-practical approach. If you’re an engineer, chances are you haven’t ever done sales (maybe you had a job in high school selling Cutco knives

How to do cold outreach to hiring managers. Part 2 of 2. We helped write the sequel to "Cracking the Coding Interview". Read 9 chapters for free → interviewing.io Open menu Interview resources For employers Gift mock interviews Blog FAQ Log in Give it a try How to get in the door at top companies: Cold outreach to hiring managers. Part 2 of 2. By Aline Lerner | Published: In part 1 of this post , we talked about which channels are most effective for getting in the door and did an analysis of those channels along two axes: effectiveness and how much control you actually have. Here’s a quick sum

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