Amy Lima - How to turn a layoff into a dream job
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Amy Lima - How to turn a layoff into a dream job

~6 months ago Amy Lima was laid off and has been preparing for this episode ever since. So in this interview she gives us an inside look at her process for landing a dream role at Duolingo. If you’re looking for your next role then this conversation is quite the playbook. She has the job hunt process down to a science.

Some topics covered:

  • Avoiding burnout amidst the chaos
  • How Amy negotiated her Duolingo offer
  • Amy’s advice to proactively prepare for a layoff
  • The ways Amy iterated on her portfolio presentation
  • How Amy’s career coach shaped her interview strategy
  • Some hard lessons learned during her job hunt process
  • How Amy measured everything in her application process
  • a lot more

Show notes:

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