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Guide to Job Search and Interviews in the USA

Updated: Author: Alina Kanametova

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30-page guide to the 2025 US job search: practical background for talent-visa applicants planning employment-based petitions.

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About this document

A slide-style job-search guide for the US market, covering positioning, resume and LinkedIn setup, applications, interviews, and offer negotiation. It includes sample role-targeting examples, job boards, visa-status screening questions, and practical interview advice such as STAR answers and recruiter/hiring-manager prep. The deck also promotes a career coach's services and contact details.

Key points

  • Defines a five-step job search process: goal, resume/LinkedIn, applications, interviews, and offer negotiation.
  • Breaks goal-setting into title, company profile, location, salary, and strategy: bulk, targeted, or networking/referrals.
  • Lists resume problems to avoid, including wrong format, photo, bad contact info, too many bullets, irrelevant details, columns, and process-heavy wording.
  • Names job boards and startup sources such as LinkedIn, Wellfound, Indeed, Glassdoor, Dice, Otta, and Y Combinator-related boards.
  • Includes visa-status screening questions about work authorization and whether sponsorship will be needed now or later.
  • Says interviews often have 4-6 rounds, are 15-45 minutes, and may be phone-only with predictable questions.
  • Gives recruiter and hiring-manager prep themes: review the JD, customize the pitch, verify details, research product and resume, and prepare questions.
  • Explains STAR as Situation, Task, Action, Result and gives an example of motivating a team through a challenging launch.

What is inside

  1. Job search process
  2. Goal and Strategy
  3. Visa status
  4. Job interviews
  5. Recruiter screening
  6. Tell me about yourself
  7. Behavioral questions
  8. STAR Method

When it helps

A job-search and interview-prep handout rather than an immigration filing document. It serves as evidence of career-coaching content about how to position a candidate, answer interview questions, and negotiate an offer in the US market.

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