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Your switch, in 13 steps.

Start at step 1, or jump to the step you're on. Each step gives you something to do and something to keep: a number, a plan, a card to read from on a call. Your ticks are saved on this device.

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Decidebefore you tell anyone

  1. Step 1: Should you switch?

    Work out what you take home today, the least a new job must pay you, and the date not to resign before.

    Open step 1: Should you switch?Practise: The recruiter call (20 min)

  2. Step 2: Find your level

    See the level your work reads at, the one to aim for, and what the interviews will test hardest.

    Open step 2: Find your levelPractise: Tell me about yourself (1 min)

Get the callspaper and phone

  1. Notes and practice for now

    Step 3: Résumé and referrals

    Check your résumé bullets and write the 60-second message that gets a referral.

    Open step 3: Résumé and referralsPractise: Tell me about yourself (1 min)

  2. Step 4: The recruiter call

    Write your answers to the nine questions before the phone rings, then read them off one card.

    Open step 4: The recruiter callPractise: The recruiter call (20 min)

The interviewsa dated plan, then each round

  1. Step 5: Your prep plan

    Put in your interview date and your free hours, and get a week-by-week plan to that day.

    Open step 5: Your prep plan

  2. Notes and practice for now

    Step 6: The coding round, with or without AI

    Pick the right pattern, run the checklist, and have your answer ready for "may I use AI?".

    Open step 6: The coding round, with or without AIPractise: Coding (45 min)

  3. Notes and practice for now

    Step 7: Machine coding and class design

    Score your own design on the reviewer's eight rows.

    Open step 7: Machine coding and class designPractise: Low-level design (45 min)

  4. Notes and practice for now

    Step 8: System design

    Talk through a design from requirements to numbers to failure.

    Open step 8: System designPractise: System design (45 min)

  5. Step 9: Your story bank

    Write eight work stories once, so a "tell me about a time" question never finds you empty.

    Open step 9: Your story bankPractise: Behavioural (15 min)

  6. Notes and practice for now

    Step 10: The hiring manager round

    Prepare a 10-minute walk through one project and your questions for the manager.

    Open step 10: The hiring manager roundPractise: Hiring manager call (30 min)

Land itthe money and the start

  1. Step 11: Compare your offers

    Line up your offers on the same terms, see what is really cash, and decide what to ask for.

    Open step 11: Compare your offersPractise: The offer call (15 min)

  2. Notes and practice for now

    Step 12: Resign and hand over

    Work out your last day from your notice, and keep two checklists: handover and exit.

    Open step 12: Resign and hand over

  3. Notes and practice for now

    Step 13: Your first 90 days

    A 30-60-90 plan and the questions for your weekly one-to-one.

    Open step 13: Your first 90 daysPractise: First one-to-one (15 min)