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Complete Job Search Toolkit

Everything you need from job research to offer negotiation

Steps 0 / 6
  1. 1
    Know Your Target Salary
  2. 2
    Optimize Your Resume
  3. 3
    Master Interview Frameworks
  4. 4
    Go Through Intensive Prep
  5. 5
    Bring Something to the Table
  6. 6
    Negotiate Your Offer
  7. ★
    Quest Complete!
Quest Level
Beginner to Intermediate • 12-16 weeks
Step 1 of 6 · 30 minutes

Step 1: Know Your Target Salary

Calculate fair market compensation for your target role and location.

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Use multiple sources (Glassdoor, levels.fyi, PayScale) to triangulate salary ranges. Consider total compensation, not just base salary—sign-on bonuses and stock value matter.

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Step 2 of 6 · 2-3 hours

Step 2: Optimize Your Resume

20-point ATS audit to ensure your resume gets past screening.

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Test your resume against actual ATS systems using free tools. Remove graphics, unusual fonts, and complex formatting—ATS parsers can't read them. Use keywords from the job description strategically.

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Step 3 of 6 · 4-5 hours

Step 3: Master Interview Frameworks

STAR framework and question banks for behavioral interviews.

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Prepare stories that demonstrate technical depth, leadership, and failure recovery. Practice recording yourself—you'll catch nervous habits and pacing issues that slow you down in live interviews.

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Step 4 of 6 · 6-8 hours

Step 4: Go Through Intensive Prep

5 modules covering all interview stages and scenarios.

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Space your preparation over 2-3 weeks—cramming doesn't work for interview prep. Mock interviews reveal gaps you won't notice studying alone. Ask a peer to be brutally honest in feedback.

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Step 5 of 6 · 4-5 hours

Step 5: Bring Something to the Table

Templates for mini-projects (audits, campaigns, roadmaps) to impress interviewers.

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Pick a real company but make the scope realistic—a 2-5 hour project, not a full consulting engagement. Focus on clarity and insights, not polish. Interviewers want to see your thinking, not just a polished output.

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Step 6 of 6 · 2-3 hours

Step 6: Negotiate Your Offer

Word-for-word scripts for salary conversations and benefits negotiation.

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Always negotiate—staying silent costs you money and signals acceptance of the first offer. Get competing offers if possible; it strengthens your position dramatically. Remember: they already want to hire you, so negotiate confidently.

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Quest Complete!

You've mastered this path.

Congratulations! You have completed all the steps in the Complete Job Search Toolkit playbook.

Your New Skills & Wins

  • ✓ Know your market value and salary floor
  • ✓ Get past ATS with an optimized resume
  • ✓ Answer behavioral interview questions confidently
  • ✓ Bring impressive work samples to interviews
  • ✓ Negotiate higher salary and better benefits
  • ✓ Track and close multiple competing offers
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