From Visa Pressure to $360K at Google
With just 60 days left on his U.S. visa, Rishi, a senior backend engineer and father of two, struggled despite 500+ applications. By rebuilding his résumé around impact, focusing on targeted outreach, and simplifying his positioning, he secured seven interviews and accepted a $360K Senior Software Engineer offer at Google.
Client outcome
- Total compensation$360K+45% vs. previous role
- Competing offers3Both above target band
- Interview loops7Opened after repositioning
- Days to signed offer55From strategy call to signed offer
Where it started
With just 60 days left on his U.S. visa, Rishi, a senior backend engineer and father of two, struggled despite 500+ applications. By rebuilding his résumé around impact, focusing on targeted outreach, and simplifying his positioning, he secured seven interviews and accepted a $360K Senior Software Engineer offer at Google.
What we changed
- Rewrote the resume around measurable impact so Rishi's experience led, not the noise recruiters were stuck on.
- Rebuilt LinkedIn for the keywords hiring managers actually search for in software engineering roles.
- Replaced volume applications with targeted outreach to teams researched in advance.
- Ran mock interview loops until the narrative matched the level of the roles being pursued.
How the search ran
- Week 1Positioning reset
Resume and LinkedIn rebuilt around impact, not chronology.
- Week 2Targeted outreach
Warm messages to pre-researched teams instead of mass applying.
- Week 4Loops open
7 interview loops running in parallel.
- Week 8Offers, one signed
Landed at Google at $360K.
