At 40, She Re-entered and Won
After 8 years at Coinbase with growing responsibilities but stagnant pay, Prerna struggled with confidence and interviews. By rebuilding her résumé around impact, reactivating her job-search strategy, and retraining her interview skills, she secured two offers, $245K from eBay and $240K from Adobe.
Client outcome
- Total compensation$245K+29% vs. previous role
- Competing offers2Both above target band
- Interview loops5Opened after repositioning
- Days to signed offer79From strategy call to signed offer
Where it started
After 8 years at Coinbase with growing responsibilities but stagnant pay, Prerna struggled with confidence and interviews. By rebuilding her résumé around impact, reactivating her job-search strategy, and retraining her interview skills, she secured two offers, $245K from eBay and $240K from Adobe.
What we changed
- Rewrote the resume around measurable impact so Prerna's experience led, not the noise recruiters were stuck on.
- Rebuilt LinkedIn for the keywords hiring managers actually search for in product management 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 3Targeted outreach
Warm messages to pre-researched teams instead of mass applying.
- Week 6Loops open
5 interview loops running in parallel.
- Week 11Offers, one signed
Landed at eBay at $245K.
