Why You’re Not Getting the Call: Live AMA with Joshua Talreja

You have the skills, the experience and the roles you want. The calls still aren’t coming.

In 45 minutes, I’ll show you what happens on the other side of your application. I’m Joshua Talreja, a Senior Technical Recruiter at Airbnb with 19+ years of hiring across Google, Microsoft and Airbnb. I’ve reviewed 50,000+ resumes and run 2,000+ interviews.

What you’ll learn

• What makes a recruiter give your resume a chance, and what gets it rejected in the first scan
• Why a resume can clear the ATS and still never get a recruiter call
• How to stay visible to recruiters when they’re sorting through hundreds of applications and messages
• How interview debriefs decide when one interviewer leans hire and the rest say medium
• How recruiters level you: years of experience or scope of work
• How AI is changing hiring, and what it means for your resume

How the 45 minutes work

• 30-40 min: the most common questions. I answer the top questions registrants send in, starting with the resume screen, then interview scoring, levelling and AI in hiring.
• 15 min: live Q&A. Bring your own question.

What you get

• The live session
• Your question considered if you have submitted it
• The replay, if you can’t attend
• The Resume Checklist

Who it’s for

Mid-level to Staff+ engineers, engineering managers and PMs aiming for Big Tech and product companies, especially if you’re applying but not getting calls.

What this is not

• It’s not a resume review. I’ll cover principles and patterns, not individual resumes.
• It’s not coding or DSA prep.
• It’s not an Airbnb hiring session. I speak in a personal capacity, the views are my own, and attending has no effect on any application.

How to get the most from it: submit your question when you register.

16 Oct 2006 at 5:00PM IST