5 Uncommon Steps to Land a Tech Leadership Role at Big Tech

How the top 1% of Engineering Managers get offers from Big Tech companies.

A few months ago, Gilad kept popping up in my LinkedIn feed.

More often than not his comments made me pause and think “Who is this guy?” - in the best way!

A couple of weeks ago, he shared on Linkedin how he landed an EM role at Meta. I found his story fascinating and asked him if he would like to share here his advice on how to get into Big Tech companies as an EM.

Here it is, unfiltered. Over to my friend Gilad:

Getting a job at Meta is hard.

Getting an engineering management job at Meta? Even harder.

Getting an engineering management job at Meta in 2025? Even. Harder. Still.

But it is possible. People do it every day. You can do it too!

Hi 👋, I’m Gilad! Before I was an Engineering Manager (EM) at Meta and Amazon, I was a manager in a mid-sized company working in renewables. After interviewing dozens of managers while at Meta, I went on my own journey. In that time, I helped over 150 managers prepare for interviews at Meta.

In this post, I’ll try to chart a path that you can follow.

Step #1 …