how Jake got 40 interviews in 30 days (full playbook)
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Meet “Jake.”
(Not his real name—he’s job stacking, so let’s keep this between us.)
Last month, we booked him 40 interviews.
One of them turned into a ridiculous offer.
Here’s a 7-day slice of what that looked like: 👇
5 new interviews, 5 more follow ups: 10 opportunities in the pipeline.
Here’s how he did it—and how you can do the same.
Let’s just say it:
The job market’s a mess.
Trump’s tariff moves threaten entire industries.
AI’s replacing workers left and right
(just ask anyone in Austin watching Waymo take over).
Hoping things will “get better”?
Sorry bud, this is the new normal.
The old way of send out a few resumes & getting a role fast is extinct.
Jake learned that the hard way.
Solid experience.
Six months of effort.
Zero traction.
Because when the market is this competitive, effort alone isn’t enough.
You need a competitive advantage.
That’s what we gave him.
He stopped playing defense and started running the modern playbook.
The result?
40 interviews in 30 days.
Fully automated.
No burnout.
All upside.
Here’s exactly how we built his system—and how you can build yours.
#1: If you’re a generalist, you’re irrelevant
The job market is a just like dating on the apps.
You’re either a total smokeshow… or (swipe left).
Jake’s mistake?
Same as most people:
He described himself accurately—but not strategically.
His resume floated between “Sales Professional,” “Sales Rep,”
and a few other close-enough titles.
All true. All (seemingly) harmless.
But recruiters aren’t out here looking for “close enough.”
They’re searching for Account Executive,
because that’s the actual title of the role they’re hiring for.
So, who do you think shows up first?
The guy with three slightly-relevant titles?
Or the one who’s clearly been an “Account Executive” for five straight years?
Exactly.
Most people think being broad keeps their options open.
In reality, it buries them.
Because the algorithm doesn’t reward range. It rewards alignment.
The moment you deviate from the title they’re hiring for, you drop in the rankings.
You go from page 2 to page 27.
And no recruiter is clicking that far.
Your resume, your LinkedIn, your entire online presence—it’s all being filtered through keyword logic.
You need to be a perfect fit.
So we helped Jake reverse-engineer the whole thing.
We started with data:
What title has the most remote demand?
What are recruiters actually typing into LinkedIn right now?
Which title aligns with his experience and makes the algorithm say “yes”?
The answer: Account Executive
✅ 2,000+ remote job openings/month
✅ High search volume
✅ Competitive salary
✅ A clean match with his background
If you’re not getting interviews, it’s probably not because you’re unqualified.
It’s because you’re not showing up in the right search result.
You don’t need to be more impressive.
You need to be more findable.
Pick one title. Build everything around it.
Because in this game, you only win if you rank.
#2: Ninja level Resume
Your resume isn’t a biography. It’s a billboard for a six-figure asset: you.
Once we nailed Jake’s job title, we tackled the next myth that needed to die:
The Traditional Resume.
You know the one.
Centered name. Paragraphs of “responsible for” fluff.
A bullet point about being a “team player with strong communication skills.”
That kind of resume?
Screams NPC. We need main character energy.
Jake’s original version had all the usual red flags:
Long sentences no one reads
Wordy language
Improper quantification & formatting
That’s how you end up buried in a database—ignored, and ghosted.
Because before a human sees it.
The algorithm needs to approve it.
The ATS (Applicant Tracking System) doesn’t care how passionate you are.
It’s scanning your resume like a robot playing “Where’s Waldo,” hunting for perfect keyword alignment.
So we rebuilt Jake’s resume like it was a high-converting landing page.
Here’s how:
(PS: you can grab our exact resume template from our free Skool community here)
➡️1 Page only
Recruiters have TikTok brain.
30 seconds. That’s how long you have to make them care.
The easier you make it to get your value, the faster you win interviews.
One page. Tight formatting. No fluff.
➡️Money metrics are key
“Responsible for managing 20 sales reps” → means nothing.
“Closed $2.3M in under 12 months” → captures attention.
We added 2–3 dollar value based wins per role. Big numbers trigger the reptilian brain and jolts them out of their daze to think ‘wow’ I should read this.
➡️Keyword Matching
We pulled 20+ Account Executive job descriptions and extracted the keywords
—specific tools, software, core skills, activities, responsibilities.
Then we dropped those exact terms into Jake’s resume, organically.
The result? The AI system now thinks he’s the perfect candidate.
➡️No Fancy Verbs
The AI will hate you if you use the same verb more than 2x. If you use fancy verbs, it screams ‘written by ChatGPT’. Diversify simple verbs and let the metrics create the ‘wow’ factor.
➡️Firepower Up Front
Recruiters skim. The first few lines matter more than the rest combined.
So we pulled Jake’s biggest wins to the top of each section.
What we didn’t do:
Add an Objective Statement (no one cares)
Include a list of hobbies (seriously?)
Say “References available upon request” (they know)
We treated this resume like what it is:
A marketing asset designed to get Jake ranked, clicked, and interviewed.
And it worked. Within days, recruiters were reaching out. Not because he changed who he was… but because we finally translated his value into algorithm-friendly English.
Moral of the story?
Your resume isn’t about what you want to say.
It’s about what the system needs to see to put you on the shortlist.
Make it readable. Make it relevant.
And above all: make it work.
#3: LinkedIn SEO Dialed
New medium, same issue: specific ranks. General gets buried
Jake’s LinkedIn was just like his resume.
Decent headline, banner & photo.
But to beat a dead horse:
decent doesn’t get interviews, perfect does.
The thing is, LinkedIn is basically Google for recruiters.
They type in “Account Executive,” hit search, and scroll the first two pages.
If you’re not up there, you don’t exist.
So we gave Jake a full glow-up:
(we had to blur a lot for anonymity, but hope it helps a bit)
Here’s how we fixed it:
Photo: Professional, But Not a Robot
He used an AI headshot that looked like him on his best day.
You don’t need studio lighting—just don’t crop yourself out of a group pic from your friend’s wedding.
Banner: Not Mandatory, But Makes You Look Put Together
A clean Canva background with a little personality goes a long way.
We’re not making a movie poster here—just something that says, “I know this matters.”
About Section: Tell a Story, But Use the Right Words
This is where most people ramble or paste in something generic.
We helped Jake write a few tight paragraphs that actually sounded like him—but also hit all the keywords that matter: SaaS, outbound, quota, CRM, B2B, the whole list.
It’s basically a dating profile for your career. Be clear about what you’re good at. And use the words your future hiring manager is literally typing into the search bar.
Here’s what we created for Jake:
Experience Section: Go all out
Resumes = short and punchy.
LinkedIn = tell the full story.
We expanded every job Jake had into a mini case study. More details = more keywords = more search visibility.
Also: people actually read it. Or at least skim it. You want them to scroll and think, “Oh—this guy’s legit.”
Skills: Pack ‘em in
This part isn’t optional.
The algorithm uses it to decide where to rank you.
So we stacked his profile with every relevant skill we could find from AE job descriptions.
No random “Team Player” nonsense—just the stuff that actually moves the needle.
After that? Jake started getting found.
Messages from recruiters. Interview invites. Actual traction.
Not because he changed who he was—just because we finally made it easy for the right people to find him.
#4: Automate the Hustle (Because You Have Better Things to Do)
Good conversion rates don’t mean anything if you apply to 3 jobs per week.
500 people apply to every job on the market.
A great resume these days might get a 1% response rate.
The sad truth is you need thousands of applications per month to get the interview volume.
2000 apps x 1% reply rate = 20 interviews
2% response rate = 40 interviews
That’s what we unlocked for Jake.
First move? Outsource the grind.
We hired him a remote assistant from the Philippines—someone smart, fluent, and trained to apply to jobs as if they were him.
Not a random VA from Fiverr.
A vetted, reliable person with clear instructions and accountability.
She applied to 2,000 jobs per month.
It sounds wild, but it’s exactly what the math requires.
How did he manage it all?
He didn’t. We set up a private WhatsApp thread with:
His VA
Our team
Jake himself (mostly just lurking and checking results)
Every few days, he’d get a message like:
“Just submitted 60 more apps. You’ve got 3 new interviews booked—check your email!”
Data-Driven Approach
We tracked which job boards were converting best.
Which titles were getting the most responses.
We adjusted the strategy like it was a marketing funnel—because, well… it is.
He didn’t work harder. He worked smarter.
If you’re only applying to jobs when you “have time,”
you’re never going to get the volume you need.
And if you think “more effort” is the answer… it’s not.
More leverage is.
Jake got 10+ interviews a week because his system never slept.
Not because he stayed up late filling out applications.
Step 5: Profit (Interviews Rolling In While You Sleep)
(Job search becomes inbox management. That’s the goal.)
Once everything was set up—resume, LinkedIn, automation—Jake’s job search became passive.
He literally woke up to messages like:
“Hey Jake, we loved your background. Can you chat Thursday?”
He didn’t have to grind to get interviews.
Final metric: 40+ interviews/month, multiple offers, and a remote role secured in under 90 days.
The Real Lesson:
Jake went from manual, slow result…
to automated, epic results.
If you’re still playing it manually, there’s no way you can compete today.
Now, go do the thing.
So what are you waiting for?
Go get after it.
This should give you everything you need to start making major tweaks to your job search to stack remote income streams or secure your next remote role.
However, if you want to skip the hard work and let us do all this for you, you can grab time w/ our team here to see if it makes sense.
To Life, love & robots,
Delaney
Hey! Can you please update the link to the resume template in this article? It 404’s. Thanks man 🙌