Ryan is a senior product manager at Disney Streaming. Ryan shares his experiences of being laid off from a product role at Zola during the global pandemic and how he bounced back to land a senior product role with Disney within 4 weeks. The has been extremely difficult for people across the world and we hope that this episode will be helpful to anyone looking for a new role during this period.

Episode Transcription

2:15 - Background information leading up to layoffs

8:51 - Urgency to getting a new job

11:25 - Actions after  lay off

14:42 - Networking + Mock interviews

21:40 - Dealing with interview fatigue + stress

23:27 - Dealing with rejections

27:00 - Disney interview process

32:09 - Learnings from recruiting during the pandemic