Get Hired in 2026: The Rules Have Changed
Farah Sharghi
FAANG Hiring & Promotion Strategist
What actually gets you hired in 2026
Take it from someone who made hiring decisions - at Google, Uber, Lyft, TikTok, and The New York Times.
Job searches are up 31% in 2026. Job postings are flat. And most candidates are still playing by rules that no longer exist. If you've been doing everything right and it's still not working, it's probably not your resume, it's that nobody told you the game changed.
The resume tips, the LinkedIn hacks, the "just network more", none of it was designed for how hiring decisions actually get made today. That's not a personal failure. That's a mismatch between the playbook you were given and the game being played.
I spent a decade on the other side of the table, sitting in debrief rooms, watching qualified candidates lose for reasons they never knew. This workshop is the behind-the-scenes look at how the system actually works, and how to use it to your advantage.
What you’ll learn
Workshop agenda
Welcome & the state of hiring in 2026
Why everything feels harder right now and why it's not your fault. I'll introduce the broken mental model most candidates are using and the system-level view that replaces it.
The full decision chain
Who's involved, when, and what they each need. Includes the debrief room dynamics most candidates never see.
Recruiter vs. hiring manager: two different jobs, two different playbooks
Recruiters and hiring managers evaluate you completely differently. I'll break down exactly what each one is looking for, with examples from real debrief conversations.
10 minute break
Break time!
Why strong interviews don't become offers, and how to fix it
The most common post-interview failure modes and the specific behaviors that cause them. Work on the offer conversion framework you will take away from this workshop
Apply it: your personal action plan
Students audit their current approach against the 2026 framework and identify 2-3 specific changes to make this week. Working session with peer feedback.
Live Q&A + hot seats
Open Q&A with real candidate situations. I'll give specific, tactical feedback on 2-3 volunteer scenarios.
Wrap-up
Recap the core framework, learnings, top mistakes to avoid, and what to implement immediately moving forward.
Learn directly from Farah
Farah Sharghi
Ex-Google Recruiter | FAANG Hiring & Promotion Strategist
Who this workshop is for
Professionals actively applying but hearing nothing back and not understanding why.
Experienced candidates getting interviews but losing at the offer stage and can't figure out where it's going wrong.
Professionals re-entering the market after years away who don't know how much the rules have changed.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Farah Sharghi in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals going through the same journey you are.
Learn
Exactly who is involved in your hiring decision before you ever speak to anyone.
Understand
What recruiters and hiring managers are each evaluating, and how to give them exactly what they want (they have completely different incentives).
Work through
The specific mistakes that cost candidates offers after strong interviews - and a framework to apply to your very next conversation.
Gain confidence in understanding
What has changed about hiring in 2026 and how to adapt your strategy immediately, whether you're actively applying or just starting.
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