Priya Raghavan
Staff Writer, Career Strategy
Priya writes about the career side of engineering interviews: offers, negotiation, behavioral rounds, job search strategy, and navigating visas and international hiring.
- Offer negotiation
- Behavioral interviews
- International candidates
Articles by Priya Raghavan
How to Get a Referral at a Tech Company (Message Templates)
A referral is still the most reliable way to get a human to read your application. Here are message templates sorted by relationship strength, what to attach, how to follow up, and a weekly outreach tracker.
Software Engineer Job Search Strategy 2026: A Weekly Playbook
Treat your software engineer job search like a sales funnel. This playbook gives you target conversion rates, a channel strategy, and a weekly time plan you can run starting Monday.
Career Change to Software Engineer in 2026: Realistic Guide
Switching into software engineering in 2026 is harder than it was in 2021, but still doable. This guide gives you an honest market check, a 12-month roadmap, and a matrix for turning your previous career into your biggest advantage.
Laid Off Software Engineer? Your 30-Day Action Plan for 2026
A layoff starts several clocks at once: severance, health coverage, visas, and your savings. This 30-day plan tells you what to do on which day, with word-for-word scripts for interviews and LinkedIn.
Software Engineer H1B Sponsorship in 2026: Jobs, Lottery, Tips
The H-1B lottery is now weighted by salary, the $100,000 payment rules keep shifting, and employers are pickier about who they sponsor. Here is how international software engineers should plan, search, and interview in 2026.
How to Compare Software Engineer Job Offers (2026 Calculator)
Headline numbers hide most of what makes one engineering offer better than another. This guide gives you a 4-year total compensation model, an equity risk discount, and a weighted scorecard to pick the right offer with confidence.
Software Engineer Resume Guide 2026: Beat ATS and Get Calls
Most engineering resumes fail because of vague bullets and missing keywords, not because a robot rejected them. This guide shows how screening really works, then gives you a bullet formula, rewrites, and a one-page template by level.
Software Engineer Salary Negotiation: 2026 Scripts & Tips
Most software engineer offers have room to move, but not evenly across base, equity, and sign-on. This guide shows which levers to pull at which companies, with scripts you can copy.
Amazon Leadership Principles Interview Questions (2026)
Every Amazon interview round, including coding and system design, is scored against the 16 Leadership Principles. Here are the questions you will actually hear for each principle and how to structure answers that pass the Bar Raiser.