Austin Belcak

I Teach People How To Land Amazing Jobs Without Applying Online // Ready To Land A Great Role In Less Time (With A $44K+ Raise)? Head To 👉 CultivatedCulture.com/Coaching

CultivatedCulture.com/Coaching // I teach people how to land jobs they love in today's market without traditional experience and without applying online.

In 2013, I graduated from college with a biology degree, terrible grades, and a job in healthcare that paid me next to nothing.

Two years later, I scored interviews at Google, Microsoft, & Twitter and I accepted an offer from Microsoft with a $70,000 raise

All without “traditional” experience and without applying online.

Today, I teach people (just like you!) how to use the same system to land their dream job without applying online.

That system has helped thousands of job seekers land offers at places like Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Uber, Spotify, Deloitte, Accenture, Sequoia Capital, Tesla, SpaceX, ESPN, The NFL, & more.

The people we work with don't just land offers at great companies. They also get:

💰 Average Raise: $44,000+ 
🧭 Average Time To Offer: 3.5 Months
⭐ Satisfaction Rating: 9.52/10
🤝 End-To-End Job Search Support
✅ 3X+ ROI Guarantee

Ready to land your dream job? 

Head to 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 and book a *FREE* 30 minute Career Clarity Call.

These calls are 30 minute, one-on-one sessions with our team where you'll learn:

1. The exact reason why your current job search strategy isn't working

2. Why traditional hiring processes are broken (and what you can do instead)

3. How to overcome the biggest challenge that's preventing you from achieving your job search goals

4. How to pick and choose where you land job interviews (seriously!)

5. Exactly what you need to do to land your dream job and salary

Don't just take my word for it though. Here's what a few of our clients have to say about working with us:

“I recently left a job with nothing else lined up. My visa was tied to that job so I had 60 days to get hired and land visa sponsorship. Austin helped me land a Program Manager role at a leading tech company, a 30% raise, AND H1-B sponsorship.” - Jasleen

"I was unemployed and close to losing my house. Working with Cultivated Culture helped me land multiple interviews and two offers for senior-level roles in less than 70 days." - Karina

"I spent years struggling to take the transition from vendor to full time employee. Austin helped me land a job in Product Marketing at a Fortune 30 tech company with a $40,000+ raise." - Amyr

Learn more and book your free Career Clarity Call here 👉 CultivatedCulture.com/Coaching

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I teach people how to use unconventional strategies to land jobs they love in today's market (without connections, without traditional "experience," and without applying online).

My strategies have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Inc., Fast Company, and more. My students have landed interviews and offers at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Deloitte, Accenture, ESPN and more. 

Ready to take your career to the next level? Check out my step-by-step breakdown of the process that has helped hundreds of people like you land amazing jobs at the world's best companies (it's totally free): https://cultivatedculture.com/dreamjob/

Want to chat? Shoot me an email at austin@cultivatedculture.com

Cultivated Culture is a carbon negative business. Our contributions help remove 60+ tons of CO2Es from the atmosphere and plant over 2,000 new trees every year 🌲

You spend 20 minutes uploading your resume, then re-typing everything in.

Many employers only spend a few seconds reading it.

You spend 50+ minutes answering the employer's questions in an interview.

They give you 5 minutes at the very end to ask yours.

You’re asked to share your specific salary expectations. 

But many employers say “that’s confidential” when you ask for their budget. 

You spend weeks going on 4-6 interviews so the company can decide if you're a fit.

Then they give you 24-48 hours to accept their offer.

This isn't a "hiring process."

It's a power trip.

I Teach People How To Land Amazing Jobs Without Applying Online // Ready To Land A Great Role 50% Faster (With A $44K+ Raise)? Head To 👉 CultivatedCulture.com/Coaching

A month into 2026, our team has spoken to hundreds of job seekers.

One common theme?

*Finally* landing interviews, only to get rejected without the offer.

Here are 7 psychology principles we teach them that help turn 5x more interviews into offers:

1. Serial Position Effect

What It Is: People tend to remember the first and last items in a series best.

How To Leverage It: The start of your interview (small talk, intros) and the end (Q&A, closing comments) are your most memorable moments.

Prepare intentional openers and closers that communicate warmth, confidence, and alignment with the role.

2. Confirmation Bias

What It Is: Once someone forms an impression, they look for evidence to support it and tend to ignore conflicting information.

How To Leverage It: Lead with your best story, strength, or trait as early as possible.

If your interviewer thinks “This person is sharp and proactive,” they’ll interpret the rest of the interview through that lens.

3. Reciprocity

What It Is: People are wired to return favors or kind gestures, big and small.

How To Leverage It: Share a helpful insight about the company, compliment about the interview process, or the interviewer’s background / experience.

It creates goodwill and builds rapport that you can build on throughout the interview.

4. Self-Disclosure Effect

What It Is: People tend to like and trust others who share a bit of personal (but appropriate) information.

How To Leverage It: Share a short, personal detail during the interview.

For example, a story about why you care about this field or what inspired your career shift.

It humanizes you and builds connection.

5. Mirroring

What It Is: We subconsciously mirror the body language and tone of those we like, and feel closer to those who mirror us.

How To Leverage It: Subtly match your interviewer’s tone, pace, and energy.

This fosters connection and makes you feel like “one of us” to the interviewer, a key part of being seen as a cultural fit.

6. Liking Principle

What It Is: We’re more likely to say yes to people we like. And we tend to like people who are similar to us, genuine, and warm.

How To Leverage It: Don’t just aim to impress with your experience and background. Aim to connect with your interviewer.

Smile. Show curiosity. Find common ground.

People hire people they like and want to work with.

7. Cognitive Fluency

What It Is: People prefer things that are easy to understand and remember. When something feels fluent, it feels more true and trustworthy.

How To Leverage It: Use simple language and avoid jargon.

Structure your answers using simple frameworks like STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result).

🧭 Our client Cole was getting interviews but couldn't close the deal.

We taught him these 7 principles and he landed offers from both Google and Walmart.

👉 Book a free 30-min Clarity Call to see how this system applies to your interview prep: https://lnkd.in/gdysHr-r

7 Psychology Principles To 5x Your Interview-To-Offer Rate

10 Hard Career Truths I Wish I Knew At 18:

1. You’re Responsible For The Skills You Need

If the subjects you cover in your job / in school aren't exciting to you, find ways to get involved in things that are.

Take courses, read books on topics you love, find online communities, etc.

Don’t be limited by a curriculum.

Go explore — that’s how you figure out what you want to do!

2. Get In The Habit Of Having A Side Project

Take something that genuinely interests you and find ways to apply it to the real world.

Start an Instagram page for your photography.

Create jewelry and sell it on Etsy.

These look AMAZING on resumes and can generate income!

3. Reach Out To Everyone And Aim Big

CEOs, entrepreneurs, alumni, etc.

Who inspires you?

Make a list and email one person on it every single day.

If they don't reply or say "no?" You're in the same place you are right now.

If they do? The sky is the limit.

4. Know That Failure Is A Part Of The Process

Social media glorifies highlights.

But no successful person nailed it on the first try.

They all failed many, many times before.

The earlier you start testing, failing, & learning?

The faster you’ll accelerate your career.

5. Only Take Advice From People Who Have Already Done It

Parents, friends, and teachers have your best interests at heart.

But they typically won't understand your goals.

If you want to win?

Find people who have already achieved the specific goals you have for yourself.

📺  Ready for my final 5 hard truths that will transform your career? 

Watch the full video on YouTube here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eEuN9_TW

I hate the question “where do you want to be in 5 years?”

I don’t have a 5 year plan.

Or a 10 year vision.

Instead, I have a clear idea of exactly where I want to be and what I accomplish for the next 12 months.

A One Year Plan.

Why?

10 years ago I was a biology major with plans to be a doctor.

7 years ago I was working a job in healthcare that I absolutely hated.

5 years ago, I was stuck in startup life in a job that didn’t pay me what I was worth.

Then I landed my job at Microsoft (with a $70k raise to boot!).

6 months later, I started a website teaching people to accelerate their careers.

5 years later a pandemic upended the world and completely changed the way we live and work.

We are living, breathing, evolving individuals.

Our personalities change, our goals change, and our world changes.

It’s impossible to predict what’s 3, 5, and 10 years down the road.

Instead, focus on what’s in front of you.

Where do you want to be in 12 months?

Aim big.

Then come up with a highly actionable plan to get there.

Don’t focus on goals, focus on systems.

Drill down to the daily actions, because what you do every day is the single biggest indicator of your ability to make your vision of success a reality.

How do you plan for the future?

5 Year Plan? Nah, Do This Instead:

Wes Kao is an executive coach, advisor, and entrepreneur who writes at newsletter.weskao.com. She is co-founder of Maven, an edtech company that raised $25M from First Round and Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, she co-founded the altMBA with bestselling author Seth Godin.

Newsletter for 60,000+ high performers on Wednesdays at 8am ET
-> weskao.com/newsletter

Live, 2-day course on Executive Communication & Influence 
-> https://maven.com/wes-kao/executive-communication-influence

1:1 executive coaching for tech leaders 
-> https://www.weskao.com/coaching

Wes Kao

Excited to be featured in Lenny Rachitsky’s “The AI-Native Product Manager” series. I’ll be teaching a free workshop on the topic “how to get buy-in as a PM.”

Of the 1,700 tech operators who have taken my course in the past 1.5 years, product managers are one of the biggest groups represented. About 1/3 of my private coaching clients are product leaders at companies like Meta, DoorDash, Atlassian, Amazon, Google, etc. I love working with product folks, and want to help you succeed because the bar for PMs is getting increasingly higher.

In this session, I’ll cover how to:

1. Present to impatient executives: Be prepared to move fast, speak directly, etc.

2. Manage up to senior leaders: Most PMs suck at managing up. We'll cover principles that will serve you now and throughout your career.

3. Anticipate questions and prevent skepticism: How to anticipate questions to avoid endless back-and-forth.

You will be able to apply these principles to stakeholders upwards, downwards, and laterally. 

The workshop will be on Friday, March 13 at 12pm ET. It will be an action-packed 30 minutes.

I rarely do free workshops, so if you’ve been curious about my course or found my Lenny podcast episode helpful, I hope to see you there.

Sign up link is in the comments.

a16z-backed founder turned executive coach. Helping tech operators improve their executive communication, leadership, and influence

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