Alejandra Ayala
Career coach for job seekers in tech hiring
| Hourly rate range | $80 to $160 an hour |
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| Also coaches | Executive coach |
Alejandra Ayala is a career coach who helps job seekers land roles in tech. She is a recruiting operations leader at The Trade Desk, where she manages a team of recruiting operations specialists. Before that she led recruiting operations at GitLab and cut interview decline rates from 30% to 4% in six months. She also screened over 30,000 resumes for Google Cloud. She has coached more than 100 clients on how tech hiring works from the inside.
What Alejandra helps with
Alejandra helps job seekers understand how tech hiring decisions get made. She works on reading job postings, answering interview questions and presenting experience to hiring teams.
- Reading a job description the way a recruiter does
- Answering interview questions the way hiring managers want to hear them
- Positioning your experience so it lands with decision makers
- Getting a resume a second look
- Spotting where good candidates lose momentum in the hiring process
- Preparing for a career pivot with strategy, story and interview practice
Background and qualifications
Alejandra has spent her career inside hiring. She has worked as a hiring manager and as a recruiting operations leader at companies including The Trade Desk, GitLab, Google, Adobe and Disney. At GitLab she led recruiting operations, built a company-wide learning program called Pathfinders and led a global team of Candidate Experience Specialists. At Google Cloud she screened over 30,000 resumes as a candidate specialist. She also worked as a staffing manager alongside 14 or more recruiters. She has built interviewer training programs and led teams of recruiting operations specialists.
Alejandra Ayala pricing
Programs and services
- The Career Pivot Intensive, a 5 hour coaching package covering strategy, story and interview readiness
- Custom hourly coaching
- Interview prep sessions
Alejandra Ayala reviews
The CoachVouch take
Builds and runs hiring processes at tech companies, so she coaches job seekers from the hiring side of the table.
Best for job seekers aiming at tech roles who want to see how recruiters and hiring managers judge candidates.
Common questions
How much does Alejandra Ayala charge?
Coaching with Alejandra runs $80 to $160 an hour. Message Alejandra from this page for an exact quote.
What does Alejandra Ayala help with?
Alejandra Ayala helps with reading a job description the way a recruiter does, answering interview questions the way hiring managers want to hear them, positioning your experience so it lands with decision makers and getting a resume a second look.
What is the Career Pivot Intensive?
It is a 5 hour coaching package that covers strategy, story and interview readiness for people changing careers.
Has Alejandra worked on the hiring side at tech companies?
Yes. She has worked in recruiting operations at The Trade Desk and GitLab, and in recruiting roles at Google Cloud.
How do I contact Alejandra Ayala?
Send Alejandra a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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