I didn't have an impressive LeetCode profile.
I wasn't a club president.
I didn't have a stack of leadership positions on my resume.
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As a former hiring manager, the answer is easy!
Be a passionate builder. On my teams, you don't have to know the answers, but I look for dedication and a burning desire to learn how to do it right. I once hired a guy for a senior role doing C++ development. The problem? He had never coded C or C++ before, ever. His Python though was the best I had ever seen. I told him flat out, "you've got 3 months to learn C++". He's now one of the best C++ coders and architects I have ever known.
Be passionate, be excited about the work, come in every day saying: "What cool things am I going to do?"
That's how you land a job, that's how you gain experience and respect.
Just my $0.02
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Sir, actually nowadays getting fresher roles are getting harder(atleast in India), thing is even companies with lowest revenue and offering less salaries they want you to do it all without training. But yeah, since I had a bad internship experience, I made sure to choose a right company and not apply randomly.
I guess it worked for me.😅
Thanks for the read! Have A Great Day!
I can't comment on hiring in India, the last time I ran a team there was over 20 years ago! I helped set up a software design center there. We hired a large team of motivated "freshers", it was an amazing experience. I can only comment on what I look for in hiring and how I run my teams. Give people a chance, treat them fairly, and show them you will go the extra mile and have their back. I don't think it is much harder than that to be a good leader and manager.
again, just my $0.02.
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Bro congratulation,
A was griding from a past 6 months like building projects, applying to companies but didn't make it out 😭
But, i will keep trying and building more cool stuff and gain more knowledge and skill
Man, it’s been such a tough journey. I’m also going through campus recruiting. Could you give me some advice?
Sure, can you tell me what specific thing you want to get advice for, like is it opportunities or about what kind of interviews are conducted for freshers nowadays or any prep advice? I'd be happy to help!
Okay, this one was a little scary to publish. 😭
This is probably the most personal thing I've written here — not a tutorial, not a project breakdown, just the actual path that led me from a CPI drop, a pretty terrible internship, and a few random opportunities to finally getting my first job offer.
If you're a fresher going through placement season right now, I'd genuinely love to know — what are you currently betting on to get where you want to go?
And if you've already been through it, what ended up helping you that you never expected would matter?
Thank you for sharing your story. There's more than one path to take on a journey and it may not always be the most popular one. Your quote in particular is important. I hope to remember it on my journey.
"If there's one line that sums up how I've come to see all of this, it's this shlok from the Bhagavad Gita:
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
Translation: You have the right to perform your actions, but you are not entitled to the fruits of those actions. Never consider yourself the cause of the results, and never let attachment to results stop you from doing your work."
Thanks, @earlgreyhot1701d! Really appreciate that. 🙌 And yeah, that line from the Gita ended up fitting the whole journey better than I expected. Wishing you the best on yours too!
Thank you!
Great!
Thanks!!
Your post is long but worth it!
I'm also in placement season, but I'm confident and enhancing skills.
Do you have any resume tips? Like from a fresher perspective.
Also, congrats on getting placed!!
Cool, So other than required sections: skills and projects,
Your achievements and Open source contributions or being part of a community has its own weight. Also, an internship can be cherry on top(But a legit one, not a project based).
And your achievements can be the participations and even if you got shortlisted for 2nd round or a finalist in a hack but didn't win, that's an achievement too.
And Thanks!!! If you have any specific question, then you can extend this thread.
else,
ALL THE BEST for placements!!!
Bro, that's hell of a journey. I'm myself in the placement season. Got any tips for me?
Bro, TBH all I would say is go for the basics, know your resume. You should be able to explain your projects properly and never panic even if you can't think of solution.
From my case, My interview took like an hour but even if I missed 1-2 questions, It didn't affect me at all. Just be in the moment.
Also, 1 crazy tip: A lot of interviewers now use AI in the process, so like each answer you say, next question will be a related one, and thing is you can divert the questions to a topic you know the best.
All I wanna say is Don't panic if you get 2-3 answers wrong, if you can't find best approach in DSA, go for brute force don't leave it blank, don't waste time. I myself didn't get a couple of questions, still made it to the HR round.
ALL THE BEST!!! for placements.
Thanks bro.
This was great to read. I really needed to see this, especially when people are just focusing on memorizing interview questions and grinding leetcode (I also don't have an impressive LeetCode profile). That's why I actually joined Dev.to, so I can participate in these hackathons, build a great network of devs, and actually enjoy coding.
That's the thing TBH there are still like a lot of batchmates who have better LeetCode profiles and projects and even internships but are not placed yet.
Also Bro, I would suggest you to participate in local or college hacks too! That also helps. Main thing is the piece of portfolio: the project you built. Cause there are people who got placed before me that didn't have any hack wins or internships but still got the highest package, due to impressive system design skills.
thanks you for sharing your experience, i will give more attention to the weekend challenge and other challenge present on DEV.to i see thiere value now thanks you!
Thanks, @jsb-securedme! 🙌 And definitely keep trying other hackathons too — DEV was just the one that happened to work out for me. Keep building projects you never know which one might open a door. Keep building! 🚀
Congrats! Thanks for sharing
Thank you, @cathylai! 🙌 Really appreciate you taking the time to read it!
Proof of work > LeetCode score every single time! This will give so much hope and direction to junior devs navigating today's market. Amazing write-up!
Absolutely! That’s exactly what I wanted the post to convey. LeetCode has its place, but there’s something different about being able to point at something you actually built and say, “I did this.” Thanks for reading!
Nice to hear about your journey and how you found your own way to create opportunities in this competitive job market!
Thanks, @atul_joshi_f! Really appreciate it. It definitely wasn't a straightforward journey, but figuring out my own way through the usual placement grind ended up making a huge difference.
Congratulations Dhruv!
Thanks!! Congrats on your promotion too!!
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