Really puts things in perspective. Refreshing to see someone without competing offers from Meta, Microsoft, SAP, the government of Brazil and minor outlying territories
I'm applying for 500 roles this year, once you start writing cover letters week in week out your writing starts becoming more refined and suave. I feel a lot of non faang companies have higher expectations for some reason than the actual FAANG companies. "Junior Developer Role Available: At least 2 years experience walking on water, 2 Years experience turning water into wine, must be able to build a time travel machine from scratch"
Because they are not pure tech companies. FAANG/MAMBA companies predominantly provide tech services to older traditional business entities. Tech companies care more about technical, logical, and engineering experience. Traditional businesses care more about domain and cumulative experience. Example, if you worked in healthcare and switched to being a software engineer, it would be easier to get hired at a healthcare related company or the healthcare related department of a business. Or they prefer some experience, because you are adding intellectual knowledge to their tech services, allowing them to be less dependent on FAANG/MAMABA. In other words, traditional businesses preferred to add knowledge to their ranking file as opposed to having to train, mentor and sponsor a candidate. The irony is, they are willing to do the same thing for entry-level candidates who work in the core of their business, something like health care, finance, energy, etc.
The reality is they're cheapskates and want mid level developers on a entry level salary. Many of the companies I applied to were tech companies. Domain knowledge plays a part in some cases but in most cases they want people with experience of a dozen technologies or a length of experience that does not befit 'entry level'
Totally agree on this one.. Junior developer role requires # amount of exp like what? Are we supposed to be working as a developer while taking a full-time degree for entry pos is just ridiculously dumb lol.
From experience I can tell you that everything in this video is spot on accurate. I'm retired and had plenty of time to help my son in this process. While he was destroying his braincells learning data-structures, I decided to lend a hand looking for internships for him. I'd send him the results 5 at a time and he'd fill them out. By the time he landed his final accepted job offer (after about 3 offers), I had collected about 180 of which he applied to 160 of them. The one thing I would add to this instructional video is that a spreadsheet is fine to keep track of the name of the company written as a directlink to the job description page of the job offer, and the date of application, date of coding interview, etc. But I think it's also important to keep all those links in a bookmark form on your browser. I kept all of them because after his sophomore year he'd want a second internship. In all I have over 400 SWE companies job-search pages saved and ready to be used in the future. When he graduated we used it and he got a job at a faanmg (hint hint). Guess what, my second son wanted to study SWE and we used it for him as well. His first internship was also with a faAng company (hint hint) and he got in. After his sophomore year he got called back for a second internship with them. Today both my oldest kids are working fulltime with those companies and they'll regularly remind me and thank me for the effort.
@@Code0866 Data Structures is the primary way, and Intro to Algorithms is a close second. Most of the technical interview will be Data Structures questions. Here's my tip and please don't take it lightly. Become of TA or tutor in the student tutoring hall of your college for exclusively or principally Data Structures as my kids were. Because of it they were exposed to problems on a daily basis and they say it was all because of that tutoring job that they felt absolutely relaxed in their coding interviews. At one point in the tech interview the interviewer told my son after he answered a question, with a frazzled look, "Are you sure that's the answer you want to give me?!?" My son replied yes because blahblahblah and the interviewer was impressed. The interviewer was trying to trick my son or confuse him, but he knew better and with confidence saw through the trick. DS is the key to your success.
@@chaddonschaddons7084 I graduate next May and would love to hear some more helpful tips, if you have some more?😊 Do you recommend any books or learning material for Data Structures?
@@Code0866 A balance of leetcode and softskills is important. Breadth first search, depth first search, recursions, data structures, hash tables, stacks ques. But being able to hold a conversation without cringe or awkwardness is highly important as that person is deciding whether putting you in their aquarium will hurt the other fish in any way. You have to be able to show that you make an attempt to be affable and considerate.
@@Hostessmoses Not sure what to say other than work on being able to hold a casual comfortable conversation with people without too much stressed pressure to try to answer. In other words, you don't necessarily need to answer quick nor immediately. Take your time with your answers and think of your words before you say them. Show that you don't just put out answers without thinking carefully about them.
257 apps and u finally succeeded thats very impressive! I was about 100 in last year and I gave up have not applied for months lol. Also very nice editing and script the location change made the video easier to watch for my adhd brain
257 applications is insane to me! wow! but you're right, you just have to put yourself out there and eventually there will be an offer. I just finished my freshman year in university and started working as a private tutor for high schoolers (I believe I talked about this in another comment under one of your videos about college side hustles? It actually worked out and I already made 200 bucks this month!), but this is still helpful since I will be trying to land an internship in another country next year
Talk with people and see if you know someone via friends and family at some company and see if you can buy them some coffee and talk. They can then put your resume in/be a reference and that will get you on someone's desk. Out of the 60+ I applied to, the 3 companies I got interviews for were the ones I had connections at. Your advice is spot on!
really puts into perspective what workin hard to get an internship really looks like... the most I sent was around 75 one summer and thought there was no way I should have to do more.
I applied to every company in my city every semester and never got an internship (I couldn't really apply elsewhere as I work in animation so they don't just have that in the countryside). When it came to jobs I applied to over 300 jobs (stopped counting) before I got my first one...and it wasn't in my industry (it's in a related industry). I was willing to relocate, was constantly trying to tailor my resume and portfolio, and was generally just very flexible. Job fairs, networking events, conferences, cold emails, calls, I had my resume reviewed by recruiters to make sure it was solid, constant portfolio reviews...i tried it all. But it still took hundreds of apps. Not everyone has google beating their door down the day they graduate. I'm back in the process now and planning to make a video of my first 100 applications. Hopefully having some experience now will fair me better, but it's hard out there...
@@Kyle-ho4lj Yes, multiple people, used my career center, my family, online help from other software engineers, and as well incorporating anything else I saw about optimizing resumes. Resume was good enough to get interviews at FB, google, amazon, ebay and many, many more. I was able to ace the questions (I know cause I have seen them before) but they still rejected me. Some of my interviews feel like they never planned on hiring me weather I did good or not. The job offers I did receive were laughably low in salary so I declined, which led to applying more.
@@ineverchangemyplayericon3016 that was alot.. I am also goin through the same process, but have no one to check my resume. Are u willing to? Can i send it to you? Maybe that is my problem.
I'm also goin through the same process.. It really hurts and honestly brings your confidence down. But it is a numbers game we'll get there eventually. What are the technologies you use?
I did got my first job at the 60th, I was self-taught and it was after 3 and a half month of the day I begin. The world blew up the date I got the job.
Very great lesson and this is happening worldwide. The industry is a bit tough right now. Applied in the last 2 months for more than 100 jobs, had only 1 yes and will start my internship in March. It takes only one yes to start your career. One of my mentors applied to like 180 jobs and 1 offer too.
i’m a film major so not like you high earners but as a freshman in college i got a video internship with penn state athletics and over the summer worked at a photography development studio full time for $15 an hour and then $25 an hour as a film instructor for middle and highschool kids. i have my 1 page resume completed as a sophomore. no need to take random clubs to fill the empty space. it’s nice to have that off my shoulders for sure. i applied to 40 or 50 places and got lucky that my opportunity lined up with one another so i could do both over the summer
Never got a single internship while in school, but post graduation had a lot of offers, and easier interviews (EVEN TO THE SAME COMPANY!!!) than what I saw while applying for internships. Mid level now, but during my last semester I went through like 140 applications for 4 offers to juggle between. Just keep at it if you guys couldn't land any internships I'm sure you can make it to the other side. Buddy of mine in same shoes also landed at Amazon post graduation.
what was your GPA in undergrad if you dont mind sharing? im a sophomore in CS and i have been doing really bad this semester and im afraid itll impact my first job
I'm past my intern days, but I'd be curious to see the resume you applied with, and how you improved it! For context, I used to review/write resumes for SWEs as a side gig, and from my experience the most important thing is impact vs anything else. You worked with all these frameworks to build a feature? Cool, but tell me how many hours it saved the team or how much $$ it brought in. You need to make yourself seem like a good deal for the company!
May I ask when did you apply to the Big tech companies (Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc)? You said you applied multiple times so I assumed you've applied once in Freshman year and then another time during sophomore year? Also, can you expand more on what was on your resume that didn't let you past the screeners?
Finding a job now is literal hell. I’ve been applying for months since graduating and nothing. I had to start grad school just to add something to my resume. Sigh, it’s disheartening
That's crazy idk If that's just USA or the fact you applied to faangs alot. My experience was that i got 6/10 internship offers. Well 8/10, but i couldn't be bothered doing automated coding interviews.
Wow... that is crazy. As good as you are, and you barely find an internship, then what are the chances for me? I am a first-generation immigrant with broken English. How the heck can I make it into the business. Dude, maybe I need to drop out of school and find something else to do.
He didn't apply for regular stuff though, he said at the start most of his applications went to Google (and probably similar companies such as Facebook and Microsoft) which are extremely competitive and already pay interns quite a lot. If it was just about finding ANY internship he probably would have needed far, far, far less time.
@@randomguy4989 lol... I'm sure in 257 internships, there must be a good amount of regular companies in there, or else how you can even find that many places to apply for lol. I am scared just to think about how competitive it is to get just an "internship", let alone an actual job. He is young and smart, and everything. I am fking 30 years old trying to make my way back to college. I don't stand a chance compared to these young kids nowadays. But either you try or you die, so I guess I just hang in there and hope for the best. At least I can say I tried :D.
In my country, most of subjects have their own internships already set by the college. For example, if you're a teacher, you get to teach in an elementary school that has an already established relationship with your college. What young people in your country have to go though is an insane amount of torture. Just a horrible way to welcome the youngest workforce into the working world.
Hahaha wow that's so nice!! Tbh it's completely natural to feel unfit. I feel very under qualified very often, so much so that I might make a video talking about it actually. When you compare to people you admire, of course you're not going to be as impressive because you admire those people for a reason. Just remember there's a reason you get the results that you do!
@@miso-tech I know what you mean, i’m a junior, started programming last year. ran in to a freshman student that’s been coding for like 10 years and it’s just like, how can i compete and hope to get a job when people like that are out there
key thing is you aren't done with your degree from what it sounds like. most the jobs you mentioned, the requirements mention bachelor's; that algorithm. Being a freshman or sophomore in college is not much, and companies know this. You essentially do not start getting core classes till your Junior.
I forget how tough it is for CS majors, I'm EE and my friend I dormed with was CS. He would stay up until 2pm every night applying and doing OAs. Meanwhile, I only applied to a handful of big names and every small company around my university and I got an internship earning me close to 30k last summer.
I’d much rather work in IT and occasionally flex my programming skills writing scripts. I’m the best script writer pretty much everywhere I go since I have some formal programming education
man I've reached 879 jobs application I've got 6 response and only accepted one , and then after accepted some started appear and then did say no but when I've looked how many applicaiton I've done was that number.also location count to much since I was based in Angola (Africa) was a big deal , my makes good to be shortlist is my works history and strong skills and Software development and strong english since talking and writing . but one quick advice , feel ready and then start apply ,I've realized for some opportunity was too much for me , I did a huge study and reasearch and learned to much , now I feel comfy to apply for any position I want . I'm Fullstack Dystributed system engineer , I'd like to be anonymous
That Workday thing is a real irritating shit ! The first day I wish to do if I ever head Workday is fire all its employees I'm so freakin frustrated from it 😂
I would say just sending your resume to companies don’t really work. Take advantage of your school career fairs, join your degrees organization that leads to meeting all these people at the companies, that you could build a relationship, that leads to an interview, and most likely a job offer.
i applied to 1 offer as selft-tought, got accepted. but I start in november. here in europe there are still a lot of opportunities to get this type of job, but salary is 20-30k when starting
20-30k is not bad for someone that is just starting, maybe you can get some experience there and if you feel they won't raise your sallary in 2-3 yrs,keep applying to others companies.
I wouldn't ever apply to a job if it isn't big tech. You have to heavily rely on LinkedIn and networking + applying when they know you applied. LinkedIn is seriously a major hack you just have to know how to work it.
257 applications??? Is that normal for USA Software Engineer interns? I can understand the huge number if the person was applying for any other field then the tech field... but, at least from my experience, the Software Engineering field has the highest demand-to-supply ratio in the job market.
A reason so many SWE get burned out is becasue they don't really love what they do. A good way to tell if you are just in it for the money is to be honest with your self and see irf you would do this job starting at $30K a year?
It's ok most of these people forget their worries by binging netflix and playing video games. It is similar to how wallstreet people do the things you see on Billions.
The internship is very costly to the company, get a fresh starter and get one of the employees to give training to the intern and after all once the training is over the intern does not show any respect to the company and gives the resignation and leaves to find another job so this is the main reason many interns does not get a position easily, the only way an intern get a position if he can give a guarantee to the company in writing that after the internship he will stay with the company and provide the service and repay the cost the company had by productive work, that does not happen may interns thinks that there are the company offer free internships without any expectation
Yes because the first person who sees your name/app/resume is not the technical proficient person/senior engineer/manager. It's likely someone at HR or recruiter. They dont have technical knowledge so they go down a list of things that their bosses want and scan your app for those key points.
I just started my computer science course and after almost a semester in to it I feel like I barely know any code just concepts. Is it normal to be able to do Leet code at the end of your freshman year?
257 is not a big number at all. If you are a non-citizen, most of the small/mid-level company won't hire you anyway. You should feel lucky you born in the U.S.
I would say now is on the slightly later side of starting to apply. Typically it's good to start applying in either mid or late August and to start interviewing around now, but it's not too late to start!
I wish I could give you a proper list, but I'm not exactly sure myself. Something that may be helpful to think about is looking at the preferred qualifications for a job listing and using similar words in your resume. Also, try and think about what technical qualifications and past experiences you have and what a tech company would like to see in their applicants. Find the intersection of those two circles, and use those words in your resume. Hope this helps!
Rejection and not having your application looked at, not screened at all,.is normal. Experiment, apply for any job paying over $40,000 at random. See how many auto rejections you get lol. Just saying receiving many many many rejections is normal for everyone.
Amazon internship is not that amazing for resume screening. Everybody knows Amazon's interviews are easy and they are targeting candidates that are less skilled. Its better to get an internship in smaller sized companies like Uber or Doordash than Amazon.
or the reason is not in your skills or resume it's just about marketplace so now USA economics go in recession so no surprise internships cutting down around companies
I am a grad student with 3 years of work exp from India. Would I be able to apply for interships or not for summer internship? Because intern interviews are a lot easier than full time interviews.
You can if you're still in school or graduated less than 6months ago. But since you have experience and half a master's degree, you might also want to give full time roles a shot. You might be undervaluing yourself
20 rejections is pretty good lol. At least they didn't ghost you. But you should never have to apply to more than 20 to land one interview else you are doing something wrong. I highly recommend the channel Self Made Millennial.
Companies are stupid and don't know what requirements they need. Most people hiring are HR people who ask for too much for beginner positions and higher end companies want the best of the best. Puts you in a loop hole of not having enough requirements for literally anyone. 10 years in a coding language that hasn't existed that long? Yeah, sure.
It's great for finding a job, no doubt about that. I think on the social side it lacks a little bit. It really just depends on what you're looking for.
Do internships usually provide a place for you to stay during the time you are there? What happen if I can't travel too far from my college for the internship? This is one of the factors that I'm worry about when I apply all the internships out there.
@@crazitomali depends, I've seen a few do provide places to stay. Some do pay you hourly, but when you apply to a bunch it's hard to get all the things you want.
I hate application through workdays. Why the heck so many companies use that shitty platform. Its fucking trash and but i who cares i need to keep applying for more jobs.
I think the big mistake here is that you are expecting / trying to get a software engineering internship your freshman year. Companies don’t want freshmen when there are plenty of juniors looking for internships. It might seem like you are qualified as a freshman now, but when you are a junior or senior you will realize you’ve learned an incredible amount and just how inexperienced you were back then. Really as a freshman and sophomore, just focus on doing well in your classes. Study and actually learn and understand what you are being taught. You don’t need prior experience or extra circulars to land an internship your junior year if you have a good GPA and can demonstrate the ability to apply your knowledge. There is a lot of pressure in college to get an internship early, but really you don’t need to. Focus on yourself, do well in school, actually learn the material. The rest will come easily. There are lot of mediocre engineers out there, if you want a fulfilling job, you need to do well in school, and start to specialize in an area you enjoy.
Also, if you want experience, teacher assistant jobs for relevant engineering classes. You can also look for positions aiding in research for professors / grad students which you can often find at your colleges job postings.
Really puts things in perspective. Refreshing to see someone without competing offers from Meta, Microsoft, SAP, the government of Brazil and minor outlying territories
LOL yeah I wish I had those competing offers
Bro can u loan me $20 I really need gas money n taco bell so when I don't get the job I can at least destory their toilet
I'm applying for 500 roles this year, once you start writing cover letters week in week out your writing starts becoming more refined and suave. I feel a lot of non faang companies have higher expectations for some reason than the actual FAANG companies. "Junior Developer Role Available: At least 2 years experience walking on water, 2 Years experience turning water into wine, must be able to build a time travel machine from scratch"
Because they are not pure tech companies. FAANG/MAMBA companies predominantly provide tech services to older traditional business entities. Tech companies care more about technical, logical, and engineering experience. Traditional businesses care more about domain and cumulative experience. Example, if you worked in healthcare and switched to being a software engineer, it would be easier to get hired at a healthcare related company or the healthcare related department of a business. Or they prefer some experience, because you are adding intellectual knowledge to their tech services, allowing them to be less dependent on FAANG/MAMABA. In other words, traditional businesses preferred to add knowledge to their ranking file as opposed to having to train, mentor and sponsor a candidate. The irony is, they are willing to do the same thing for entry-level candidates who work in the core of their business, something like health care, finance, energy, etc.
The reality is they're cheapskates and want mid level developers on a entry level salary. Many of the companies I applied to were tech companies. Domain knowledge plays a part in some cases but in most cases they want people with experience of a dozen technologies or a length of experience that does not befit 'entry level'
Totally agree on this one.. Junior developer role requires # amount of exp like what? Are we supposed to be working as a developer while taking a full-time degree for entry pos is just ridiculously dumb lol.
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From experience I can tell you that everything in this video is spot on accurate. I'm retired and had plenty of time to help my son in this process. While he was destroying his braincells learning data-structures, I decided to lend a hand looking for internships for him. I'd send him the results 5 at a time and he'd fill them out. By the time he landed his final accepted job offer (after about 3 offers), I had collected about 180 of which he applied to 160 of them. The one thing I would add to this instructional video is that a spreadsheet is fine to keep track of the name of the company written as a directlink to the job description page of the job offer, and the date of application, date of coding interview, etc. But I think it's also important to keep all those links in a bookmark form on your browser. I kept all of them because after his sophomore year he'd want a second internship. In all I have over 400 SWE companies job-search pages saved and ready to be used in the future. When he graduated we used it and he got a job at a faanmg (hint hint). Guess what, my second son wanted to study SWE and we used it for him as well. His first internship was also with a faAng company (hint hint) and he got in. After his sophomore year he got called back for a second internship with them. Today both my oldest kids are working fulltime with those companies and they'll regularly remind me and thank me for the effort.
do you think leet code is the only way to get to faang
@@Code0866 Data Structures is the primary way, and Intro to Algorithms is a close second. Most of the technical interview will be Data Structures questions. Here's my tip and please don't take it lightly. Become of TA or tutor in the student tutoring hall of your college for exclusively or principally Data Structures as my kids were. Because of it they were exposed to problems on a daily basis and they say it was all because of that tutoring job that they felt absolutely relaxed in their coding interviews. At one point in the tech interview the interviewer told my son after he answered a question, with a frazzled look, "Are you sure that's the answer you want to give me?!?" My son replied yes because blahblahblah and the interviewer was impressed. The interviewer was trying to trick my son or confuse him, but he knew better and with confidence saw through the trick. DS is the key to your success.
@@chaddonschaddons7084 I graduate next May and would love to hear some more helpful tips, if you have some more?😊
Do you recommend any books or learning material for Data Structures?
@@Code0866 A balance of leetcode and softskills is important. Breadth first search, depth first search, recursions, data structures, hash tables, stacks ques. But being able to hold a conversation without cringe or awkwardness is highly important as that person is deciding whether putting you in their aquarium will hurt the other fish in any way. You have to be able to show that you make an attempt to be affable and considerate.
@@Hostessmoses Not sure what to say other than work on being able to hold a casual comfortable conversation with people without too much stressed pressure to try to answer. In other words, you don't necessarily need to answer quick nor immediately. Take your time with your answers and think of your words before you say them. Show that you don't just put out answers without thinking carefully about them.
It's crazy that you 1: applied to 257 companys 2: knew it was 257
LOL, it was a rough estimate hahaha
I’ve applied to 126 so far and i have a folder in my gmail so i just add the submission emails there
@Jake Eyles yeah i got final offers from LinkedIn in CA and Amazon in Seattle 2 weeks ago and accepted the offer with Amazon
@@hermannndeh1416did you study leetcode questions a lot to get the position?
i put out hundreds of summer internship applications over that past year but thankfully due to gods grace, finally landed a solid internship 🙏
Congrats!! :)
Did you get the job by networking? I am really terrible and shy at networking with other people and I have no luck getting a job.
@@liamthomas8029 nah bro career fair somehow
Did u use LinkedIn?
257 apps and u finally succeeded thats very impressive! I was about 100 in last year and I gave up have not applied for months lol. Also very nice editing and script the location change made the video easier to watch for my adhd brain
257 applications is insane to me! wow! but you're right, you just have to put yourself out there and eventually there will be an offer. I just finished my freshman year in university and started working as a private tutor for high schoolers (I believe I talked about this in another comment under one of your videos about college side hustles? It actually worked out and I already made 200 bucks this month!), but this is still helpful since I will be trying to land an internship in another country next year
Wow that's amazing to hear you're already making good money, congrats!! I hope you find a great internship next year! 😁😁
Talk with people and see if you know someone via friends and family at some company and see if you can buy them some coffee and talk. They can then put your resume in/be a reference and that will get you on someone's desk. Out of the 60+ I applied to, the 3 companies I got interviews for were the ones I had connections at. Your advice is spot on!
really puts into perspective what workin hard to get an internship really looks like... the most I sent was around 75 one summer and thought there was no way I should have to do more.
On god
I applied to every company in my city every semester and never got an internship (I couldn't really apply elsewhere as I work in animation so they don't just have that in the countryside). When it came to jobs I applied to over 300 jobs (stopped counting) before I got my first one...and it wasn't in my industry (it's in a related industry). I was willing to relocate, was constantly trying to tailor my resume and portfolio, and was generally just very flexible. Job fairs, networking events, conferences, cold emails, calls, I had my resume reviewed by recruiters to make sure it was solid, constant portfolio reviews...i tried it all. But it still took hundreds of apps. Not everyone has google beating their door down the day they graduate.
I'm back in the process now and planning to make a video of my first 100 applications. Hopefully having some experience now will fair me better, but it's hard out there...
Good luck on your job searching!
For my first Job I applied to about ~3100. You going to Cornell and internships 100% made it easier for you.
Holy shit 3,100 is a lot. That's some serious perseverance!
wonder if anyone applied to 10k roles
you ever check your resume with someone ?
@@Kyle-ho4lj Yes, multiple people, used my career center, my family, online help from other software engineers, and as well incorporating anything else I saw about optimizing resumes. Resume was good enough to get interviews at FB, google, amazon, ebay and many, many more. I was able to ace the questions (I know cause I have seen them before) but they still rejected me. Some of my interviews feel like they never planned on hiring me weather I did good or not. The job offers I did receive were laughably low in salary so I declined, which led to applying more.
@@ineverchangemyplayericon3016 that was alot..
I am also goin through the same process, but have no one to check my resume. Are u willing to? Can i send it to you? Maybe that is my problem.
didn't know i would need this video! just applied to 120 companies and was very nervous since i got rejected by so many companies lol
I'm also goin through the same process..
It really hurts and honestly brings your confidence down.
But it is a numbers game we'll get there eventually.
What are the technologies you use?
Kind of Same situation
I did got my first job at the 60th, I was self-taught and it was after 3 and a half month of the day I begin. The world blew up the date I got the job.
Really?
Wow that's awesome. sounds like a stressful 3.5 months
Wow. I really needed this video today, everything hits soooo close to home!
Very great lesson and this is happening worldwide. The industry is a bit tough right now. Applied in the last 2 months for more than 100 jobs, had only 1 yes and will start my internship in March. It takes only one yes to start your career. One of my mentors applied to like 180 jobs and 1 offer too.
i’m a film major so not like you high earners but as a freshman in college i got a video internship with penn state athletics and over the summer worked at a photography development studio full time for $15 an hour and then $25 an hour as a film instructor for middle and highschool kids. i have my 1 page resume completed as a sophomore. no need to take random clubs to fill the empty space. it’s nice to have that off my shoulders for sure. i applied to 40 or 50 places and got lucky that my opportunity lined up with one another so i could do both over the summer
wow, that’s so many! thanks for being transparent and helpful
ur bad at wordhunt
Any time!
I applied to 80+ so far and only rejection so far and thought im f***. Then, I see 257. I feel okay and motivate now.
Never got a single internship while in school, but post graduation had a lot of offers, and easier interviews (EVEN TO THE SAME COMPANY!!!) than what I saw while applying for internships.
Mid level now, but during my last semester I went through like 140 applications for 4 offers to juggle between.
Just keep at it if you guys couldn't land any internships I'm sure you can make it to the other side.
Buddy of mine in same shoes also landed at Amazon post graduation.
Is there any way that I can connect with you?
@@SD_7878 not sure what you mean by this 😁
what was your GPA in undergrad if you dont mind sharing? im a sophomore in CS and i have been doing really bad this semester and im afraid itll impact my first job
@@minecraftmaniac2003 3.26 and I was computer engineer
Just got my first offer for a SWE internship as a sophomore after watching your video! Super excited and thanks for sharing your experience
I always wondered how people apply to like 400 places, like I just did 45 in the span of two weeks and it was alot of work
Thx for the advice Michael I'll keep it in mind as I continue to apply for CS internships for next summer haha :)
Good luck Maxi!! This year is tough cuz the economy is in rough shape :(
@@miso-tech Thank you Michael!!
Workday is the main reason why I stopped applying as much
Really great tips, amazing short video! Love the channel name too🤣
Thank you!!! :)
I'm past my intern days, but I'd be curious to see the resume you applied with, and how you improved it! For context, I used to review/write resumes for SWEs as a side gig, and from my experience the most important thing is impact vs anything else. You worked with all these frameworks to build a feature? Cool, but tell me how many hours it saved the team or how much $$ it brought in. You need to make yourself seem like a good deal for the company!
Hi Elena, is there anyway I can connect with you?
Great job! And great video!
Refreshing to see someone without every FAANG offer under the sun. I’m probably closing in on 100 apps w/ 1 rejection, 0 OA, 2 interviews :/
May I ask when did you apply to the Big tech companies (Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc)? You said you applied multiple times so I assumed you've applied once in Freshman year and then another time during sophomore year? Also, can you expand more on what was on your resume that didn't let you past the screeners?
This video really put things to perspective, and I feel so behind 😢
Finding a job now is literal hell. I’ve been applying for months since graduating and nothing. I had to start grad school just to add something to my resume. Sigh, it’s disheartening
Only 257...
What do you expect? It’s hyper saturated cos everyone thinks it’s a safe option
Loved this video.....can you make next video on what was your leetcode strategy while you were applying for these internships......thanks
Thank you! :) That's a great suggestion, I may make one soon! Stay tuned~
I feel bad for graduates of 2020-2023
why??
@@gentlejello I think it's because of the lockdown. They couldn't get internships.
@@gentlejello economy with their inflation problems who wanna waste money on a intern
That's crazy idk If that's just USA or the fact you applied to faangs alot.
My experience was that i got 6/10 internship offers. Well 8/10, but i couldn't be bothered doing automated coding interviews.
Wow... that is crazy. As good as you are, and you barely find an internship, then what are the chances for me? I am a first-generation immigrant with broken English. How the heck can I make it into the business. Dude, maybe I need to drop out of school and find something else to do.
He didn't apply for regular stuff though, he said at the start most of his applications went to Google (and probably similar companies such as Facebook and Microsoft) which are extremely competitive and already pay interns quite a lot. If it was just about finding ANY internship he probably would have needed far, far, far less time.
@@randomguy4989 lol... I'm sure in 257 internships, there must be a good amount of regular companies in there, or else how you can even find that many places to apply for lol. I am scared just to think about how competitive it is to get just an "internship", let alone an actual job. He is young and smart, and everything. I am fking 30 years old trying to make my way back to college. I don't stand a chance compared to these young kids nowadays. But either you try or you die, so I guess I just hang in there and hope for the best. At least I can say I tried :D.
In my country, most of subjects have their own internships already set by the college. For example, if you're a teacher, you get to teach in an elementary school that has an already established relationship with your college. What young people in your country have to go though is an insane amount of torture. Just a horrible way to welcome the youngest workforce into the working world.
I feel so lucky, i applied to 1. and yet i still feel so under qualified when i read other people’s resume in my grade
Hahaha wow that's so nice!! Tbh it's completely natural to feel unfit. I feel very under qualified very often, so much so that I might make a video talking about it actually.
When you compare to people you admire, of course you're not going to be as impressive because you admire those people for a reason. Just remember there's a reason you get the results that you do!
@@miso-tech I know what you mean, i’m a junior, started programming last year. ran in to a freshman student that’s been coding for like 10 years and it’s just like, how can i compete and hope to get a job when people like that are out there
I did around exactly the same (albeit for a real job out of college) around 250 applications and 1 offer
haha congrats!
key thing is you aren't done with your degree from what it sounds like. most the jobs you mentioned, the requirements mention bachelor's; that algorithm. Being a freshman or sophomore in college is not much, and companies know this. You essentially do not start getting core classes till your Junior.
I forget how tough it is for CS majors, I'm EE and my friend I dormed with was CS. He would stay up until 2pm every night applying and doing OAs. Meanwhile, I only applied to a handful of big names and every small company around my university and I got an internship earning me close to 30k last summer.
Use simplify chrome extensions. Been there 😊
I’d much rather work in IT and occasionally flex my programming skills writing scripts. I’m the best script writer pretty much everywhere I go since I have some formal programming education
250 internship applications aren't a lot. You can apply for 20 positions a day and for 10 days straight. Or 20 days for 10 applications each.
man I've reached 879 jobs application I've got 6 response and only accepted one , and then after accepted some started appear and then did say no but when I've looked how many applicaiton I've done was that number.also location count to much since I was based in Angola (Africa) was a big deal , my makes good to be shortlist is my works history and strong skills and Software development and strong english since talking and writing . but one quick advice , feel ready and then start apply ,I've realized for some opportunity was too much for me , I did a huge study and reasearch and learned to much , now I feel comfy to apply for any position I want .
I'm Fullstack Dystributed system engineer , I'd like to be anonymous
That Workday thing is a real irritating shit ! The first day I wish to do if I ever head Workday is fire all its employees I'm so freakin frustrated from it 😂
best advice to give is be an entrepreneur because you build the company and hire yourself. instead of begging people to hire you.
I would say just sending your resume to companies don’t really work. Take advantage of your school career fairs, join your degrees organization that leads to meeting all these people at the companies, that you could build a relationship, that leads to an interview, and most likely a job offer.
The accuracy and I’ve only applied to like 150 so far. I haven’t gotten passed the 1st round interviews yet.
How’s it going? Have you improved in data structures and algorithms?
i applied to 1 offer as selft-tought, got accepted. but I start in november. here in europe there are still a lot of opportunities to get this type of job, but salary is 20-30k when starting
20-30k is not bad for someone that is just starting, maybe you can get some experience there and if you feel they won't raise your sallary in 2-3 yrs,keep applying to others companies.
Hello! Can you please share me your resume?
I wouldn't ever apply to a job if it isn't big tech. You have to heavily rely on LinkedIn and networking + applying when they know you applied. LinkedIn is seriously a major hack you just have to know how to work it.
honestly the rejection letters this days have improved
257 applications??? Is that normal for USA Software Engineer interns? I can understand the huge number if the person was applying for any other field then the tech field... but, at least from my experience, the Software Engineering field has the highest demand-to-supply ratio in the job market.
That’s what I thought too, I’ve heard that SWEs are in high demand, hence the high salaries, so I’m confused lol
@bronto interesting, maybe it's a difference of the job market vs. internships
A reason so many SWE get burned out is becasue they don't really love what they do. A good way to tell if you are just in it for the money is to be honest with your self and see irf you would do this job starting at $30K a year?
most people hate their jobs, thats the reality of life, but this career is big money
no one would do a job for 30k a year because they have to eat ...
@@Andy-ho2le 30k year is enough to eat I guess lol my parents work for 15k year and they didn't died starving lol
It's ok most of these people forget their worries by binging netflix and playing video games. It is similar to how wallstreet people do the things you see on Billions.
workday is the worst job application system.
The internship is very costly to the company, get a fresh starter and get one of the employees to give training to the intern and after all once the training is over the intern does not show any respect to the company and gives the resignation and leaves to find another job so this is the main reason many interns does not get a position easily, the only way an intern get a position if he can give a guarantee to the company in writing that after the internship he will stay with the company and provide the service and repay the cost the company had by productive work, that does not happen may interns thinks that there are the company offer free internships without any expectation
HUGE sign that the SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
or you guys can join the air force for computer programming like how I'm doing....
Does the name/prestige of your college matter when applying to these kinds of internships?
@@Jacquellynnn Thanks, what counts as relevant experience?
Yes because the first person who sees your name/app/resume is not the technical proficient person/senior engineer/manager. It's likely someone at HR or recruiter. They dont have technical knowledge so they go down a list of things that their bosses want and scan your app for those key points.
For me software engineering is easier than Marine Geophysics. Geophysics is difficult like a hell that's why I did career shifting.
I just started my computer science course and after almost a semester in to it I feel like I barely know any code just concepts. Is it normal to be able to do Leet code at the end of your freshman year?
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Same. It feels so annoyed everytime you have to paste your info again and again. And it's more annoying being rejected again and again.
I feel like ur university should have intern programs with a company or companies which should make at least getting an internship easier.
257 is not a big number at all. If you are a non-citizen, most of the small/mid-level company won't hire you anyway. You should feel lucky you born in the U.S.
Is this a problem in the US? Because i can't imagine applying to over 200 companies in my country let alone in Europe
I was watching your video, and I think your words made a lot of sense, until I learned you went to CMU.....
Someone who went to CMU shouldn’t be struggling to get an internship 🤣
I do 5-10 a week and its exhausting
How do you know if your resume is polished enough?
There's no point where you just know, you kinda just have to hope you've prepared enough
Which websites did you use to apply for internship besides LinkedIn?
It's just internship. Your first real job probably wont have anything related to your first internship
By what time would you say it is late to be applying to summer internships?
I would say now is on the slightly later side of starting to apply. Typically it's good to start applying in either mid or late August and to start interviewing around now, but it's not too late to start!
What keyword are good to have in a resume? And what are some examples of personal projects?
I wish I could give you a proper list, but I'm not exactly sure myself. Something that may be helpful to think about is looking at the preferred qualifications for a job listing and using similar words in your resume.
Also, try and think about what technical qualifications and past experiences you have and what a tech company would like to see in their applicants. Find the intersection of those two circles, and use those words in your resume. Hope this helps!
Can I get an internship in my first year of computer engineering BSc if I have just basic knowledge of c/python?
I apply more than 25 internship but every time i rejected.
All my homies hate workday
Rejection and not having your application looked at, not screened at all,.is normal. Experiment, apply for any job paying over $40,000 at random. See how many auto rejections you get lol. Just saying receiving many many many rejections is normal for everyone.
same thing happend to me but linkedin locked my account
Amazon internship is not that amazing for resume screening. Everybody knows Amazon's interviews are easy and they are targeting candidates that are less skilled. Its better to get an internship in smaller sized companies like Uber or Doordash than Amazon.
Yeah because a food delivery app is the gold standard of software development and computer science
Wow that's bull, even CMU students get rejected from FAANG
And those who get into FAANG think they are royalty
lol only 257?
Same thing here bro, I applied for 70 and rejected
Welp, selling drugs are way easier than applying internships
or the reason is not in your skills or resume it's just about marketplace so now USA economics go in recession so no surprise internships cutting down around companies
bro I'm high school passout and i love coding can i pleased any company after completing course
I am a grad student with 3 years of work exp from India. Would I be able to apply for interships or not for summer internship? Because intern interviews are a lot easier than full time interviews.
You can if you're still in school or graduated less than 6months ago. But since you have experience and half a master's degree, you might also want to give full time roles a shot. You might be undervaluing yourself
Where can you find web dev jobs to apply?
vids like this gives me hope that i can get a job
I am currently applying for full-time SDE. Is that normal that I have applied 100 and got 20 rejections and 0 OA, 0 Interview so far?
20 rejections is pretty good lol. At least they didn't ghost you. But you should never have to apply to more than 20 to land one interview else you are doing something wrong. I highly recommend the channel Self Made Millennial.
i'm so confused, how is it taking people so many applications to get an offer?? isn't this industry in high-demand?
Companies are stupid and don't know what requirements they need. Most people hiring are HR people who ask for too much for beginner positions and higher end companies want the best of the best. Puts you in a loop hole of not having enough requirements for literally anyone. 10 years in a coding language that hasn't existed that long? Yeah, sure.
I am applying to colleges now and carnegie mellon's on my list. How is it?
It's great for finding a job, no doubt about that. I think on the social side it lacks a little bit. It really just depends on what you're looking for.
Ok
same here too :)
do the same with a female curriculum to see the diference c:
Me watching this video while searching for software Engineering internships 😨
Do internships usually provide a place for you to stay during the time you are there? What happen if I can't travel too far from my college for the internship? This is one of the factors that I'm worry about when I apply all the internships out there.
No they don't give u a place to stay. They don't even pay you. Come on bro.
@@crazitomali depends, I've seen a few do provide places to stay. Some do pay you hourly, but when you apply to a bunch it's hard to get all the things you want.
@@crazitomali you are talking out your ass. Both of those are wrong
you should make an app that fills out resumes for people. Software engineering!
I applied for one..........and got it. You must be doing something very wrong if you need 257.
Try to do that again see how it goes.
I hate application through workdays. Why the heck so many companies use that shitty platform. Its fucking trash and but i who cares i need to keep applying for more jobs.
I think the big mistake here is that you are expecting / trying to get a software engineering internship your freshman year. Companies don’t want freshmen when there are plenty of juniors looking for internships. It might seem like you are qualified as a freshman now, but when you are a junior or senior you will realize you’ve learned an incredible amount and just how inexperienced you were back then.
Really as a freshman and sophomore, just focus on doing well in your classes. Study and actually learn and understand what you are being taught. You don’t need prior experience or extra circulars to land an internship your junior year if you have a good GPA and can demonstrate the ability to apply your knowledge.
There is a lot of pressure in college to get an internship early, but really you don’t need to. Focus on yourself, do well in school, actually learn the material. The rest will come easily. There are lot of mediocre engineers out there, if you want a fulfilling job, you need to do well in school, and start to specialize in an area you enjoy.
Also, if you want experience, teacher assistant jobs for relevant engineering classes. You can also look for positions aiding in research for professors / grad students which you can often find at your colleges job postings.