Clearing interviews without actual work experience

Hey everyone, I'd like to hear your thoughts. Have any of you successfully aced an interview solely through tutorials, YouTube, or side projects without hands-on work experience? I am a SDET exploring a transition to SDE role, internally tried within my company ,not happening due to various reasons, hence trying to switch over. In order to achieve that, I've worked on full-stack sidd projects, practiced DSA, and made a good "tailored" CV that gets me interview calls. But I am currently facing mixed experiences in interviews. I am able to answer a few but struggle with some questions and seek advice on how to improve. Any suggestions for this career switch are greatly appreciated! Thanks a ton

Aaron Dean

Trellis

9 months ago

For freshers it might be possible but after 1-2 yoe they would figure it out if you have worked with any of the technology or you are faking it

Aaron Lee

Stealth

9 months ago

I am having 2YOE, is it like impossible since I started with Test automation and will be continuing ever with it? I'm trying hard to switch(internally & externally)

Karilyn Hyrum

Trellis

9 months ago

U have to fake it as 2 yoe developer no one is gonna hire you from test unless you want to start as fresher from sde 1

Kendall Carmden

Capgemini

9 months ago

Do let me know your experiences on this as am also trying from a long time for this switch badly but failing after clearing the dsa rounds. They ask complex counter questions on our daily tasks which i struggle with. Is my experience too much to switch now 3+ yoe?

Kalan Lee

Oracle

9 months ago

Easily possible

Kendall Vernon

Stealth

9 months ago

Can you tell me how? Sometimes I face difficulty in interviews and few I get thru. Say I onboard as SDE in a company will I face difficulty? Can you share more insights