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How you guys landed jobs off campus as i had 2 year of startup and feel tough finding job?

How you guys landed jobs off campus as i had 2 year of startup and feel tough finding job?- Grapevine

I am not looking for job but was I curious that how much can I get an offer of in CTC for a SDE role at a startup with this resume.

I have just graduated but I have been building apps from last 3.5 years.

For more context, here is my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theishangoswami

Ps: I am pretty good at dev, not so much at dsa.

How Much Can I Get Paid With This Resume?

Founder

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

This is a personal win post.

I'm a '23 grad from top IIT but from non circuital branch. I did my summer internship in a payments MNC as a Quality Engineer and received PPO, but I rejected it since I didn't want to continue in testing. This was when recession was just starting. The money was decent in PPO, but I felt I could get more in a dev role in placements.

When placements came, I interviewed with few big companies, but unfortunately got rejected at some stage. Finally I got placed at Cogoport (yes that same cursed company), with a higher CTC but same base. I was initially happy with it, but as I talked with seniors I came to know about the horrors there, and a month before my joining I decided to take the jump and didn't join. My parents weren't supportive of the decision and I had to fight with them.

I was trying offcampus for a couple of months with a very specific strategy, I got good response but none of them converted to an offer. I finally joined a seed stage startup through my friend as an intern for 3 months. I struggled a lot initially but eventually put in the efforts and learnt and contributed well. The work, culture and people are great here.

Two months after I joined the startup, I got to know that almost half of the new joiners were laid off from Cogoport. And today is my first official day as a full time employee at the same startup I joined as an intern. The base is also the same as the other 2 offers, although CTC decreased but I have immense learning and responsibilities here and I'm sure I'll grow faster than my counterparts in big companies.

Thanks for hearing me out. Have a great end to the year folks

Huge career gamble paid off

Software Developer

I was persuing cse from a decent college in pune . In my last year i.e.2023 , I was placed in a startup in pune with CTC 5 lpa but it had bond of 2 years ,so I rejected that offer .I ended up getting my college placement account banned because according to them I was already placed ,so I started looking for jobs off campus,but I never thought it's going to be this hard to look for jobs off campus. Applying to multiple companies in a day ,resume getting rejected and then applying again .for some where I get shortlisted, they keep on asking questions from things which are not even mentioned in my resume although their jd don't even mentioned those skills .In some companies where my interview was 10 on 10 (according to me), still they rejected me and when asked they used to say ,they found more suitable candidates.
I graduated in September 2023 , and I am still looking for job , trying to upgrading myself everyday to get better.
I never regret my decision of not accepting that job. I don't know if I am getting any job or not but I am gonna be more strong and better with each passing day .
Regards .

Good or bad decision?

Hello everyone,

I am currently in my final semester of college(Tier 1). I failed to secure a placement from on-campus placement drive.

I am looking for off campus opportunities. Due to my family conditions I am thinking of applying for foreign startups who hire freshers from India, pay well(decent, I am not expecting very high pay) and remote work option.

Thanks

Needed help in finding a job

Frontend Engineer

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Folks in Growth and Marketing, how did you guys land your first job? 

I’m a recent graduate with a digital marketing major and around 9 months of internship experience at 2 startups. 

For the past two months i’ve been trying to find a job at a decent company with good culture as well as salary. however, i am not able to grab a single decent offer, not even interviews! i’ve tried everything from cold emailing to asking for referrals to applying on various platforms. 

Tried several mentoring platforms as well but the advices were very vague and didn’t help much.

It is getting depressing now and i am feeling truly hopeless as i am living with my parents in a small town with nowhere to go and nothing to do.

What can i do? i really need some direction in life right now

Advice on landing first jobs

Marketing Associate

Hello everyone,I am 2021 CS graduate.I was preparing for GATE  exam for my mtech.But I couldn't perform well enough to get good college.I will probably get around 4000 rank this year.(I know this not good rank for general category and I won't get my desired college/course)I have very good conceptual understanding of CSE subjects like DS, algorithms, databases,and operating systems.But I haven't done any programming and any practical implementation of these.(I only have good btech project on my resume)I have decided to take upcoming TCS NQT to get my first job in IT field.

So my main questions are :-
1)what should be my further direction from here ?

2)Should I take job or give GATE another attempt (along with job)?

3)Also please suggest how can I land my first job  after gap of 1.5 years.?

Need help for deciding further path(CSE graduate with 1.5 years of gap due to competative exam)

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Hi everyone, I am from a Tier-1 engineering college, looking for jobs in Product space. Any idea, what kind of companies/which sector is hiring right now? College placements have been really bad this year, and applying off-campus has been a real pain (no replies, calls from companies).

This is not the first time I am applying off campus, I know it's a tiring process especially at a fresher level, but this time it has been worse. If your company is hiring/if you know anywhere I should apply please help!🙏

Stressed and worried

I received a FTE offer from Amazon for the SDE 1 role in September last year from my campus recruitment drive. I am supposed to join in June/July this year. How secure is my offer? Will I be affected by the ongoing layoffs?

Freshers offers at Amazon

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

Guys, i am in my final year at IIT Delhi and have a combined experience of 2+ years (part-time) in Venture Capital. 
How should i go about applying for off-campus to VCs. 
Comment folks!

Fresher looking for VC job

Hey everyone. 

Thought I could do an AMA. A bit about me - have 4 years of work experience and graduated from a non engineering college. Was at a startup before (from Series B to Series D) before becoming a VC

Personally look at consumer and B2B investments here 

Happy to answer any questions around life as a junior VC, startup ecosystem, career growth etc.

AMA: I work at a large VC Fund focusing on early stage investments

This is the biggest problem with VC ecosystem 4 yoe kids taking calls on experienced, hardworking founders. Dude first learn the game then invest , judge people playing the game. VCs know nothing about how to run startups. Unless they have been entrepreneurs themselves. IMO It's a colossal waste of talent to become a VC for young PPL.

Software Engineer

Investment Associate

Is there any off campus company or startup is hiring in india I am looking for the software role opening for fresher  it will be very helpful

Job finding

Hi, I am in my final year of my B.Tech and I just got to know that I won't be getting PPO/Full time offers from two Internships due to no opening in the ML team  for both the Internships. (Market down).

It really feels bad to have wasted my time (1year) over the internship, in the end to get nothing. 

I would be glad if someone could help me get referal for ML Roles (Computer vison, NLP, any would work).

Cheers!

Expected TC : 12-18LPA

TC: 
Current Amazon Internship: ₹1.5L
Internship 1: ₹70k 
Internship 2: ₹50K
#tech #Ai #ML #job #computervison #nlp

Bad luck ;)

Machine Learning Engineer

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Hey guys, I am a third year undergraduate student from Chennai. I've been into digital product design for the past 2 years. I've done two remote internships as of now. I'm finding it really hard to find internships.

I needed some advice on how to approach startups for an internship. Thanks!!

How do I approach a startup for an internship?

I am keen on working with an early-age (Series-A/ seed) startup. Dont even know where to start looking. Dont want to advertise on Linkedin. Any suggestions?

Job Search

Consultant

I was laid off in February. Finally after 2.5 months of boring interviews and life, landed a job. Today was Day 1. 
I was outside India for a while doing crazy stuffs. I returned in June and then started applying. Here is the summary. 
1. Lots of applicants in the job market. Every job would attract 1000s of applicants 
2. Most jobs require high experience - 5+ 
3. Applying and finding companies who are hiring is tough. 
4. Emailed everyone in network, took referrals from all friends, took referrals from LinkedIn (very low response), Applied on instahyre, Wrote to startup founders, applied Wellfound, Workday(worst of all), Naukri 
5. Startups are the worst - gave petty assignments and ghosted after getting solution. Had to follow up multiple times but to no avail. They ate my whole 1 month
6. Some interviews were different - in one I had to code in python very fast. That's it. Wasn't selected as I was looking up for syntax on internet. 
7. Overall it was a very boring and tiring process. I somehow maintained my sanity. 

YoE- 2
TC- 29L ( Base +PF)

Laid off in Feb. Landed a job now.

Tough time never last but tough people do  
 Great 🔥

Can you viners guide me towards websites,networking events etc where I can find jobs in startup.

I haven't ever worked with one and am looking for an opportunity.

Thanks BTW 15 YOE BFSI/Fintech 7YOE.

Suggestions to find Startup jobs

Investor

Hi,
I am a 2023 passout btech graduate. Currently I am working as a full time SDE (Full Stack) in a well established startup (8 years old , Series A funded). It's been nearly half year here.

My compensation is 10.5 lakh base + 4.5 lakh performance bonus + free lunch and snacks + Insurance (Including parents) benefits 

I am pretty good at DSA (around 2000 rating on leetcode, 4 Star at codechef in 2nd year itself, 2000+ dsa problems)

I have worked in 2 startups as an SDE intern during college days and completed 5 internships overall out of which one was a US based startup. Also, I have many publications under my name over the internet.

I had many offers when I was graduating from college.

Most of the time people say, "Hey, you have done so much so Why are you not working in a big tech". Well I always wanted to work for big tech during college days but after I started working in startups my thought process changed  as here I got the ownership of the product.

Now it has been nearly 1 year since I started working in startups. Should I give it a try for big tech now?

Would like to hear your views guys

Am I doing something wrong?

Welcome to Confessions's Private Community

Forgive me my Sins

In 2017, after graduating, I joined a big IT corporate as an Associate Consultant (Engineer). My start date was delayed by six months, and four months in, I was benched with half my already very low pay.

Money was tight with rent and other expenses. My family expected me to start investing in jewellery and buying land.

I was new to Bangalore and wanted more money to visit bars and expensive restaurants every weekend. Wanted to buy a bike with good gear. Along the dream to have a girl riding behind me. Sab Aukat ke bahar.

As one does, I started looking out into startups. The problem - 0 relevant work ex.

So here it goes,
I had interned at a startup in college and knew what their documents looked like. Filled the 6 empty months in my CV with a job as a “SDE-I Android” working with the founder directly.
I spiced up my CV with claims of 2x load time, reducing costs, international team collaboration, and an award.
Some college awards to boot too!

I made a detailed fake job story, read interview books, solved questions and watched salary negotiation videos. Eventually, I got into a Series A startup with only having to make 1 fake certificate.
They never checked with my previous employers, and now I earn eight times what I would have.

The guilt and imposter syndrome haunted me until I started performing well. I still feel guilty, like last Holi when my family praised my achievements.

Just excused myself and went for a smoke and a ride out. The bike is here and it is a custom painted beauty.

Guilty thoughts still go by occasionally but I am becoming more and more comfortably numb to it every passing year.

I have since stopped outright lying and just partake in the standard resume inflation.

Had to let this out.

I am a resume liar

Product Manager

A friend of mine is working at a leading financial services company with over 100k employees. 
He feels like he'd want to be part of something smaller, create more impact and help it grow rather than be just a part of the crowd.

Where should he start? How can he find the suitable people and jobs?

How does someone get into the startup culture?

Associate

Recently scrolling thru LinkedIn I found many girls from my college are getting into Microsoft as a summer intern even if they don't have any leetcode , codeforces , code chef or GitHub profiles ... I am not sure how they are getting in.

Meanwhile boys are not even getting the test link or interview for that.

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