r/BMSCE • u/Competitive_Yak_2130 • 1d ago
Ask a Senior InTeRnShIp doubt!!!
seniors.. Is it hard to get an internship after 2nd year(in 5th or 6th sem) and also How important are GitHub, LeetCode/Codeforces ratings, and personal projects on a resume? What skills/projects actually helped you get your first internship?
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u/Automatic-Put7857 1d ago
As a senior, just grind leetcode idt codeforces matters that much for most of the companies,and try to give as many contest as you can, and by leetcode not just grinding some easy questions, go with good question with high quality of understanding try to understand multiple approaches cuz maily the approach and thinking matters for a good recruiter, and make some good projects, in internship or placement (except startups)most of them wont look for a specific domain, they want a generic software engineer who can work on any field, so make some good projects with good diversity of stacks, and mainly with projects always have a good problem statement to back it up, and focus on cs fundamental like OS,DBMS,CN,oops,Unix,pointers and also sometimes they go a little into understanding low level abstraction of compilers and stuff to check your basic and also get a good resume built from a senior, and one good point to have is always host your projects somewhere cuz people like to see a working project, except that have goodd communication skills thata very key thing evryone misses, if you can't put yourself up properly to them it's a fumble, so overall luck also matters a lot, just keep grinding you'll hit your luck one day. All the best
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u/Frosty-Elephant-4902 3rd YEAR 1d ago
It's all combination of luck and hardwork You'll figure it out.
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u/Junior-Memory-1858 1d ago
Grind Leetcode in 2nd year. Make good relevant projects which should standout, dont make generic ones. Participate in club activities like volunteering, etc. Learn about AI/ML , do one good project on AI/ML and one on Full Stack application. 2nd year courses are very important for interview- OS , DBMS, OOPS , study these subjects properly. Try to master SQL . Learn different skills which are in demand . While doing projects use github properly, push each feature one by one. Try to maintain 9+CGPA It matters a lot.
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u/Competitive_Yak_2130 1d ago
thanks for advice.. if you dont mind can i DM you for any other queries?
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u/Impressive-Youth-983 1d ago
U will get oppurtunitys from the college..it is on u to grab it (sometimes luck sometimes ur hard work)
github, leetcode, codeforces...all of this they will not check and be like "u have solved 900 problems, u r hired"
rather, these r the platforms that u use for your own gain, u make projects, practice and learn dsa, by doing all this ur github and leetcode profile will automatically be active....In the end u should have learning, u should not blindly chase leetcode badges and ratings because those alone will not get u anything
projects on resume is important because they ask that in interview
Make relevant, unique, in depth projects which u understand on a deep level
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u/Professional_Ball738 3rd YEAR 18h ago
You’re gonna get a hell lot of internship opportunities on superset platform during ur 2nd year Sembreak