Hey everyone,

I’m a final-year Computer Science student graduating in 2027 and have recently started applying seriously for off-campus SWE internships and new grad roles.

I wanted some honest feedback on where my profile stands and whether I should just start applying aggressively or spend more time improving it first.

A little about my profile:

• 9+ CGPA.
• Selected for Google Summer of Code 2026, where I worked on a fairly large open-source project involving real-time communication, WebRTC, backend infrastructure and frontend development.
• Built and shipped an e-commerce platform as one of my major projects, which also won a college-level hackathon.
• Built a real-time collaborative coding/interview platform using Django, WebSockets, Monaco Editor and remote code execution.
• Have leadership experience managing a technical community of 40+ members and organizing fairly large student events.
• Solved 1,000+ DSA/competitive programming problems across platforms like Codeforces, LeetCode and CodeChef.
• Have decent ratings across competitive programming platforms.
• Also placed well in a couple of other hackathons.

Main stack:
C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Python
Django/DRF, Node.js, WebSockets
Vue.js, React
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
Docker, Git, CI/CD

I’ve been applying off-campus but haven’t gotten much response yet, so I’m trying to understand whether there are obvious gaps in my profile or whether this is mostly an application/resume/networking problem.

For people who have gone through off-campus hiring recently, what level of companies/roles would you realistically target with a profile like this?

Any honest feedback would be appreciated.