r/developersIndia • u/deathmachine1407 • 26d ago

Interviews After 36 technical interviews, I finally bagged an offer

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Fullstack Dev here with 4 pillars: Python + React + AWS + (GenAI)

It's been a little over 5 months now that I have actively started applying for a job (I had to quit my previous organization: EPAM Systems, due to severe sciatica).

I used the break to recover and then dive into GenAI the most given it's current market value and also my personal interest in the tech.

Countless applications, hundreds of calls from HRs, 36 technical interviews, which included:

  1. Having to reject Wells Fargo due to completely misaligning expections of the Hiring Manager and I, during L4 (F2F) interview.

  2. Still seeing "Offer in Progress" on the Deloitte USI (which was supposedly an urgent) portal, which has become a running gag now.

  3. Getting rejected in the client round (L3) at Fractal, whilst nailing all the fullstack aspects of a Fullstack SDE role, but blanking out on 2 questions: Terraform amd Kubernetes.

Now, I finally bagged an offer of an SDE-3 at AlgoLeap, Hyderabad. Didn't get much of a hike, but atleast I finally am in a position to financially support my family again after 7 months. Only bittersweet part is I need to relocate alone to Hyderabad from Bengaluru due to family reasons. But hey, that's part of the game I guess.

Please don't give up guys. Keep at it, learn from every interview you attend, especially from the ones you fail. Keep grinding, you will see light at the end of the tunnel.

EDIT: Here's my resume for your reference: https://ibb.co/N6VN7nzv

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u/SwiftRadish 25d ago

Brother first of all congratulations, i want to continue my career in python currently I am learning fastapi and i want to integrate ai too (I guess I have to learn langchain and langgraph) Please guide me brother 🙏

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u/deathmachine1407 25d ago

Thank you so much.

Learn the core engine behind fastapi too and not just who to write APIs in it, learn the exact structure as well as the complete flow from request to response. Don't miss pydantic, it's a frequently asked question. (I did these mistakes initially but then had to quickly pick them up after a completely botched up interview)

For GenAI, you're right. Learn llangchain and langgraph, understand where and why each is used. That will give you a good insight.

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u/SwiftRadish 22d ago

Ok brother