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At the time I started, my university had a 75% acceptance rate. I didn't do any interesting side projects or have amazing extra curriculars. I just went to the
by xxpor 7y ago
At the time I started, my university had a 75% acceptance rate. I didn't do any interesting side projects or have amazing extra curriculars.
I just went to the jobs page and clicked the "I'd like a job please" button. And what do you know, a recruiter contacted me a few days later to setup an interview.
I think people underestimate how desperate big tech companies are for warm bodies right now. It's not that hard to get an interview.
- fossuser 7y agoMaybe things have changed then (or you went to a highly selective brand name school in which case it’s easy). I went to RPI which isn’t a bad place, but isn’t MIT. I had a good gpa and decent projects but got ignored or instant rejections from Google and Facebook, I was able to get other interviews (Twitter, Palantir) and after working at a famous company now it’s easy to get interviews, but there’s a randomness to it. If you don’t have a brand name school or don’t know someone it’s still difficult. Not the fault of the companies really, there are just too many applicants. Since I was in school there are more companies tackling this like triple byte so maybe it’s better now?
- xxpor 7y agoI went to Case Western and got in to RPI as well. So similar tiers of schools IMO.