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By the NYC team, with a Microsoft engineer

How to crack Microsoft from first year

The exact rounds, what they test, and the 6-month plan that works.

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By the NYC team, with a Google engineer

The Google interview, decoded

What they actually ask freshers, and how to prepare without wasting a year.

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Amazon

Crack Amazon from first year

The online test, the 16 Leadership Principles, and the 6-month plan.

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Uber

Crack Uber: the machine-coding round

A harder online test and a live build round. How to prepare for both.

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Open source

Your first open-source pull request in 7 days

Pick a repo, find an issue, open a PR. Step by step.

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GSoC

GSoC: the plan that gets you selected

Timeline, proposal template, and the mistakes that get you rejected.

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Résumé

The résumé that gets shortlisted

One-page template recruiters actually read. Fill it in 30 minutes.

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DSA

100 hours of DSA, in order

The only problem list you need before your first online test.

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First year

First year to first internship

Month-by-month: what to build, when to apply, who to message.

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AI

Build your first AI app this weekend

From blank folder to a deployed app with an AI feature. One weekend.

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AI careers

Forward Deployed Engineer: the AI job nobody told you about

What FDEs do, who hires them, and the 6-month plan to get there.

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Data and AI careers

Data analyst, data scientist, ML engineer or AI engineer?

What each role does all day, what to learn, and which one to start with.

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Data analyst

Crack the data analyst internship

SQL, Excel, dashboards and the case round. A 4-month plan from any branch.

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Off-campus

No big companies on campus? Go off-campus.

Referrals, startups, contests, and what is realistic for Apple, Meta and OpenAI.

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Product companies

Atlassian, Flipkart, Adobe: three playbooks

Three high-paying campus hirers, three different interview styles.

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