Internships: Preparation and Experience

Introduction

• Speaker: Harshit Rehan, Software Engineer
• Season: Summer
• Topic: Preparation for Summer Internships
• Experience: First Summer Internship in Third Year (Off-campus)

Common Questions

• How to prepare?
• What are the platforms?
• Are unpaid internships right or wrong?
• Other questions

Importance of DSA (Data Structures and Algorithms)

• Start: After third semester
• First Step: Read basics on Interview Bit and solve questions
• Next Step: Solve 150 top interview questions on LeetCode
• Contest: Participate in contests on LeetCode
• Support: Invest time in Interview Bit and LeetCode

Projects and Development

• Problem: Lack of good projects
• Solution: Create projects in fifth semester
  • Internshala Automation
  • The News Mania
• Learning: Cleared development basics

Preparation of Theory Subjects

• Importance: Important for placement interviews
• Subjects:
  • Operating System
  • DBMS
  • Networking
  • System Design (not necessary for internship)
• Resources:
  • Operating System: Knowledge Gate
  • DBMS and Networking: Geeks for Geeks
  • System Design: YouTube

Resume Update

• Work: Add new projects, DSA achievements, new skills

Platforms for Internship Opportunity

• 1. Hacker Earth: Hiring challenges
• 2. Hacker Rank: Big product-based companies
• 3. Dare to Compete (now Unstop): Internships at Juspay
• 4. Other platforms: Off-campus tracking

Time Table

• Morning: Apply for internships for 3-4 hours
• Evening to Night: Coding practice

Juspay Internship Process

• Step 1: Registration (Dare to Compete site)
• Step 2: Three online coding rounds (DP and Graphs questions)
• Step 3: Case study part A and B
• Final Interview: Theory subjects
  • PPO Offer: Intern plus PPO
• Experience: Very happy and relieved

Advice

• Effort: Have to work hard
• Rejections: Must endure
• Success: Practice and stay focused

Conclusion

• Message: Keep preparing and stay focused
• Connect: See you in the next video!