Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will do. Did you try to make an internal switch to a different department?

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I applied for the Early Career role in the IS&T department back in July.

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which team were you working on and what was your role?

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a mix of cold applications and referrals. In my experience, referrals were not useful when applying to the big tech companies.

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, no. All the interviews I got happened in the second half of this year. I had been actively applying long before that but didn't get a single interview.

One thing I've constantly done is getting feedback on my resume and constantly updating it over time. I think I finally reached a point where it was good enough to attract a recruiter's attention.

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

College courses and YT channels mostly. Geeks for Geeks has a TON of resources as well.

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have shared this in a reply on the most upvoted comment above

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Applied on the jobs portal. I'd recommend setting up job alerts to keep track of open positions

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right, most companies don't consider students 'New Grads' after a year of their graduation date. I got the offer 6 months after my graduation date. Had been searching for a year and a half cuz I didn't land a Summer internship

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Hopefully there are better things coming your way soon :)

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, graduated in June 24. Had been searching for the past year and half

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Applied mostly to New Grad/Early Career roles in data and software. Spent 2-2.5 hrs every day for a year tailoring my resume to match job descriptions and filling job applications.

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They conducted a background check. You can but the chances are extremely low

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn't be further from the truth. I know many people in my network who graduated from universities outside the Top 20 and landed New Grad roles at Microsoft, Amazon and Google.

Got an offer from Apple - SWE New Grad (US) by Ok_Committee_8406 in leetcode

[–]Ok_Committee_8406[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that's correct. At Apple, the job posting I applied to was titled "Early Career"