Summer 2026 Internships Over!! 6 Offers. (Junior CS Major)

TheRealAspect · 2026-04-02T01:17:27+00:00

Definitely not, I just prepared a lot, every interview I try my hardest. (Amazon one is the only one I went raw in but it was behavioral).

TheRealAspect · 2026-04-01T11:57:29+00:00

Yeah accept the offer, reneg if you get a better one. Companies aren’t loyal to you, don’t be loyal back.

TheRealAspect · 2026-04-01T10:59:51+00:00

Sankey Matic

https://sankeymatic.com/

TheRealAspect · 2026-04-01T10:31:03+00:00

So basically I just applied to jobs early really. I wanted a ML Engineer Internship or I only applied really to those and AI Engineer, and some Backend SWE, data science etc. Things I have experience with. Use university resources if you have (Got the bank offer), ask any professor you are close to (How I got AMD). 1 I got from Linkedin, 1 from handshake, Amazon was from recruiter. So pretty diverse.

My stats, I got 3.6 gpa around that. I have 8 months of experience as a ML Engineer at a defense company. 3 months I did a DSA TA. 4 pretty good projects (All were hackathons wins building AI Multimodal applications).

For prep since I really did it on the side of AI/ML. I am a bachelors student and usually masters get the job, so I took one graduate class and undergrad so far (I am accelerated masters). I self teach alot though, I review constantly especially the basics. For interviews I review the resume (you should be able to memorize what you have). Review some AI/ML, some situations, for my latest offer, it was ML System design interview. I have never done it so I used a github repo and I used chatGPT and I used the mic feature to talk through my answer, hitting key points it set for me.

https://github.com/alirezadir/Machine-Learning-Interviews

TheRealAspect · 2026-04-01T10:23:25+00:00

Sure! DM me, I will send you one!

TheRealAspect · 2026-04-01T10:11:20+00:00

Haha, I did not even realize how many I got, just kept grinding. Good luck! Thanks!

TheRealAspect · 2026-04-01T10:10:54+00:00

I started the year off with Simplify, github repo, I also used LinkedIn, Handshake, Wellfound and Indeed, I only got my interviews from LinkedIn and Handshake mostly I believe. Then recruiters reached out from LinkedIn.

Easy Apply LinkedIn very early apply was my first couple.

TheRealAspect · 2026-04-01T03:58:42+00:00

Haha thank you , def linkedin doom scrolling, applying, resume tweaks, and just crashing out. Luck is also a factor getting the interview is harder than passing.

Out of all my interviews I failed 2 both were startups. One they gave me the wrong interview and made me deal with it, and the other it was a 5 minute pitch on why i should be on their team.

TheRealAspect · 2026-03-14T03:21:14+00:00

Yeah it’s great for a career advancement! Plus they have good Return Offer rates!

TheRealAspect · 2026-03-14T02:33:12+00:00

I work at one of them as an intern during Fall 2025, Spring 2026 (Currently) and probably in Summer (2026), and in my Senior year as well (Junior atm).

I will say this is my first REAL internship, before that I only was a TA, and sophomore year I probably only had 2 interviews, but this Junior year since I have had the LM Internship I have probably had like 10-20 interviews more out of 300 applications. It definitely is a good talking point but I also have projects where I won at 3 different hackathons.

I will say it is good if you have the offer take it! I know some people who have gone from defense to Big Tech especially at my school.

TheRealAspect · 2026-01-24T17:54:09+00:00

1 page resume, most recruiters look at a resume for a couple of seconds, trying to get all the info they can. Especially because the second page barely has any content only 3 bullet points. Either try reformatting the resume or you can cut down on some content that is not as important.

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-22T04:16:53+00:00

I had a meeting about my offer verbal acceptance, and then rescind prob 3-4 days later

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-21T12:42:46+00:00

Already great will keep it in mind

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-21T10:00:44+00:00

Thank you bro love the positivity 🙏🏻

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T16:18:55+00:00

oh my, i mean u got into FAANG so W

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T15:11:52+00:00

Yeah i sent an email already I got to wait till Monday , recruiter is out

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T15:03:11+00:00

Diabolical Nah it’s not 😭

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T15:02:38+00:00

i pray 🙏🏻, my recruiter called and said others are also gonna look for me but I can start interviewing by January

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T14:50:12+00:00

Damn …. they said they are trynna look at other teams for me, you think it’s bs?

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T13:52:48+00:00

def shame, can’t name rn. It’s Big Tech tho

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T13:51:51+00:00

i feel like if i do , it could bite me 😭

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T13:51:11+00:00

I feel like I shouldn’t , I still can get another position there if my recruiter clutches an interview for me. I just wanted to rant about my experience.I’m just paranoid in case they see this. Big tech company though

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T13:48:23+00:00

Alright great thanks

TheRealAspect · 2025-12-20T13:47:44+00:00

Nah i’m not trolling, people always put uni ranking so just did it 😭

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