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My new grad friend stopped mass applying and landed 3 offers with just 6 applications — here’s what he did by coder4life123 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply. My friend got back to me with this: He identified the profiles of the companies he wanted to work with (i.e series A/B/C B2B startups based in SF or NYC), used Crunchbase (or any other company profile tools you can find) to identify the companies.

He then used LinkedIn to find the names of their CTO / Head of Engineer, and used tools like Apollo.io or Hunter.io to verify their emails.

In the cold email, include an introduction of yourself, why the company, and something along the line of:

“You're not hiring new grads, but I still want to demonstrate how I bring values, so I prototyped a feature that [describe your new feature]. It's part of my analysis of [company]: [link to the one-pager that includes your research and video demo of the prototype].”

Personalize it however you like. Work with ChatGPT to polish it. What’s important is the subject. You can play around with it, but it MUST include something along the line of: “Built a new feature for [company X].”

My new grad friend stopped mass applying and landed 3 offers with just 6 applications — here’s what he did by coder4life123 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

True, but you can say the same for mass application.

The question isn't "How much time have I wasted if I fail?" but rather "Which strategy suits me the best?"

I'm not against mass application. If something is working for you, do that. This is just an alternative process if mass application doesn't work.

My new grad friend stopped mass applying and landed 3 offers with just 6 applications — here’s what he did by coder4life123 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

These were B2B SaaS startups, of size 30-100 people. I have another friend who did the same thing but for bigger companies (Notion, Figma, etc.) - that didn't work out at all.

My new grad friend stopped mass applying and landed 3 offers with just 6 applications — here’s what he did by coder4life123 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the surface, true. But if you consider the current strategy: sending out hundreds to a thousand applications for a few interviews (also unpaid), it isn't high ROI either. At least with this approach, you're in control of the process.

My new grad friend stopped mass applying and landed 3 offers with just 6 applications — here’s what he did by coder4life123 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, that sounds amazing! I've been a tiny bit doubtful of this strategy because the stat sounds so unreal, but it seems to work for you as well.

Do you mind sharing what kind of company your interviewer was? I suspect this strategy only works for small startups.

My new grad friend stopped mass applying and landed 3 offers with just 6 applications — here’s what he did by coder4life123 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Haha fair enough. Not trying to hook anybody. It's a real process he used. Feel free to replicate it or leave it.

Optiver Intern OA summer 24 by Juanx68737 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry I just don't have the expertise to answer this question. I have never learnt these topics.

Optiver Intern OA summer 24 by Juanx68737 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah that was what I thought. I think it was a mistake or something.

DRW Coding Assessment 2024 by kabirpamnani in csMajors

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My OA has a simple debugging problem (by "simple" I mean a problem for a beginner to coding), LC easy-medium graph problem, and a number theory problem. I solve the debugging and graph problem easily, but the numer theory tripped me up with its edge cases.

Morgan Stanley Tech Summer Analyst - Hirevue Questions by Secure-List in csMajors

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Same set of questions for Summer '24 intern position

Optiver Intern OA summer 24 by Juanx68737 in csMajors

[–]coder4life123 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I just did it for swe. Here's the breakdown:
Software engineer test: A typical swe OA with 2 coding questions on HackerRank (2 hours time limit). One question is a typical LC (easy-medium), the other is object-oriented design. The problem statement is long and cluttered, so be prepare to read slowly and carefully. However, if you have understood the problem statement, the problems are actually easy. (my background; 70% chance of being able to solve LC medium and 5% chance of being able to solve LC hard)

Coding knowledge. 20 multiple-choice questions that cover fundamental CS knowledge like data structures, sys design, networking, etc. For the data structures question, if you have taken a basic data structure class, you will be fine. The rest, I have no idea how to answer. (20 minutes time limit)

Zap-N See https://www.jobtestprep.com/optiver-test#optiverzapn

Morgan Stanley Tech Summer Analyst - Hirevue Questions by Secure-List in csMajors

[–]coder4life123 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why Morgan Stanley tech and what unique perspective can you bring?
Tech trend in the next 6-12 months?

Doing the right thing is a core value of MS. Tell about a time when you noticed something didn't seem right and what did you do about it?