so happy I was able to join you for this video mayuko! 💖💖good luck to everyone looking for internships - and please be kind to yourself during the process!!
3:27 After my first technical interview I wanted to apologize for wasting the interviewer's time because I did so poorly. 😫 But I'm doing well on interviews now 😊 Update: I got an internship!
Good on the disclaimer about the fact that tech interviews are broken. One of the most discouraging things about them is that they focus on skills that are completely unnecessary for the job you're interviewing for. From a computer science standpoint, understanding the behavior and limits of different algorithms is paramount, but coding them from scratch is entirely useless and this is something that Google and Facebook are largely responsible for pushing on the rest of the industry. At any job, you will use a standard library - full stop. There is no coding known algorithms from scratch to sort an array, there are standard libraries already written in every language by people much smarter than you. So to tech companies doing tech interviews: chill the fuck out. Interview for ability and desire learn. Just stop assessing coding on the spot entirely. It's a waste of time, especially since some great developers just don't interview well, especially under time constraints. Nothing you wrote in that interview would EVER be used in production anyway.
Maybe I've been lucky, but most of my interviews (I live in Canada if that matters) have not been like this. They focus on actual software engineering, design patterns, architecture decisions, etc.
@@johnfedorov8089 You've been lucky. Every place i've interviewed at has wanted some sort of coding problem as part of the interview, and that's like a dozen places. Some were multiple times over the course of a few years, but there are a lot of companies that just copy and paste what FAANG does because they think their 20-employee outfit is in the same league for some damn reason. Now, this is more about after-college jobs than internships , but there are also a lot of places that have a very specific way of doing things or skills that they're looking for, so you might not get the position just because they don't like the order in which you did something (????). You can get denied for a lot of arbitrary nonsense in tech. It's partly because there are so many tech companies run by people who've never run anything else before and never developed the mentoring skills that are necessary to bring someone on who's still in college are just out of college.
@@CrashOverride332 Damn!!! Some one just spoke the truth. More power to you bro. Yeah I mean, algorithms and data structures are important to have a good understanding of them. But what matters the most is how you use them to solve real world problems. And that should be the theme of the interview. But that isnt. Also, who cares how fast did i wrote algorithm to reverse a linked list? Does that matter, for I to be able to make good apps and resilent infrastructures for tech companies?
I've worked at Google and currently work at Facebook, at either company if I ever see someone (especially someone new to the codebase) reimplementing a data structure or algorithm, I immediately point it out in the code review and tell them to use a standard library, they would have to have an insanely strong reason to do that, which is not the case 99.9% of cases.
Networking ! I received my internship from HP after I cold emailed a former professor who worked there asking if they needed interns. The world is yours if you're likeable and write damn good emails !
No lie, some of these things low-key scared me, so far at least, since I'm only half way through the video, I just thought I'd comment this before I lost my train of thought
Cant tell you how helpful your videos are! I really appreciate that you give information that make everyone not panic and feel horrible about themselves but know what they need slowly to become who they want to be
I like how you mentioned that mass applying is not efficient. I am a recent grad with only 1 internship and full-time job hunting is hard!! I have had 55 rejection in 1 month and I spent 100$ on a technical resume reviewer (I’m one of the only people in my family born in America so I had to pay for out side feedback) I just started doing cold emailing and connecting on LinkedIn and I’m hoping this works out
I'm very scared of internships because I'm afraid I will disappoint. I don't think I am good enough, nor am I capable of getting an internship when there are so many talented potential candidates.
My friend, this is called impostor syndrome, and it is VERY common. I promise you every intern (and even full time developers) feel this way. It is normal!
p l e a s e don't let your fear prevent you from pursuing opportunities you want 🙏🙏i totally, completely, absolutely understand that fear, but sometimes you gotta apply to things, reach out to people, work on skills that seem out of your grasp, etc. despite it. fake the courage until it becomes real - at least that's what i do 🙃
The hiring manager usually hired you for a reason. They are also very understanding that you are usually still in college and may not have all the experience needed for the job. At my last internship my manager gave me a project that had the option for 'stretch goals' if I was ahead of progress during the summer internship, but also 'backup goals' if they had overestimated the amount of work needed to complete the project during the summer. Point being, just try your best and apply and interview. A good manager and company will help you grow and work with your current skills.
Got to the final round for a unicorn, never did a technical interview before,. I knew all about them so I crammed heavily for 2 weeks. The first interview went stellar, the second interview broke down in part because the interview's style threw me off and I let my own process break down. Feeling very bummed because it was my best opportunity for this summer by a mile, it was also my first interview so that didn't help. Gotta keep moving :-/
Here's how I get into a firmware engineer. 1. Learn C 2. Build Project and fail 3. Build Project and fail 4. Build Project and half working. 5. Build Project and work perfectly. 6. Apply to my favourite company and show off my project+source code. 7. Get the job. This is over the course of 3 years btw.
Hello @Milk3ay, I am also currently learning Advanced C programming and I would love to work as a C programmer. Are you working as a C programmer? How hard is it to land a c programming job?
I am a student too in the bay area and just started looking and applying/networking for internships for summer 2020 (could not start earlier due to VISA restrictions) but now with the disease spreading everything seems to be shut down.. Such a shame since I really wanted to work this full summer and learn! My thoughts go out for the people who are graduating too though since I bet they are having a hard time finding jobs in this market
My daughter is an amazing artist. She was the only kid in her class to get an award / honor cord for college accounting class, she got 100% she built her own computer for ct class. Shes talented, just graduated and works for pizza hut. Just started. Ugh. I want her to at least go to college for a year or two but it gets expensive. We really need her to get in a company where she can get an internship or where a company ca. Help pay for college. Im clueless but heard degrees mean nothing. What kinds of jobs should she be going for if you dont mind me asking.
I'm a senior applied computational mathematics major with CS minor from California university and I can't even land internship interviews. How in the world do people even get jobs when companies don't even give me the chance to interview for internships and develop experience?
Finished a 4 year CS degree with no internships because I honestly didn’t know what job to pursue. I did apply to many internships my junior year but got no response. Tried applying for Software Engineering internships post graduation and I’m getting rejected because I’m not a current student. I’m a little lost because CS didn’t prepare me for real world jobs, and self learning a bit difficult because there’s so much tools to learn about. Any ideas? I’d say I’m decent with math but it seems being really good at math aka being a good problem solver makes it easier to be a software engineer. I like working with visuals and graphics and I think I would be good at it. Any ideas on what to do?
InfiniteZodiac pursue your "visual and graphics" side I reckon with a bit of your background in software engi, i.e. whatever language you're comfortable with, then start a personal project that kinda boasts the UI? maybe you're more of a front end developer that way? it kinda does suck that finding a job after CS degrees is very paradoxical, but set some time aside and work on some cool projects that genuinely interests you and problems that you encounter every day. CS degrees will never ready you for the real world, it's all up to you, also apply for some out of uni extra curricular programs if you can find some, try freelancing even? learn an online course etc.
Mayuko, any thoughts on beginning a software engineer career without going to school for CS? Ive met a few people who have gone through schooling and are successful and vice versa for those who are self taught
so happy I was able to join you for this video mayuko! 💖💖good luck to everyone looking for internships - and please be kind to yourself during the process!!
Thank you so much for all the tips and for sharing your experiences, these really help
hi
Any one notice, background machine sounds?!!
3:27 After my first technical interview I wanted to apologize for wasting the interviewer's time because I did so poorly. 😫 But I'm doing well on interviews now 😊
Update: I got an internship!
You can do it!
Thanks Ximena!
How did you improve?
Good on the disclaimer about the fact that tech interviews are broken. One of the most discouraging things about them is that they focus on skills that are completely unnecessary for the job you're interviewing for. From a computer science standpoint, understanding the behavior and limits of different algorithms is paramount, but coding them from scratch is entirely useless and this is something that Google and Facebook are largely responsible for pushing on the rest of the industry. At any job, you will use a standard library - full stop. There is no coding known algorithms from scratch to sort an array, there are standard libraries already written in every language by people much smarter than you. So to tech companies doing tech interviews: chill the fuck out. Interview for ability and desire learn. Just stop assessing coding on the spot entirely. It's a waste of time, especially since some great developers just don't interview well, especially under time constraints. Nothing you wrote in that interview would EVER be used in production anyway.
Maybe I've been lucky, but most of my interviews (I live in Canada if that matters) have not been like this. They focus on actual software engineering, design patterns, architecture decisions, etc.
@@johnfedorov8089 You've been lucky. Every place i've interviewed at has wanted some sort of coding problem as part of the interview, and that's like a dozen places. Some were multiple times over the course of a few years, but there are a lot of companies that just copy and paste what FAANG does because they think their 20-employee outfit is in the same league for some damn reason. Now, this is more about after-college jobs than internships , but there are also a lot of places that have a very specific way of doing things or skills that they're looking for, so you might not get the position just because they don't like the order in which you did something (????). You can get denied for a lot of arbitrary nonsense in tech. It's partly because there are so many tech companies run by people who've never run anything else before and never developed the mentoring skills that are necessary to bring someone on who's still in college are just out of college.
Still doing degree, but this sure helps more on complementing this video. Thanks for sharing ｡◕‿◕｡
@@CrashOverride332 Damn!!! Some one just spoke the truth. More power to you bro. Yeah I mean, algorithms and data structures are important to have a good understanding of them. But what matters the most is how you use them to solve real world problems. And that should be the theme of the interview. But that isnt.
Also, who cares how fast did i wrote algorithm to reverse a linked list? Does that matter, for I to be able to make good apps and resilent infrastructures for tech companies?
I've worked at Google and currently work at Facebook, at either company if I ever see someone (especially someone new to the codebase) reimplementing a data structure or algorithm, I immediately point it out in the code review and tell them to use a standard library, they would have to have an insanely strong reason to do that, which is not the case 99.9% of cases.
Networking ! I received my internship from HP after I cold emailed a former professor who worked there asking if they needed interns. The world is yours if you're likeable and write damn good emails !
Could you help me connect? 😂😅
No lie, some of these things low-key scared me, so far at least, since I'm only half way through the video, I just thought I'd comment this before I lost my train of thought
Cant tell you how helpful your videos are! I really appreciate that you give information that make everyone not panic and feel horrible about themselves but know what they need slowly to become who they want to be
I like how you mentioned that mass applying is not efficient. I am a recent grad with only 1 internship and full-time job hunting is hard!! I have had 55 rejection in 1 month and I spent 100$ on a technical resume reviewer (I’m one of the only people in my family born in America so I had to pay for out side feedback) I just started doing cold emailing and connecting on LinkedIn and I’m hoping this works out
Hello, please keep applying. You are the type of person the industry needs. Even if they don't realize it yet.
I would say that there’s something going on with resume. You shouldn’t have spent that much on a reviewer. I can review if you want
Jayson Lee yooo I would most definitely appreciate that! Thank you!
@@WhiteGhost13 Did you get the job after that? Details!
I'm very scared of internships because I'm afraid I will disappoint. I don't think I am good enough, nor am I capable of getting an internship when there are so many talented potential candidates.
My friend, this is called impostor syndrome, and it is VERY common. I promise you every intern (and even full time developers) feel this way. It is normal!
p l e a s e don't let your fear prevent you from pursuing opportunities you want 🙏🙏i totally, completely, absolutely understand that fear, but sometimes you gotta apply to things, reach out to people, work on skills that seem out of your grasp, etc. despite it. fake the courage until it becomes real - at least that's what i do 🙃
Just gotta keep trying, failing a few times is the first step to being sorta good at something
The hiring manager usually hired you for a reason. They are also very understanding that you are usually still in college and may not have all the experience needed for the job. At my last internship my manager gave me a project that had the option for 'stretch goals' if I was ahead of progress during the summer internship, but also 'backup goals' if they had overestimated the amount of work needed to complete the project during the summer. Point being, just try your best and apply and interview. A good manager and company will help you grow and work with your current skills.
Lol I fked up badly in my Elec Engr internship at the SFO Airport and switched careers to Soft Engr
hell yeah lets go. putting this video as a certification on my resume
This makes me motivate for doing the things that i afraid for. Thankyou so much!
Got to the final round for a unicorn, never did a technical interview before,. I knew all about them so I crammed heavily for 2 weeks. The first interview went stellar, the second interview broke down in part because the interview's style threw me off and I let my own process break down. Feeling very bummed because it was my best opportunity for this summer by a mile, it was also my first interview so that didn't help. Gotta keep moving :-/
Only when you quit will you fail.
Here's how I get into a firmware engineer.
1. Learn C
2. Build Project and fail
3. Build Project and fail
4. Build Project and half working.
5. Build Project and work perfectly.
6. Apply to my favourite company and show off my project+source code.
7. Get the job.
This is over the course of 3 years btw.
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Hello @Milk3ay, I am also currently learning Advanced C programming and I would love to work as a C programmer. Are you working as a C programmer? How hard is it to land a c programming job?
I am looking for interns and your video helped me to find them, thanks.
I am a student too in the bay area and just started looking and applying/networking for internships for summer 2020 (could not start earlier due to VISA restrictions) but now with the disease spreading everything seems to be shut down.. Such a shame since I really wanted to work this full summer and learn! My thoughts go out for the people who are graduating too though since I bet they are having a hard time finding jobs in this market
Thank you for this, these tips were great!
Your channel is really good and this video is very helpful! Thanks!
Ahh I needed this video!
Whaaa. I can't believe this went past my radar!!
6:44 me watching this on march 4th when I need to start in June
I was lucky enough to have great connections to get a internship my senior year of high school
My daughter is an amazing artist. She was the only kid in her class to get an award / honor cord for college accounting class, she got 100% she built her own computer for ct class. Shes talented, just graduated and works for pizza hut. Just started. Ugh. I want her to at least go to college for a year or two but it gets expensive. We really need her to get in a company where she can get an internship or where a company ca. Help pay for college. Im clueless but heard degrees mean nothing. What kinds of jobs should she be going for if you dont mind me asking.
I'm a senior applied computational mathematics major with CS minor from California university and I can't even land internship interviews. How in the world do people even get jobs when companies don't even give me the chance to interview for internships and develop experience?
Finished a 4 year CS degree with no internships because I honestly didn’t know what job to pursue. I did apply to many internships my junior year but got no response. Tried applying for Software Engineering internships post graduation and I’m getting rejected because I’m not a current student. I’m a little lost because CS didn’t prepare me for real world jobs, and self learning a bit difficult because there’s so much tools to learn about. Any ideas? I’d say I’m decent with math but it seems being really good at math aka being a good problem solver makes it easier to be a software engineer. I like working with visuals and graphics and I think I would be good at it. Any ideas on what to do?
InfiniteZodiac pursue your "visual and graphics" side I reckon with a bit of your background in software engi, i.e. whatever language you're comfortable with, then start a personal project that kinda boasts the UI? maybe you're more of a front end developer that way? it kinda does suck that finding a job after CS degrees is very paradoxical, but set some time aside and work on some cool projects that genuinely interests you and problems that you encounter every day. CS degrees will never ready you for the real world, it's all up to you, also apply for some out of uni extra curricular programs if you can find some, try freelancing even? learn an online course etc.
Did you get the job or go back for a masters?
Appreciate your kind sharing, will try to get the most out of it
Please interview me, Mayuko. Just coz you seem like someone who really cares for the person on the other side of the phone!
Hello Mayuko!
Where's the link for the source for good questions to ask a tech company? I don't see it in the description box
Thanks for info
Excellent!! Useful
If I would go after studies for internship I would starve to death.
could you put the github project for interview questions for companies in the description? x
Ooh yes! Forgot about that, thanks for the reminder!
no prob, thanks for all the advice and positivity from your channel 💕 i’m happy today knowing we interacted 🤩
Worst most common mistake, 2019 as in 2020. Ah...~ So frustrating lol
Do they often have you write actual code at an interview?
Yes
Mayuko, any thoughts on beginning a software engineer career without going to school for CS? Ive met a few people who have gone through schooling and are successful and vice versa for those who are self taught
Liz mangus yeah just try learning a language via online course? then start some personal projects 😉
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Does age matter of getting an internship?
How do I view PPT files on the website using the Django framework?
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