5 Projects You Can Build In A Week That Will Get You Hired
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- I have been asked hundreds of times which projects are the best for building a resume, so in this video I decided to finally answer the question by explaining the five best projects for building a resume and landing a job. I even used three of the five projects on this list to land my first job and I was told countless times that the reason I received job offers and interviews at many companies was because of the projects on my resume. The best part is any of these projects can be built in a single week so you can start applying and landing jobs sooner.
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What companies are looking for in resumes
Which projects are the best for getting hired
What skills you need to get hired
How to build projects that will get you hired
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1. Web application using api
2. Bronchure site
3. E-commerce site
4. Personal Portfolio
5. Simple game
Mah dawg! Thank you! However, I totally still watched the whole video ;)
Thank you my friend
Thanks for the summary..
Dude I have exactly everything you listed
But I keep getting rejected cuz I don’t have professional experience for entry level job
You save my times
As a dev who’s done a lot of interviewing people now, these are great ideas. Make sure you make them easy to see and find on your resume and website.
sir please give some more tips
@Code For Yah meaning?
Are you on LinkedIn?
A lot of people do these projects and I feel like interviewers are tired of seeing them, is it still viable in 2023?
Are these still good in 2023?
Suggestion for site number 2: Create a brochure site for an existing business in your area that is not online. Show it to them and ask if they are interested in buying the product. Get Results.
great idea, no one will reject that.
@@TheXuism It's not about the amount of rejections, it's about the few that say yes.
Damn this is a good idea
I'm pretty good with php.
Where would you recommend for me to start as fsr as learning how to build an e-commerce site?
@@VolvitoLeBard agree
0:42 Web application using api
2:10 Bronchure site
4:05 E-commerce site
6:20 Personal Portfolio
7:40 Simple game
thanks bro Its really helpful
continue what you are doing,
this is the best content i've ever seen. with this kind of contents you should have a million subscriber.
your tips and tutorials are all gold
I really really appreciate you mentioning roughly how long the projects should take
Me: //having the same thoughts. In a week. Great. Should do that.
Also me: //spending almost a month on the portfolio website and still not done yet, because I'm constantly unsatisfied.
@@dianasicevaia4840 one year for me xD
@@dianasicevaia4840 what's up
Thank you. I've developed a simple multiplayer game and a portfolio and I'mma work on building a website consuming API. Only started learning web development like 6 months ago and this is fun.
Congratulations. That is an impressive project list for such a short time learning.
@@WebDevSimplified your channel, Ed, Design Course and few other channels provided a bunch of help. Thank you all
I love those other channels
Hey, can u plz guide me. How to make a multiplayer game? I've my chess prepared!
Which website r u building with API?
I can't thank you enough man. I haven't programmed in 3 months after going at it hard as a hobby 5 hours every Monday-Sunday for 3 years. I got tired even though I loved it and thought that would never happen. You gave me the inspiration for a portfolio website. Never before have I had an actual idea for design. I'm going to write it up and build it. God bless you man!
u made somehthing?
@@yt-sh Yeah. Since posting the comment, I've gotten a job as a backend systems manager
@@mjs2016 backend is cool, good for you
@@mjs2016 I have learn frontend and know some backend, any tips you can give me
@@yt-sh Learn as much as you can as well as you can. Don't rush. Take your time. Learn a library/framework and get good at it. Then move on to the next. You'll find that there are similarities in the popular ones that will make each new one easier to learn. Most importantly, don't get too caught up in all the technologies and languages. At the end of the day, they're all just tools and you're the one who uses them to accomplish a task. The more you use your tools the better you become with them. Lots of luck to you! :-)
Really this man has made web simple for us...
What the f is an API
@@christopherfiorentino6552 using data from different websites, like putting google maps on your page. Easy stuff, UA-cam-it
@@christopherfiorentino6552 Have you ever seen those UA-cam videos embedded into the website, they're using an Api to do it. Or have you ever seen an option saying "sign up with Facebook" or "sign up with Google" on any website. They're using an api too.
API can be considered as a vehicle through which data can travel across our application architecture. APIs can be used to communicate with external applications also. GoogleMaps API, UA-cam API, etc. are some of the common examples of such APIs.
1. Web application using API.
2. Brochure site.
3. E- commerce site.
4. Personal portfolio.
5 simple game.
Thanks! Unfortunately this UA-camr just beats around the bush for 10 minutes.
@@Arjunarjunskiy it's his job
Thanks a ton for your valuable advice, instead of just saying I know JS and some framework; if somebody actually shows working project; it's a big value addition to the resume
I am jobless for couple of months
Preparing for interview.
Basically I am Mechanical engineer.
during my college days I hated the computer programs and I hated it.
After finishing my degree
I got a chance to work in a company.
There I learned how website can make anything.
And I came to know about JavaScript.
I love learning js everyday.finally I realize
The mistake is not in the language
But the way of teaching done in our college.
All the best dude
@@f3-faithfitnessfinance thanks brother
Good luck
Same here, quit previous job to get into development
Good luck to you!
You're true that's why many people hate math
Trust me guys, no project will get you hired unless it's built and currently being used by an actual business or organization. So go around and find a real company where you live. It could be a restaurant, a warehouse, or whatever, and build them something interactive. Doing this with give you a massive advantage over a lot of devs.
Great video!
I've got a suggestion though: add some graphics whenever you talk about the different points. A lower third subtitle should be enough.
This is a good suggestion. I need to take the time to learn my editing software better so I can make something that looks professional.
@@WebDevSimplified it is already professional and helpful :)
I’m trying so hard to break in.. just graduated. Want to become a front end developer
Thank you! This has been very encouraging
You got me with this. Subscribed immediately, thanks for sharing.
I can't escape his videos...Everything is so important!!!
You just gave me the project idea that I've been looking for. Thank You!
Subscribed already for more updates, thanks, will do that, I'm a self taught developer and I'm really excited to be
1. Web appication using Api
2. Brochure site
3. E-commerce site
4. Personal Portfolio
5. Simple game
These are great suggestions and I appreciate you making this video! Working on some final projects with my bootcamp and curving it towards one of these types!
I dont know why your voice can transfer a lot of motivation in my way to be a web developer in the future
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I could have subscribed to your channel twice or more if I could. You are a flipping genius man, Love your content, I have learnt loads of stuff from you. Please Keep making these videos.
You truly simplify web development you are a hero
The content which I am searching for over a month and this satisfied me a lot... Thanks man🤘...
And got exposed to lot of web techniques from your videos only 😄
For next video, can u make tutorial for this 5 projects? And can u tell us what your job now? As viewers we want all kind of this videos to still motivate.Thanks a lot Kyle!!
I agree :)
I always am pleasantly surprised when I watch a UA-cam video and actually learning something valuable. Great advice!
Really great points. Good for freshers who are looking for a bright start. 🔥
I never thought of making a web game until you've mentioned it! I was torn between web and game dev, then here you were with why not just combine the two lol you are really good!
I'd say building a full-fledged e-commerce could take months, but a simple prototype that could impress some recruiters can be deployed in a week or so. I'd highly recommend to have 'game' project in your resume because it would familiarize you with how events work, some simple mathematics and how to handle collision, things like this.
How would you build a prototype?
@@Djinn667 very carefully
If you exclude the admin panel, it can only take a week. You only have to add some products, build a shopping cart, do some routing to the product page, little bit of payments knowledge and you're good to go.
Watched this video before. I'm watching it again and I got an inspiration. Thank you Kyle
I'm loving your stylee, and for your content is so helpful, keep going, the web need persons like you.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for making this video! Straight to the point 😍
Really worth my time ❤
Doing a useful channel like yours with all your knowledge also gets you hired.
Something that would be really interesting is to see _your_ solutions to these 5 apps one should make. Walk us through it, how you'd go about each one, etc
The point is not to see the solution, but to struggle, search alone and learn.The recruiters will ask questions about the technologies you used, what will you say, "I copied them from a youtube video"?? You think they are stupid?
Awesome! Your videos are very helpful and so easy to understand. Greetings from Cancun
How am I just seeing this channel TODAY? This is truly helpful.
I should watch this video over and over to keep my motivations up
I build a projects as you said I placed in a company thank you for ideas that work really in my life
I like your video presentation. It is informative too, at the same time. Thanks a lot for your guidance!
I can confirm that a good looking portfolio is an advantage. My HR told me 2 Months after I got the job, that they took my over others (more skilled devs), because of my 'very brautiful' portfolio
You are honest in those ideas, thank you
Thank you, for all the advices you give and videos you make. I'm really glad I'm subscribed to you
Have a great day
Im just gonna go down the youtube list until i land a job. You are the first video.
Hey man, great job! Greetings from Brazil
Very thought out ideas. Thank you for sharing!
Just after I prepared myself for building a web application using api I saw this video, these are really good suggestions, thx😉
best youtube channel Thank you man !!!
Man you're a legend, the greatest of all time.
Thank you. Your videos are actually practical and helpful in the real world
Great insight and you explain it in a precise manner. Cannot thank you enough.
Last tech challenge an employer sent me was a full stack frontend/backend/db of a fairly complex webapp and gave me less than a week to make it without considering I didn’t have 9h a day for them. Expectations right now are ridiculous
what?! I think they are trying to bait people by pretending to give them a job when they only want you to do or shorten their work for their clients.
what a scumbag company, name and shame!
Simply thank you . Your words boost me
Hey Akash! Are you a 2021-passout and interested in exploring job opportunities in web development ?
@@shivanigaddagimath2143 I'm 2017 passout & yes interested in job opportunities.
@@AkashYadav-pq6de Good to know that Akash! Please connect with me using the information on my channel. Looking forward to discussing the opportunity with you.
I've built 3/5 things that you said in the video. I'm looking for your next video showing us how to do an ecomerce website :) thanks a lot. You always rock. Your tutorials are great !!!
I just finished building 4 landing pages and currently learning ReactJS what should be my first project after im done learning? Mind you my landing pages aren't too special just simple stuff I did.
First!
Dev Ed first to reply Dev Ed
Devception
Maybe he's a bot
@@WebDevSimplified 🥺
My teacher
my project used all kind of advanced stuff like celery, docker compose, 3rd party API, unit tests,load balancer, CI CD etc, but the front was as simple as possible with bootstrap and react, but recruiter said it too simple as a resume project lol she didnt even care im not a frontend developer :)
we need an updated video for 2024 please!
Bro, you are a godsend. Keep it up!!
Thanks Brother for your information. May God bless you
Thank you for taking the time for this
That’s all the what and why, what we really need is the how
The best way to know if you have gained skills is by working on some of the projects you have mentioned. . Building a project like an e-commerce site from start to the end can enable one gauge his or her programming skills and capabilities.
Never had an interviewer asking me about my personal projects, all they wanted me do to is to solve an algorithm.
True, if you can solve a problem then you are in
You need to learn Data Structure and keep a check on Complexity as well.
Thanks man. Subscribed.
very informative video buddy, thanks!
Thanks a lot for this video man!
Web is really simplified
Thanks kyle♥️
I Love the way he talks
Changing career sounds overwhelming. But being a software engineer really makes me inspired to do it because I feel that coding is one of my passions, and you did an amazing job to explain your tips here in a simple manner. And I like your communication skills, clear and concise😉
Because of that, you have earned a new subscriber. Looking forward to learn tons of things in your youtube channel. Your content, I'm sure, will really help me to build a stong foundation in web development. Thanks and more power to you💕
Hi, I'm currently in the same process of changing career and this channel has provided me great insight into the web development, but also The Odin Project webpage. I just wanted to share that page just in case it is of any use to you and wish you good luck :).
This is such a great video, thanks
I have given more than 10 interview and they really don't ask what project you have done.
They ask coding questions and theoretical questions.
Thanks for the awesome video!
Thanks great video, and projects!
Thank you for sharing you secrets. I really appreciate it. I'm working hard now.
Hi brother, I am your new fan + subscriber
Great video a always Kyle!
You always seem so calm bro
Learn python html css and JavaScript myself and used courses to help
Thank for this good and simply content 🙏
Kyle, liked to watch this one. I am looking forward to create a pretty API for my next project. Always enjoyed your channel. Keep posting and simplifying the web for the beginners as me. Thanks!
thanks, it is all really helpful! love your content :)
The way you explain is so cool
I actually did all of those. I’m not a developer yet but I did land a job in software QA.
Awesome video man
God bless you my friend . Much needed information :)
Because of you web development is really Simplified
Thanks, great advices!!!
The rendering on your hair is fkin amazing dude, please do a tutorial on it :P. All joking aside these are good ideas and will get to work on doing these one by one, new project each week.
Thanks!!!, section for the video for each projects would do better.
Great advice! Thank you.
@ Web Dev Simplified With a Hair like that you should on a catalog!
there is two projects you can build and get job
1.small social media app like twitter (you wil learn more stuff by building small scoial media app)
2.e-commerce why ?? because majority of clients demand will be a e-commerce website
I have been doing an ecommerce from scratch and it's been 2 months, will be finishing it within 3-4 days.
It took so long because, I learned so much on everything that I never knew, from project design process to final automated testing and standardized documentation. And I am barely telling you only main things.
Hey Mayank! Have you completed many projects ? Are you a 2021-passout and looking for job opportunities currently?
Great tips!
Valued abilities :)
Thanks, man
Keep it up
Hay! These are amazing advices! Coming from someone who is currently building stuff for a portfolio myself
Yeah it would be nice if you can post the url to your protfolio site for us for inspiration ;)
This was really helpful and some great ideas. Thanks a lot! :)
And remember that if you have a job, that any code you write during working hours is often owned by the company you work for, so you cannot use it for job interviews. Use tricks like this or make sure you have some open source projects
My first big project was a text-adventure website. I startet off with the basic html/css layout, then got into form validation for the commands, added some animations with TimeLine, added sounds. Then, after the programm got bigger, I went into local storage for progress saving and item inventory and currently (getting back to it every now and then), I am implementing some user identification and OOP for enemies. Long sotry short, I recommend something easy to begin with which is scaleable.
Hey can you share the site?
Sounds nice. Can did you use javascript or some other language beside html and css?
suggestion for the e-commerce tip: it is way too easy and cheaper to create a store on shopify. a huge project recreating an eCommerce store from scratch might be a waste of time. yes, it will still prove your abilities, but practically speaking, your just re-inventing the wheel here.
real-world example: you would have to charge probably 15 to 20 k for all that work if you do it all by hand, but if you just use shopify, its only about 5k worth of work. no one would pay you more for the same outcome just because you did it from scratch. love your content btw. ty!