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By mistake i did a 3 finger swipe and the screen went to desktop 2. Will that cause disqualification?

Really Helpful Man! Thanks a lot!!

What a great video! Thank you, Mark!

Hi there! It's a nice video! May I know what font you used there? Tysm!

So sad. I got 390 on the test cases for Netflix and couldn’t get my other code to run the cases 🥹crying

woww just what i needed

This is a great video. However, I would suggest that new graduates who are going for competitive SWE roles also do the Leetcode Hard problems. Though these are less commonly asked, they definitely build that next-level problem-solving ability.

Hi - just came across your channel. This video and others you made are great and quite valuable. Thanks a lot! Keep it up and hope to see you become one of the top channels soon. I also had two questions from this video if you don't mind... 1) is there any way for me to take a General Coding Assessment and actually send that somehow TO companies or is the only way to take these assessments if a company sends them to ME? 2) I recently took a CodeSignal assessment for InstaCart. It seemed to be company-specific and it wasn't the standard 4 questions, but more so like the type where there is an existing codebase and you build on top of that by implementing certain parts of it. I got a score of 400/600. Would you say that's good/ok/bad?

Only if you don't have a CS bachelor's, or you want "to get paid more money" by law they technically have to, but not by much

Simple answer no. If you can't get a job with associate. What make you think you're going to get a job with BA or MA degree.

The issue is that I would much rather get a job than get a masters but no one wants to hire me (as an international)

Same question I had after I graduated. Took a phd instead lol.

Thanks for making a video!

This came at the perfect time! 😍

With easy apply, you can apply to over 20 jobs a day and easily reach 700 in like a month or so.

Can someone please explain "recruiting season" in current terms (It's June 2024 right now)

very useful! thank you!

Do you think you've had enough success to be making this kind of content? You've never worked somewhere longer than a few months

What you were saying about scores might have been true a while ago, but right now unless you get perfect score they wont invite you to the next round. I got 750, 820, 770 last year and did not get invited to the next round. And those weren’t auto OAs, for one of them recruiter reached out to me before I even applied. Same for my friends who even got 830+

Great video!

this is cool

Underrated video, Mark... Not only did you change my perception on how important resumes truly are, you provided the roadmap on how to make a good resume in a simple, yet impactful manner!

Could you please make a video on how to find fall and spring internships please

Hello Mark, you have been doing a great job making contents and posts that's really helpful for students to find internships and jobs. We really appriciate that. I have been trying to find the best way to contact you to ask what would be the best way to know if we can apply for a Full-time position if we are graduating in December, 2024. I see you have been sharing a lot of job post for new grads, are those for students who will graduate in Fall too or just the one who graduate in Springs. If possible, can you please mention about the intakes too. This will really help a lot.

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Mark thanks for this wonderful episode, and right now am so desperately looking for an internship and luckily enough just last week I got one, but even after passing all my interviews, got the job offer, even added to the company internal tools but at the last minute things hasn't went right during my onboarding session and I technically lost it.

lot of appreciation to you brother thank you for knowledge

Thanks for sharing the episode, Mark! It was a great conversation, and I'm happy you could join us as a guest.

Thank you for sharing this. I really really think these perspectives and stories are important. I work with too many engineers that just started young, and was surrounded by tech to a degree that it was an obvious choice for them. My path wasn't typical, and it was hard, and neither was yours and I love that you shared the story. Thank you

Great story man, you didn't even start with CS major and yet you rocked recruiting and got the best internships and programs.

How do we prepare for the DSA for interviews. My resume now seems to be getting me in the door but the technical interviews is holding me back with having to deal with certain DSA questions im unsure off.

amazing video, Shout out from colorstack

I enjoy hackerrank but codesignal is so cool. Will you please make a video on how best to grasp DSAs and how to prepare?

I enjoy hackerrank but codesignal is so cool. Will you please make a video on how best to grasp DSAs and how to prepare?

Hey Mark, great vid again! As a sophomore, I would request that you make a video on a guide through understanding DSA as it is kind of complimentary to these coding assesments/interviews. Also a side question I had was regarding the template of the resume you showed on your previous video, as I really liked the layout and was wondering if it was on overleaf or some other resource. Thank you again for all of your LinkedIn announcements as well!

What's your favorite online assessment platform?

I do believe this is overall a good video. However, I don’t understand the strict commitment to a short time limit for practicing problems. A lot of the best don’t do that. Being stuck and thinking through it strengthens your problem-solving skills. Similar to the gym, if you’re not being challenged you’re not growing. It seems to me the real thing to aim for when solving a problem is serious and conscious effort. Solving a problem involves checking through multiple avenues and can justifiably take more than 10 minutes. On the other hand, the real vice to avoid is self-deception. For a lot of people, they (unintentionally) don’t put in much effort into doing a problem because they know they’re going to look at the solution at a specific time.

Straight value. Thanks

Imagine calling out resumes for looking sloppy when "formating errors" is on the screen.

Love your video. Will share with my software engineering students. One tip I usually add is to position Projects before Experience on the resume if the student has no related SWE experience.

What camera do you use?

Make video on all big tech compnay salary compensation?

Very helpful Mark jan. Thank you🤝🏻

fire bro!

Great callouts, especially for newer folks. You can cut up the first couple of bullets for your "intro to typography" channel, lol. Remember that the second person who reads a resume is usually the Hiring Manager, after your resume has passed the recruiter screen. They are typically going to read just the first couple of most recent bullets, so invest heavily in those, taking your advice on business value. Don't give in to a simple chronological ordering here---put the highest impact things first. Education and skills should only be at the top for junior folks. People reading experienced candidates' resumes go straight to experience. Nobody cares that I graduated from college w/ a CS degree over 20 years ago :) PS This is an interesting new, "Light Mode" version of your videos :)

Hi there, first one to comment. I like your content and as someone who is struggling to pass resume screenings, I am making mistakes you mentioned.

any links or resource to the resume templates? thanks lots

Here's a quick overview of what we cover 0:00 introduction 0:33 What makes a good resume 2:04 Biggest mistakes students make 3:04 Working backwards from recruiters 5:10 The 5-part resume structure 7:42 The What Why How framework 9:53 The education section 10:58 Should you have projects or activities? 12:36 How to get an extra edge

Ton of research went into this one, hope it's helpful

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