After interning at HackerRank for the previous 12 months and a half, writing a weblog now appears unusual, would not it?
I KNOW!!
So keep tuned for this sequence, through which I might be releasing the seasons of my J.O.U.R.N.E.Y at HackerRank. And a sequence with out a climax on the finish is all a moo level, so hold tight for the ultimate season, y’all!
I hope you get all of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S references and when you do not 😳 … properly then I assume you must go on a BREAK and binge-watch it. Thank me later!😌
“So nobody advised you life was gonna be this manner…..”
Effectively, the day I obtained this mail from Vassavi, nobody may have advised me my life was gonna change this manner!
One sizzling April afternoon, freshly heartbroken (discovered my lobster🦞 wasn’t my lobster in any respect 💔), I used to be cocooned in my bubble once I acquired this mail from probably the most enjoyable and passionate HR ever.
This wasn’t only a mail, it virtually rescued me 🥹! I used to be pumped and began determining how you can go forward with this. I approached one in all my seniors, Muskan Khedia who was then an intern at HackerRank. Being the Monica she is, she helped me with the referral and thus, I answered the mail with my resume and the required paperwork.
It was all going easily. A bit too easy. And naturally, life needed to mess up. Sure guys of us you guessed it proper, I acquired down with Covid 😷 . That day, “it was like there’s all-time low, 50 toes of crap, then me.”
So I acquired admitted to the hospital, bedridden for 2 days straight. And as if the universe was testing me, I obtained a name from Vassavi relating to the interview course of. The interview acquired scheduled whereas I used to be nonetheless admitted 🤦🏻♀️ !
The one thought in my thoughts? If not now, then by no means. I buckled up my thoughts and began preparing for the interview that modified my life.
Okay, sufficient concerning the pre-interview overthinking. Let’s speak about the true deal. So after I acquired sufficient data relating to the take a look at, my preparation began with exploring what HackerRank is all about. Its core values, qualities that they search for of their of us, and what precisely was I anticipated to current to crack it. I went by way of all of the previous initiatives that I used to be going to showcase, completely understood my position in all my previous internships and polished my React expertise by going by way of a bunch of articles, quizzes, and blogs.
However then my mind requested, Bro what about DSA?! 🤷🏻♀️ To reveal the very fact, I used to be fairly reluctant for the interview as I felt, HackerRank being synonymous with Knowledge Buildings and Algorithms, they could focus a bit extra on my DSA information as an alternative of my dev expertise.
However oh boy, may I BE any extra flawed! I acquired to know, the core necessities for SDE interns at HackerRank have been growth expertise.
And now, with some newly gained confidence, I furnished my dev expertise and awaited the interview.
Effectively now transferring on to the interview….
Ought to I’m going on? 🤔 Oh, I want I may, however I don’t need to.
Effectively guys, keep tuned for the following one! 🙋🏻♀️
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