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I am Divya Sri Darimisetti, a student currently pursuing my BTech in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. I am neither a competitive coder nor a GSoCer. I had a phase in my life where I had more rejections than the hens in a hen house, starting from a few startups, fintechs, and even some student leadership programs. So, this blog is undoubtedly for you if you are like me!
Your work speaks for you, and most companies do resume shortlisting before proceeding further, so maintain an excellent standard resume with 2-4 good projects, extracurricular activities, and achievements make sure the content in your resume aligns with the requirements of the role.
Each interview was scheduled for 45 min with one Google employee. I cannot disclose the questions due to an NDA signed earlier. Usually, there are two rounds, one on system design and the other on problem-solving with DSA, designing and implementing data structures algorithms.
After approx. ten days, I got an email from my recruiter congratulating me and asking to share my acceptance by the EOD (end of the day).
During my process, I have reached out to a couple of awesome folks on LinkedIn and got some amazing set of resources which I am compiling here. In case you want to know something more feel free to comment down below or reach me out on LinkedIn.
I have been a guest lecturer, instructor, and mock interviewer at half a dozen Chicago coding bootcamps over the pastseveral years, so students frequently ask me what they should do after they finish their bootcamp. While I enjoytalking with graduates about their specific goals and challenges, I figured I would compile astarting point of all the advice I typically share with new coding bootcamp graduates.
Rather than cold applying to dozens of jobs every week, focus on getting a meeting with someone at one of your target companies every week. Then, stay in touch, talk to others at the company, get to know them. When they have a new opening, you want to be the first person they think of.
In January 2019, I was flown up to Seattle from Honolulu and spent a couple days there for an interview. I ultimately did not pass the interview, but I wanted to share my experience and give any tips to others undergoing the same process.
That summarizes it up pretty much. The online screening had technical questions. The phone interview had more technical questions. The on-site interview had more technical questions, plus behavioral STAR questions, and a required technical presentation.
One regret I had was that I did not rehearse enough of my answers to the behavioral questions. I wrote down a bunch of questions in a notebook, wrote detailed answers in a S.T.A.R. format, but did not practice enough. This came back to bite me. Granted, none of the questions I prepared for came up, but going through the motions is helpful. It is especially important to understand that your questions reveal your values, principles, and judgement, so your answer should hopefully reveal why you are suited for the role at AWS, given the leadership principles that they believe in.
One helpful tip I read while preparing was for technical or behavioral questions, walk through your thought process. Your answer might be errant, but if you express your mental mapping to the interviewer, they will at least understand why you thought that, versus if you give a wrong answer with no explanation. Judgement is probably the most important thing employers look for, and being promoted to higher positions of responsibility is difficult if you have poor judgement. Poor judgement people are ones that will always need someone to manage them closely or to be given very clear instructions to follow. Many managers or supervisors would prefer you have good decision making so they can give you autonomy and have less to worry about themselves.
I wanted to work at Amazon a lot, but in terms of risk analysis, even though AWS would have been a huge thing for me, I thought it would be best not to spend too much time, because I have other things to think about, and I do not know my likelihood of getting the job.
The act of creating your online portfolio will also help with knowing which projects you can discuss during the STAR behavioral questions. I like the website blog format for a portfolio, because it allows you to discuss the project and your thinking during it, rather than just showing code or pictures of the finished product. My portfolio has a STAR-similar format: background, problem, solution, result.
With your online portfolio, you can also discuss challenges, your role, and client interactions. With this, they can get inside your head, rather than relying on a resume, behavioral questions, and technical screening questions. I put my online portfolio URL right on my resume as supplementary info.
Hi, thank you for sharing your experience. May you please tell us more about the technical questions they asked you? Were they deep dives into infrastructure (network / systems / storage) or were they project related?
I was contacted by '**Edited for community guidelines**' and asked for a 'Telegram' interview. Just learnt that its a chat only platform and was not asked for a telephonic call/video call/screen share. The chat interview looked very formal and professional and lasted for 90 mins, where I was pointed to their website -
Below were the only interview questions and nothing related to my technical skill/domain (web development/CMS). Few questions marked below in red raised suspicion and was offered a contract and an offer was sent to my email id . Email was sent from :**Edited for community guidelines**. Should I sign and send a copy of my ID. Also, I don`t see job posting on Upwork now. Is this how it works on Upwork ?
Is there a quick guide for newbies here on Upwork, so that I could avoid such scams. The scammer persuaded me and made me believe that this is the way to go about it. I believed that telegram is part of Upwork and a tool used to share screens.
1. Never use any other application outside Upwork to communicate with your client, because we have all the features inside Upwork, for the communication with a client there is a message option on top of the page just left side of '?' you have text messaging option, Phone call option, Upwork call option and Zoom meeting option too.
2. Always make sure you start working only after accepting the job contract, the client will send you the contract including all the details of the particular project to accept, If doesn't, just remind your client to send the contract.
Is there a way to report these? I received a message from a proposal to go to Telegram(had no idea that this was not a normal protocol for Upwork, I am new to Upwork). I would like to report the post. This is definitely a scam.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. You can learn how to flag suspicious activity here. We take every report of suspicious or inappropriate activity seriously. Every report is sent directly to our Trust and Safety team for investigation.
Hello there, I'm also a newbie and sending proposal for the posted jobs, I received messages telling me to reply via telegram and asking a milestone fee and do not do that because it's a scam just stick within the upwork framework. Take care
In my not very long experience in Upwork, I know that engaging with clients outside Upwork for a job that was posted in Upwork goes against regulations and could lead to you being penalized by Upwork.
Secondly, all job posts that contain instructions (e.g. WhatsApp, telegram, telephone number, web link, etc.) for engagement outside Upwork are more often than not scams that will lead to you operating in an unprotected environment where you are exposed to all manner of unscrupulous dealings. Be wise. decline such an invitation and seek for assistance before you engage.
Point of advice: I have learnt that all job posts with "Verified Payment" rarely have such nonsense, so I always apply the "Verified Payment" filter to all my job searches. Maybe I miss some opportunities, but I feel safer.
I, too, received a dubious meeting request to use Telegram for the initial meeting from someone representing Agilent Technologies. They provided the hiring manager's name along with detailed instructions on downloading and launching the app, how to set up the account, and how to sign in - using the HR Managers name.
I decided to look up the company on Linked In and then searched for the name provided. He did come up with the right credentials. I thought I'd message him directly to ask if the the posting was legitimate, but his MESSAGE button was locked. I also searched for the job under their job listings, which numbered in the 1,000s, but nothing was listed.
It was all seemingly legit but I KNOW BETTER. AND I read these posts and knew my instincts were correct.
So, I called their bluff and requested they set up a meeting through the Upwork platform. Let's ee if they actually respond.
Keep in mind that if communicating on Telegram (outside Upwork) before a contract is in place is a violation of Upwork's Terms of Service, reaching out to a client outside Upwork to vet him is also a violation of Upwork's Terms of Service.
Interviews are an opportunity to share your experiences that best showcase your skills and strengths most applicable to the position for which you are interviewing. Many employers ask behavioral questions, which require specific examples of how you used or developed relevant knowledge, strengths, and skills for the job. These questions may start with phrases such as:
Stories from your academics, work experiences, involvement, and education abroad may be used to answer behavioral questions. Tell your stories with a spin and speak to the skill or strength the employer is seeking using the STAR Method:
Describe what you accomplished, what happened as a result, and what it confirmed for you or what you learned from it. Provide objective outcomes such as numbers or grades where applicable and meaningful.
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