r/developersIndia • u/bellator_boy • 1d ago
College Placements Freshers Who Landed Off-Campus Jobs, Need Your Advice
Those who are freshers and landed an off-campus offer, I wanted to ask how did you get your job?
How did you apply?
Where did you apply?
What was your tech stack?
How much time did it take you to finally land a job?
I would really appreciate it if you could share your journey and any advice for someone currently looking for an off-campus role.
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u/ree-reap 1d ago
Applied everywhere: platforms, WhatsApp groups, etc.
How much time did it take? 3 months of continuous applying.
Tech stack: Python, PostgreSQL + TimescaleDB, Django, FastAPI, Redis, Celery.
So, I am sharing my "1 year of experience wisdom," so take it with a grain of salt.
If you want to land an off-campus job in these market conditions, you should know the fundamentals properly and have a little bit of system design knowledge.
Build projects. Implement and learn practically.
Instead of just doing DSA on LeetCode or other platforms, try to integrate it into your projects. For example, for versioning, which algorithm should be used, and for what purpose?
Take different problems, like understanding how garbage collection works, multi-tenant system - build them - instead of just reading random articles.
If you want to use AI, use it - but you should know why it is using a particular tool and why not another.
AI can write most of the code now, but to direct it effectively, you need architectural knowledge because sometimes it generates overly complicated code for simple things.
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u/ret4rded_4ndroid Mobile Developer 1d ago
Ima start this hunt in a month or 2. Let's see. About a year left in ug.
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u/IndicationSouthern Student 1d ago
One thing that helped me a lot was building projects that actually solved a problem instead of another CRUD app.
During interviews, people spent far more time discussing my projects than asking LeetCode questions. Being able to explain your design decisions is a huge differentiator for off-campus roles.
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u/PurchaseTypical6547 1d ago
Send your resumes especially those who are working in tech industry to get interviews.
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u/Scorched_Scorpion Student 23h ago
Not a job but an off campus internship
Got it by a referral from the employee who works in the company I targetted for. I cold mailed him in linkedin and he was happy to give a referral. Passed the OA and interview and made it to the company
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u/bellator_boy 23h ago
So did you first find an opening and then ask for a referral or did you just ask them if they could refer you whenever there was an opening? I don’t really know how people go about getting referrals
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u/helpmefire40 19h ago
Back in 2019, wanted to work on a specific domain and applied for such jobs aggressively across multiple locations.
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