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https://preview.redd.it/zq0x9qx77oug1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=230cbda71958daad3c5b8ac559fe96b2720edb21 Stats/Context: T50 Public for CS, mid GPA, ALL cold applications, citizen applying for new grad roles in US. hello, i got an offer from google. i don't know if i deserve it, but i am very glad nonetheless. i was worried (to understate) going into this year about how my chances would be in regards to new grad recruiting, considering that i have no swe internship experience at ANY corporate company, the fact that previous internship recruiting cycles gave me a very harsh, reality-check slap in the face. and the fact that this cycle started off very very much the same: a lot of applications, 10/day ramping up to 15/20 as the days went on (s/o to LinkedIn sort by 24hrs + simplify autofill), and zero to no responses - not counting OAs because I got a fair amount, aced some of them and got nothing still (IBM!!!). however one little december evening i check my inbox and there's a google OA invite sitting there. At this point, weathered and beaten down by the unrelenting hail of "we regret to inform you"'s, it's presence felt almost mocking, like god saying "you said you just want one chance? here, try big tech." like this wasn't for me, i was a no internship mid gpa failure-in-the-making of a cs major, the audacity to even think i should even TRY. but, i did. i studied my leetcode, did the reps and cleared the interviews. i waited months in tm uncertainty, and by the grace of goku i got the offer. i don't want to give advice like "you're gonna make it!" or "just keep trying, something good is waiting!" because they'd be hollow platitudes spewed out by a man who is climbing on a ladder made of luck, but if i could speak to me a year ago, no job, no hope, no hoes (still true), then i'd just want to say that as long as you apply hella every single day, study leetcode till the patterns are seared into ur brain, and run mocks till the tank is dry (s/o PRAMP), then you'll at least have a chance. also never used linkedin and did networking, i'm lowk like completely disconnected from anyone in my school's cs community so.. bada bing bada boom.