Columbia University: Decoding Tech Internships

Slides from a talk I gave at Columbia University to the incoming batch of Masters in Computer Science students about how they can go about getting tech internships.

Transcript

1. Decoding Tech Internships
3. Vinay Gaba
4. Vinay Gaba Software Systems Track
5. Vinay Gaba 5 Internship Offers Software Systems Track
6. Vinay Gaba 5 Internship Offers Software Systems Track
8. Before Applying
9. Resume
10. Linkedin https://university.linkedin.com/linkedin-for-students
11. Github
12. Side Projects
13. Cover Letter
14. Website Honeypot
15. applying To Companies
16. Company website https://github.com/j-delaney/easy-application
17. Linkedin
18. AngelList
19. Career Fairs bit.ly/CCEApp
20. Lionshare
21. Referrals www.linkedin.com/alumni
22. Nailing Interviews
23. Leetcode www.vinaygaba.com/leetcode.txt
24. GlassDoor
25. Cracking the Coding Interview
26. TimeLine August December - 150 LeetCode Problems - Chpts 1,2,3,4,8,9,10,11 from CTCI - Cover Letter - Linkedin Profile and connections - Already done with a few practice interviews - Set up important interviews between Dec end - early Jan February - Majority of your interviews - Revision and 40-50 new problems (Mostly via Glassdoor) - Ideally should know by now where you would be spending your Summer - Start focusing on smaller companies (Angelist) - Some companies still take on campus interviews - Referrals May
27. Questions? www.vinaygaba.com | @vinaygaba | vinaygaba@gmail.com