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This document is about how to prepare for software intership at university level. Hope it helps everyone

1. Internships:
Software
Arnav Pandey
Sweta Kumari
Kuldeep Singh Chouhan

2. 1.Overview of Software Profile
2.How to Prepare and Resources
3.Our Experiences
4.FAQs & General Suggestions

Agenda for Today
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3. 3

Performance
and
Scalability
Not just
Coding!
Proactive &
Pragmatic
SDE

4. What do software
interns do?
Except copying from Stackexchange
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5. What does a Software
Engineer do?
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Write code to solve challenging problems and
build products

◉Designing & maintaining applications
◉Optimizing software for speed and scalability
◉Might include Machine Learning applications,
and security analysis

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Large chunk of opportunities!
Why should you choose this field?

7. ●Google Software
●Microsoft
●Samsung Korea
●Rubrik
●Uber
●Sprinklr
●Oracle
●Cohesity
Software Internships at SPO, IITK
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●JP Morgan Chase & Co.
●Optiver
●D.E. Shaw
●Goldman Sachs
●AlphaGrep
●Wells Fargo
●Eightfold AI
●Cisco


●SAP Labs
●Amazon
●Flipkart
●Salesforce
●Samsung Research
●Walmart Labs
●Adobe
●Atlassian

8. How to prepare?
CODE! CODE! CODE!
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9. Step 3 - Test Specific
- Ask seniors/ other IITs/
google test pattern for each
company
- may have
Probability Statistics,
Puzzles, ML/AI, Linear
Algebra, Systems,
Aptitude, Case Studies
Step 2 - Practice
- Complete sweet topics
from Interviewbit
- Give Codeforces/
Codechef contests
- If have more time,
practice more from
Leetcode/ CSES Set
- Give Programming Club
Archive Test Series

Step 1 - Get Basics Right
- Revise ESC101 first
- Shift to C++ : vectors,
STL basics
- Data Structures & Algo :
ESO207 not necessary, if
you are able to cover
topics otherwise
- DBMS
- OOPs
Roadmap for Tests
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10. Step 2 - Practice
- Interviewbit
- Leetcode
- CSES Problem Set
- Programming Club
Archive Test Series
- Codeforces/
Codechef
Step 1 - Get Basics Right
- ESC101 slides: [here]
- Shift to C++ : [short post]
- DSA Theory: [Geeks for
Geeks- Algo] [Geeks for
Geeks- Data Structures]
[ESO 207 notes]
- [DBMS]
- [OOPs]
Resources
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Step 3 - Test Specific
- Internship Insights
- Prob Stats [MSO201]
- Puzzles [Brainstellar] [Xinfeng
Zhou] [50 Challenging Problems
in Probability]
- Linear Algebra : MTH101
Notes/ Gilbert Strang
- Aptitude : CAT questions, SPO
preparation resources

11. Prepare for HR Questions
Motivation, Career plans,
PoRs, Projects


Practice coding on paper
And orally explaining it

Ask Seniors who have
given that interview
Company-specific tips
Know Your Resume
Introduction
Content for every project
Build depth on project topic
Prepare for Interviews
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12. Cisco, Uber and Amazon
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Our Experiences

13. Test
-2 Coding Questions
-Around 50 MCQs
-Topics were from DSA & DBMS
-CPI>=7.0, open to all branches
Interview
-Focussed on the projects
mentioned in the resume
-Checked the hold on concepts
of DSA
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Cisco

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Test
-3 Coding Questions
-Topics were from DSA
-open to all branches

Interview
-Focussed on the projects
mentioned in the resume
-Checked the hold on concepts
of DSA
Uber

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Test
-Coding Assessment (3
questions) and Workstyles
Assessment
-Open to all branches

Interview
-Checked the hold on DSA
concepts like trees and arrays
(standard Leetcode questions)
Amazon

16. FAQs and Suggestions4
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17. More Suggestions
-Look up unsolved questions
from previous round before
next round
-Don’t get demotivated -
peer pressure, Facebook
posts, luck
How to stay motivated?
-Do CP in a group
-Revisit concepts
whenever needed
-Do projects
-Don’t get distracted,
complete whatever you
start
Tips and Suggestions
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Ask for help!
How to choose profiles?
-Talk to seniors, alumni
-Don’t be too picky
-Preparation is generic
How to apply?
-Don’t apply to jobs you
don’t want to take
-Make an estimate of where
you stand relatively and
accordingly, apply
selectively

18. Tips and Suggestions
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Keep trying

19. Questions?
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