How I accidentally got into Atlan
I want to write this better [Draft]
So I'm keeping this as a draft view.
If you already know the story, that's great, but there might be some questions or some things that you really want to ask about that I haven't talked about in person. So I'm keeping this as a draft state, so that I can write it better later.
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The short version? I kind of stumbled into it.
I did a lot of interviews, but with my skills and ability to learn, I always believed I could do better, and kept applying and doing interviews, and one day I saw a random post in a random portal, and I applied.
After that, there were 5 rounds in total. So I did 3 rounds while I was at home, 2 rounds while I was in Bangalore, which took about a month (38 days, but who is counting xD) to complete, and I joined Atlan in 2024 as a frontend intern.
And, yes, it was off-campus.
If you are interested in the metrics:
0 official internships (I haven't done any official internships before)
0 certifications (Not interested in taking certifications)
8.36 CGPA (which I got somehow)
0 On-campus placements (I tried one or two, to get to know about how the process is for my final year project, so that doesn't count)
200+ leetcode problems solved (There are around 2000+ problems in the platform, which I don't want to look at again tbh)
14 Malayalam Fingerstyle Guitar Covers (I know, it's an unrelated metric, but if you are interested, check it out @alwinjohn at YT or @iamalwinjohn at IG)
Long version [Draft]
The reality of it was that it took me 6 months after graduation to find and figure out what i want todo...
I will include the rest later, in some time after getting some feedback If you want to know how I prepared for it? What exactly did I do or didn't do, or what strategies that I come with, just let me know :D
I will include it in the long version