WWCD Mentorship Program 4.0: Week 2
This week was all about Internships and Placements. We covered the aspects that are required for either off-campus or on-campus placements. Understanding aptitude and reasoning, along with data structures and algorithms, is a complete interview kit that can help you pass the technical rounds of many major corporations.
There are some excellent websites for practising aptitude, such as:
Here are some important topics to consider when it comes to data structure:
- Binary search
- BFS/DFS/Flood fill
- Tree traversals
- Hash tables
- Linked list, stacks, queues, two pointers/sliding window
- Binary heaps
- Dynamic programming
- Union find
- Ad hoc/string manipulations
The following are the best places to exercise DSA for different types of problems:
One thing I learned from this session, is that taking a referral from an employee of the company is not bad. People out there are willing to help you. Prepare a brief introduction of yourself, stating why you are qualified for the position and mentioning the job position for which you seek a referral.
Here are a few resources that my mentor recommended to me that are useful for getting started :
- Interview Perp
- If you have a bad memory, this is quite helpful 😜
- Some incredible places to apply for jobs
- Girls looking for the scholarship can apply 🙆
That’s all for week 2. Have fun learning! 🎓
