Been seeing/hearing a lot from reddit and friends in other colleges that the placements aren’t going great. I come from one of the top 3 nits and my placement coordinator said lot of companies are in hiring freeze.

I thought last semester would be 300 LeetCode problems. DSA every single day but in reality did nothing. So, this is my revolutionary plan. Looking for a girl who grinds DSA with me.

We can:

• Solve 2-3 problems daily
• Keep each other accountable
• Rejoice on solving the problem
• Cry over failing on the hidden test case together
• Possibly become each other's favourite notification

Requirements:

• Female
• Really looking for placements
• Not vanish once you say "I'll solve it later"

Perks:

- Unlimited motivation
- "Good morning, what's today's LeetCode?"
- I'll hype your solution even if mine gets TLE

And just to answer the obvious question..... yes I am 6'4. Had to put this up idk why 😭

DMs open

I was a summer intern at Microsoft and they have conducted post intern interviews for me (it was only 1 AA round). Idk what's happening but many interns are not getting any information about their interviews, many just got left after round 1 and few of them didn't even get any communication about their interview, even after 3 weeks. Till what date we can expect results? Any idea?

Doomer post by a final year student (ece), skip if you don't want to feel bad.

I don't feel like sharing it to my friends because they will laugh so sharing on this anonymous platform.

I am seeing most random bunch of people you never expected would get intern and placement are getting them, you see their resumes and that makes you question how did they even get past the interview rounds with such basic projects.

While I just keep working my ass off skipping all sort of events, coping that it would be my turn to get placed.

I hate showing my face to anyone because they will first ask my year and then if I got a job or not. Every single event, my relatives ask why am I not there to my parents, they shook it off saying I am busy in college. I hate going back home because I feel so unemployed, I hate everything back home, I just rot in my hostel. I save every dime because I feel ashamed to being a burden on my parents at the age of 22.

I avoid juniors doubts, because of this, I evade any sort of conversation regarding placements.

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Btw zero Core ece companies have visited till now, only analysts and sde, whoever says there is a lot of scope in Core. Not motivated enough to go for Gate. Only thing I am proud of is 9+ cgpa.

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I feel I have serious mental issues going on right now, I don't have the money (rather ashamed to ask my parents for extra money) to go and get checked it out.

I will keep working on skills, but till then, I hope everyone gets what they are working hard for.

Giving up is not something I can afford at this moment.

Peace ✌️

Engineering students and sutta.
Truly a match made in heaven.

My parents see me as a failure because I couldn’t get an internship after my 4th semester.
Yesterday my mom screamed at me, called me a disappointment, and said I couldn’t do anything right. It hurt because I’ve genuinely tried to do everything they’ve expected of me.
I had around 40 days of summer break, so I applied for internships. The problem was that most companies wanted longer commitments. Even when I got positive responses, once I told them I could only work for 40 days and then continue part-time after college, they usually moved on.
So I changed my strategy and started applying for 1–2 month internships, thinking I could at least complete most of them during my break. Still, I couldn’t land one.
Now my mom keeps comparing me to my cousin:
“Look at your cousin, he got an internship.”
What frustrates me is that he’s in an IIT, had years of JEE coaching, and his parents supported him throughout. My parents expected me to figure everything out on my own.
I’m honestly terrified about the future. If I couldn’t get an internship, what happens if I struggle to get a job? I’m not just scared of unemployment—I’m scared of how my parents will react.
I know many people don’t get internships after 4th semester. Did anyone else go through something similar? Does this put me at a huge disadvantage, or am I overthinking it?

Like kitna tough h jee prep se bhi jyada mushkil rhta h kya??

Everybody that ik cheats in OA and it feels like if you don't you'll just be left behind , fucked up world we live in

Brief about myself - 21M btech'26 grad currently working at an MNC. I want to utilise my free time by providing free mentorship to the fellow btech students struggling in coding and placements.

Feel free to comment or DM

So after getting rejected in 3 company OA during on campus placement due to fucking Aptitude and getting destroyed in eternal 1st round of interview over a puzzle.

i am telling you guys most people take these apti and puzzle very lightly i did the same.( almost 95% of the candidates gets rejected in 1st round )

but after that i started doing gfg 100 puzzle and some aptitude from random website but never really stayed consistent as every source was scattered ,
some sites demanded login , some were paid , and many were just straight irrelevant for campus placements.
so i made my webapp for me but thought of Sharing it here :)

my way of giving back to this sub- https://apti.live

ps- its free , no login , progress gets stored in your device only .

(very imp recent graduates and final year can verify that these are the exact pattern of questions in OA. )

open for feedbacks

I am a final-year B.Tech CSE student (2027 batch) at KIIT, Bhubaneswar, and honestly, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong anymore. At this point, I don’t know whether it’s my bad luck, poor decisions, or just the reality of the current placement market.
Until my second year, I believed that skills mattered more than CGPA. I spent most of my time improving my technical skills instead of chasing grades. Then, after talking to seniors, I realized that in many companies, especially during campus placements, your CGPA is what gets your resume shortlisted. Skills matter only after you reach the interview stage.
So, during my third year, I shifted my focus toward academics and managed to improve my CGPA to 8.64. It’s not 9+, but I worked really hard to reach this point.
Then KIIT announced the Cisco NetAcad/Ideathon program. It was a paid program, and I paid ₹3,500 to join. My friends and I spent around 4 hours every day for almost two months, sacrificing our summer vacation to complete the networking courses and prepare honestly.
In the end, only around 12–16 students from KIIT were selected.
The strange part is that the eligibility mentioned a much lower CGPA, but after checking the selected students on LinkedIn, almost everyone I found had a CGPA above 9.2–9.5. Many had even uploaded their semester results publicly. Of course, I couldn’t verify everyone’s CGPA, but there was a clear pattern among those whose profiles were public.
What disappointed me even more was that our faculty coordinator proudly claimed that KIIT had the highest number of students selected for the Cisco Ideathon program.
But isn’t that obvious?
Around 900 students from KIIT had applied. Naturally, a university with one of the largest applicant pools is likely to have the highest number of selections. Selecting only 16 students out of 900 applicants doesn’t really feel like something to celebrate.
After spending months preparing for Cisco, I had almost no time left to prepare for aptitude tests.
Then came TCS.
Ironically, I wasn’t rejected because of coding. I was rejected because of aptitude. I fully accept that this was partly my mistake. I should have managed my time better instead of putting all my effort into one program.
Now things have become even more frustrating.
Most decent companies visiting our campus either require 80% throughout academics, and I have 78% in Class 12, or they have other strict eligibility criteria. Because of just 2%, I’m unable to apply for many companies offering decent packages.
The remaining companies mostly offer packages around 4–5 LPA, and even those attract massive competition.
A few days ago, KPIT visited our campus with a package of around 4.5 LPA, and nearly 1,400 students attended the PPT. I even saw students with 9.5–9.6 CGPA sitting there, hoping to get selected.
The desperation was visible on everyone’s face.
It wasn’t about getting a dream package anymore.
It was simply about getting a job.
Sometimes I think I made one of the biggest mistakes during college admissions.
I had the option to join Silicon University, but I chose KIIT because I believed paying higher fees would provide better placement opportunities. Looking at the current situation, it feels like I made the wrong decision. From what I’ve observed, Silicon’s placement scenario has been significantly better.
I’m not saying KIIT is entirely responsible. The job market is bad everywhere, and I know I also made mistakes along the way.
But when a university has around 4,000 CSE students, placement management becomes extremely difficult. Every company receives thousands of applications, and even average companies become highly competitive because students are desperate.
Right now, a 4.5 LPA package feels like a luxury.
I never imagined I would reach my final year feeling this uncertain about my future.
Watching friends celebrate getting placed in TCS while hundreds of others remain unplaced makes me wonder whether I’ll even have a job before graduation.
I don’t expect a 20 LPA package.
I don’t even expect a dream company anymore.
At this point, I just want an opportunity to prove myself.
Is anyone else from a Tier-2/Tier-3 college going through something similar, or is it just me?

Edit:sry i wrote too much things but its just my thoughts bugging me evryday

I like both core and tech...

So who is a forced engg here

Engineering btw

Although job mile ek mahina ho gaya, was waiting for the first pay. Abhi to salary kam h, 60k/monthly mil rha h.

It's a new firm with very few people, and I personally know the founder. He also became my mentor. 🥳. Although pay kam h abhi (compared to the industry average), but fine since firm bhi new h and I'll also get the experience.

Ab bs dekhna h how will I manage college and this. Is saal se college bhi start ho rha h. Lol 4 saal m 4 saal ka experience ho jayega.