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<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;First of all, good luck! In order to even land an interivew, you have to get past the resume scraping stage. This is an algorithm that companies use because they get so many applications (100s of thousands in some cases like FAANG) that they literally can't have a human look at every one. So make sure that your resume is effective. How do you make it effective? Get rid of the fluff. Nobody cares what club you were in during highschool, or that you worked at a fast food restaruant, remove it. Instead focus on your technical skills and experiences: explicitly list the languages and frameworks that you know. Quantify as much as possible. If you built a tool to make something more efficient, how much more efficient did it make it, 10%? 100x? Use numbers! Next comes the interview. Every software company today, whether you are applying for an internship or job will screen you using a technical interivew. During these technical interviews you solve a coding problem in front of the interviewer. The ONLY way to suceed during these interviews is to practice them. Sites like LeetCode and HackerRank are great sites where you can practice the same types of problems you will see in the actual interviews. Also, when you are practicing, literally speak out loud explaining your thoughts, this will be necssary during the interview. Lastly, APPLY APPLY APPLY. Some people apply to hundreds, yes hundreds, of companies before landing a position.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:573,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;12&quot;:0}">First of all, good luck! In order to even land an interview, you have to get past the resume-scraping stage. This is an algorithm that companies use because they get so many applications (100s of thousands in some cases like FAANG) that they literally can't have a human look at every one. So make sure that your resume is effective. How do you make it effective? Get rid of the fluff. Nobody cares what club you were in during highschool, or that you worked at a fast food restaurant, remove it. Instead, focus on your technical skills and experiences: explicitly list the languages and frameworks that you know. Quantify as much as possible. If you built a tool to make something more efficient, how much more efficient did it make it, 10%? 100x? Use numbers! Next comes the interview. Every software company today, whether you are applying for an internship or job will screen you using a technical interview. During these technical interviews, you solve a coding problem in front of the interviewer. The ONLY way to succeed during these interviews is to practice them. Sites like LeetCode and HackerRank are great sites where you can practice the same types of problems you will see in the actual interviews. Also, when you are practicing, literally speak out loud explaining your thoughts, this will be necessary during the interview. Lastly, APPLY APPLY APPLY. Some people apply to hundreds, yes hundreds, of companies before landing a position.

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