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It’s Okay If You Do Not Secure That Dream Job or Internship.
The Dream
We all have companies that we so bad want to work at or even intern at. For me, Google, Microsoft or Facebook was that company. I know what you’re thinking about haha, of course it had to be one of the big tech companies. Well, we are all allowed to dream ain’t we?
The Zeal
My dream to work in one of these companies propelled me to spend my time preparing so hard for their interviews and applications. I diligently took the time to practice the coding challenges and even do mock interviews just to get ready. I actively used networking platforms to reach out to recruiters and other Engineers that worked in these companies just to learn more about them. Looking back, I was so motivated and inspired just by listening to people’s stories and how they had made it to Google or Facebook. More especially, if they were people of color like me.
The Application
Fall of Freshman year I began applying for my summer internships and felt quite confident that I would get an offer from one of these companies. I passed the resume screening and got invited for phone interviews which were okay,- because I found myself interacting well with the recruiters. See — the trick about passing phone screens/interviews is ensuring that you…
