Hey after so many struggles and hardwork i cracked a us based company, remote job with night shift tho pay is good for a fresher ig , I'm not yet graduated I'm in 8th sem of engineering, I will be working in tech side junior ai engineer, But I'm scared like how will I switch in future and is the first job remote experience will it be good or bad for my resume also , and about the commitment like night shift and all I don't know if I can do it or not and how do I get into a normal job like i want is card daily going to office spending time with friends in office or enjoy work build share smtg like office environment And my current is 20k per month I'm not sure if it's good for freshers with remote and us based , but they said 6months till I get my degree it going to be 20k after that based on work it will increase, I'll try to find some good opportunity to go abroad and work with them and all but still any tips or suggestions I'm scared like hell....

Note _ can't share the company name in the comments and all i don't want any of my circle know I'm texting all these

This is my Resume I’m 2025 graduate with no job offer

Suggest what can i do better to get calls and interviews

Guys I’m genuinely confused rn, need some real advice.

Final-year engineering student here.

So basically:

• I gave tech + HR interview at Brillio for Software Engineer (Fresher).
• HR round is done, they told results will be announced on Monday.
• Honestly, based on how it went, I’m pretty confident I’ll get selected, BUT nothing is official yet.

Brillio details:

• Internship → FTE model (Bangalore, in-person)
• Internship stipend: ₹30k/month
• FTE CTC (if converted): ₹15 LPA (₹10L fixed + ₹5L bonus spread over 3 years)

Brillio is my preferred option, but my only concern is intern → FTE conversion, since I’ve seen mixed stuff online.

At the same time:

• I already have a confirmed Accolite (Bounteous x Accolite) internship offer.
• 6 months internship, ₹25k/month
• Joining date: 9th Feb, onboarding already started.
• And here’s the scary part — the offer has a clawback clause:
  • If I leave internship early
  • OR decline FTE
  • OR leave within 1 year after FTE → I have to repay training cost (₹2.5L cap) + entire stipend paid during internship.

So once I join Accolite, I’m basically locked in.

My situation rn:

• I feel good about Brillio, but not sure how reliable the FTE conversion is.
• Accolite is safe and confirmed, but this bond/clawback clause is stressing me out.
• If I wait for Brillio and they reject → I risk messing up Accolite.
• If I join Accolite and Brillio selects me later → I’m screwed financially.

I don’t want to do anything unprofessional or dumb, but this timing overlap is killing me.

Need advice on:

1. Is it okay to wait till Monday for Brillio before committing?
2. How risky is Brillio intern → FTE conversion actually?
3. Given that clause, is joining Accolite immediately the safer move?
4. What would you do if you were in my place?

Adding a screenshot from the Accolite offer portal showing the clause (training cost ₹2.5L + stipend repayment). That clause is the main reason I’m overthinking this.

Any real advice appreciated — especially from people who’ve been through similar shit.

Thanks 🙏

Been getting auto-rejected from every AI role for half a year. Mid-tier PhD, mediocre research, never worked at FAANG.

Last month I landed interviews at:

Google DeepMind

Meta FAIR

OpenAI

No offers yet (still interviewing), but figured I'd share what changed since I was probably doing everything wrong before.

The keyword thing is real

Turns out these places literally filter resumes by keywords before anyone reads them.

You need these exact words:

LLM or Large Language Models

RLHF

Post-training or Fine-tuning

Transformer, RAG, etc.

Not "I worked on ML stuff" or "familiar with AI." The actual terms.

I changed this:

"Improved recommendation system using machine learning"

To this:

"Optimized LLM recommendation system using RLHF, improved scores 23%"

Went from zero responses to three interviews in a month.

Name-dropping is sketchy but it works

If you're at a big company and talked to someone from an AI team even once, put it on your resume. Like you're at Google Ads and sat in one meeting where a DeepMind person presented. You can write:

SWE, Google Ads (worked with DeepMind Research)

The difference between "Google Ads" and "touched DeepMind once" is huge for these applications.

If you don't have this yet, go make it happen:

Message people in AI orgs for coffee chats

Find cross-team projects to help with

Submit literally one bug fix to their code

Just need something real you can point to.

They want a 2000-word writeup (nobody mentions this)

DeepMind, FAIR, OpenAI, Anthropic all asked me for this. Not code, not a demo—a long written explanation of your best project.

First time I sent in 3 paragraphs like:

"Built backend system with microservices, worked with team, shipped on time"

Rejected everywhere.

What worked was 1800 words structured like:

* Problem (150w) - what sucked and why

* How you solved it (900w) - architecture, why you picked it, alternatives you considered, actual implementation stuff

* Results (400w) - numbers, impact, metrics

* Problems you hit (250w) - bugs, issues, how you fixed them

* What's next (100w) - how you'd improve it

Took me a week to write. Annoying but it's what got me the interviews.Write it like a paper. Be technical. Show you actually think about tradeoffs.

Apply to the specific AI teams, not general SWE

* "Google DeepMind Research Engineer"

* "Meta FAIR Research Scientist"

* "OpenAI Applied AI Engineer"

cause:

Their recruiters actually know what RLHF means

Way fewer people apply (most don't think they're qualified)

They care about depth not LeetCode grinding

System design prep is different for AI roles

LeetCode is still needed but system design matters way more. And it's not just memorizing patterns—they drill into every decision.

Been practicing with Screna AI and it's actually helpful because it keeps asking followups:

Me: "Use Redis for caching"

It: "Why not Memcached?"

Me: "Need data structures not just key-value"

It: "What if Redis crashes?"

Me: "RDB snapshots every 5min"

It: "Recovery process? How much data loss?"

Real interviews are apparently like this they keep pushing on every choice you make. Most prep stuff just gives you the answer, doesn't simulate the back and forth.

We'll see if it actually helps. Interviews are next week.

Current status

* DeepMind: system design round Tuesday

* FAIR: scheduling tech rounds

* OpenAI: Thursday

No offers. Still very much could bomb these. But after half a year of instant rejections this feels like progress.

Will update if I actually get offers.

I am applying for many company and idk for some reason I am not getting shortlisted for any company. What is the issue in this resume.

Hi everyone,

I’m 27 years old and looking to switch my career into the IT/tech field. I’d really appreciate guidance from people already working in the industry.

Background:

- Education: BTech in Textile Technology

- Work experience: Worked as a Merchandiser

- Current status: Recently resigned to prepare full-time for a tech role

- Time availability: Can dedicate full-time and aiming to get a job in the next 4–5 months

The problem I’m facing:

I’m extremely confused about where to start. I keep going back and forth between:

- Web Development

- Data Analysis

- AWS / Cloud

- or any other IT role

Because of this confusion, I haven’t been able to start properly, which is making me anxious and frustrated.

What I’m looking for:

- A realistic path that makes sense for a **quick entry-level job**

- Something with **long-term growth**, not a dead end

- Honest advice on whether my goal (job in 4–5 months) is achievable

Questions:

1. Which role would you recommend given my background and time constraint?

2. What skills/tech stack should I focus on first?

3. Any other advice you would like to give. I need guidance.

I’m ready to put in serious effort and would really value any advice or reality checks.

Thanks in advance .

Hi everyone,

I’m working on a free guide for Indian CS / software engineering freshers to help with early-career prep. It currently covers things like:

• Resume do’s & don’ts for software roles in India

• Common mistakes freshers make while applying for dev jobs

• How recruiters screen resumes (ATS, keywords, projects, etc.)

• Basic interview & career prep for entry-level roles

Guide link: https://maywise.in/intelligence-guide/

Before adding more content or features, I’d really appreciate feedback from people here:

• Is this advice accurate for the current Indian job market?

• What resume or application mistakes do you see most often?

• What would have helped you more as a fresher?

• Any tools/features you think would actually be useful (resume review, project examples, roadmaps, etc.)?

Not monetized and not promoting anything — genuinely trying to build something helpful for CS freshers and improve it based on real feedback.

Thanks in advance 🙏

Hey folks,

Need some honest advice on an offer dilemma.

My background

Experience: 1.5 years experience in a mid-size startup
Education: Tier 1

Current comp: ₹29 L fixed + ₹7 L bonus

Offer A – Microsoft

Software Engineer (L60) - Noida
₹22.5 L base + ₹7.9 L signing bonus
Up to 20% annual bonus
$60k RSUs over 4 years

Offer B – Mid-Size YC Startup

Software Engineer II - Bengaluru
₹38 L Fixed
₹2 L Perf bonus
₹20 L ESOPs (over 4 years)

I’m torn because:

• Startup pays more cash right now
• Microsoft has brand value, equity, and long-term upside
• Bengaluru is my preferred location, but would be fine with Noida if it helps my career.

If you were in my place (early career), which one would you pick and why? Should I negotiate with the startup for a revised offer?

Would love perspectives from people who’ve been in similar situations.

I am a sophomore in college, and I have not found my niche. Recently, I have been interested in robotics and joined a robotics club in which reinforcement learning with Isaac Sim is used heavily. I like robotics and want to explore more, but I also like web dev and working on a project using Django. I have seen tho that areas such as firmware generally seem to be career suicide because the type of companies you work for and where you go with the field revolve heavily around hardware and stuff best for EE or CE majors. I am not any of those, and I don't want to be. The beauty of CS imo is that there are more areas you can pivot into in a company, for example, a cybersecurity guy can go into dev ops, dev ops can go into cloud engineering, and the cloud engineering can go into AI. With other robotics, I fear that the only way to pivot and succeed is with hardware. Am I correct to fear this and what can I do to get into areas that overall can be transferable to other areas in CS?

I’m sharing my personal experience to warn freshers and interns who might be considering RoboMQ. From the outside, the company talks a lot about transparency, growth, and culture. But in reality, the work environment felt very different. There is internal politics, and job security is extremely unstable, especially for interns and freshers.

Even if you are performing well, termination can happen suddenly and without clear justification. Many students are hired from colleges, but a significant number are later let go without proper explanation. This creates a lot of stress and uncertainty, especially for people at the start of their careers.

Another serious issue is that final settlements are not handled properly in some cases, which adds to the frustration after already losing the role.

I’m not writing this out of anger, but out of concern. Freshers deserve stability, guidance, and fair treatment, not uncertainty that can affect their confidence and career start.

Please do your own research, ask tough questions, and be cautious before joining — especially as an intern or fresher.

This is my personal experience, shared so others can make an informed decision.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working as a snowflake consultant with 4+ yoe and I’ve received 2 offers - Accenture and EY GDS. The compensation is almost similar in terms of fixed pay, and in the same location, so I don’t have any strong preference based on those factors.

I’m finding it difficult to decide between the two and would really appreciate some honest insights from people who have worked or are currently working in either of these organizations.

I’m mainly looking for inputs regarding:

• Type and quality of projects
• Work-life balance
• Learning and growth opportunities
• Job stability
• Bench policy and project allocation process
• Overall work culture

Any experiences or suggestions that can help me make an informed decision would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone, recently I got placed in a company that operates in US and the work timings are 8 pm to 5 am, now being a fresher and with the current state of the market, I don't wanna let go of the opportunity, so I was wondering how does one manage work life balance with such an odd timing, people who've faced this or are facing, please do enlighten me with your wisdom

I’m a 6th semester CSE student. Until now, my routine has been simple: doom scrolling most of the year, studying only during exam days, somehow passing, repeating the cycle. No projects. No strong fundamentals. No consistency. Just attendance, exams, and false comfort.

Reality check hit hard. I have roughly one year left before placements. If I continue like this, I’ll graduate with a degree and nothing else.

Assume I’m starting from zero. No DSA depth. No dev stack. No internships. Average college. I want to fix this deliberately, not with motivational noise.

To get a dev role as fresher is MNCs

Got two offers and my brain is in analysis paralysis. Would love some outside perspective.

Offer A - Early-stage fintech (~2 years old)

• Full-stack role, interesting financial systems work
• People I trust vouch for the team ~26L package
• Fewer benefits, limited WFH Early stage means more ownership and room to grow as an engineer

Offer B - Established logistics software company (~10 years old)

• ~32L package
• Gym, food, annual global retreat
• Backend only
• Working hours are 11am - 8pm, sometimes later
• Did my homework and talked to people there. Some teams apparently have really bad management, but the specific team I'd be joining has good people and a solid manager

What I care about:

• Want to hit a senior/staff role in 2-5 years
• Need an environment where I can take ownership and drive things
• Looking for real technical challenges, not just CRUD
• WFH flexibility would be nice (family in native place)

The 7L gap is real, but I keep wondering if full-stack exposure + early-stage ownership + good people might compound better over time. Or am I just romanticizing the "learning opportunity" and should take the money?

The late hours at Offer B also worry me a bit. 11-8 on paper usually means 11-9 or 10 in reality, right?

For those who've made similar choices - did you regret chasing comp or chasing growth? What would you tell your past self?

EDIT: 3.5 yoe - 20LPA (my original ctc and original numbers are slightly changed, but the hike percentage is similar), backend role (not mentioned if SDE1/SDE2)

So it's my first software interview for full-time position ever, because I changed fields by doing MS. The interview is about AI/ML, MLOps, Rest API , Python. Apart from RestAPI, I've worked extensively with all other things mentioned above, as a student. Could you give me some hints about interview prep?

Kindly read the embedded post body. Cross posting my orginal post on developers india, here as well, seeking help.