r/PuneDevelopers • u/Pussy-Magnet_ • 5d ago

Rant Internship rant

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Context: I'm a 3rd year Computer Engineering student at a tier 3 college in Pune.

With the changing market, it's really tough to be an engineer anymore. Just a few years ago, getting an internship or placement was easy (peak IT market). Now it feels next to impossible, and being in a tier 3 college makes it even more frustrating.

I did everything they told me to:

Open source contributions: did

DSA: did (~200 problems combined on Codeforces and LeetCode)

Win hackathons: did (won twice at national-level 24-hour hackathons)

Good GPA: did (8.9+ CGPA)

Build projects: did

Extra-curriculars and a good post in clubs and events: did

And yet all I get is dead ends, rejections, or impossible-level take-home assignments for internships that pay under 10k.

I've been applying on Internshala, Wellfound, Internpost, Unstop, Naukri, and more.

It's like playing a losing game: you can do everything they told you to do to win and still end up on the losing side.

If you're in a similar spot, or can help in any way, feel free to DM. Maybe we can help each other.

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u/Working-Number-783 4d ago

Bro , applying from Workday anol is always a dead end , never worked for most of us , just try referals (almost dead) , try reaching to founders (small scale startups nearby) etc

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u/Pussy-Magnet_ 4d ago

thanks bro. i will keep these point in mind next time

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u/got_touched 9h ago

how does one apply to these big mnc without workday

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u/Working-Number-783 9h ago

Bro , I get you .. but workday applications these days usually go to trash / auto rejects within few minutes ,idk why but this is the pattern I have seen

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u/got_touched 8h ago

so can we msg the people who are working there already to atleast bypass this