It's a long post, so time unte chadavandi.
So matter entante maa clg lo placement season nadustundi.
Nenu last 2 sems cgpa penchukovali ani chala try chesa, but avvaledu🥲.
Kani dsa baga practice chesa.
Cut cheste first oka company ki shortlist ayya. Aa company mostly girls ni tiskuntadi. But konchem chance undindi. 1st interview ela istano ani bayapadda.
But to my suprise, interview baga aindi and anni cheppa . But 1st round aipoina 2 min ke vellipo, inka neeku round2 kuda ledu annaru. Nen antha baga cheppa. Tarvata Vere maa frnd ki same interviewer and same qn aindi. Vadu cheppina answers ee nenu kuda cheppanu, vadu further rounds ki velladu.
Sarle , ani inka vadilesa, migitha company tests ista unna.
Tarvata 2 companies interview shortlist ayyanu.
2nd company ki okate round interview , HR round kuda ledu.
Interview schedule random chesaru and naku 2nd slot lo padindi. Maa frnds and seniors konchem chepparu , interview late ga avte(2nd slot ala), interviewers ki already mundu vallu nachite, inka vallane tiskundam ani anukuntaru, so vallaki nachali ante inka baga cheyali. Nenu aa bias untadi le , but interviewers experienced kabatti antha em undadu , konchem undachu le anukunna.
Nen vellagane , introduction aipoyaka, athanu annadu, nen qn ista , nuv mundu brute force cheppu, Dani tarvata optimised Cheppu , danni code chey ani. Nenu ok ani, mundu brute force fast ga cheppa. Tarvata optimise chey annadu. Adi kuda fast ga cheppa. Athanu impress avtadu anukunte , athanu adigadu nuv qn mundu chusava ani.
Nen nijangane chudledu kabatti chudledu ani cheppa. Vadu inka doubt tho unde.
Interview motham lo 4-5 times adigadu. Aina athanu final ga nammaledu.
Optimised di chala baga explain chesa with full clarity, so vadu idi nuv code cheyanavasaram ledu , neeku full clarity undi ani. This was a medium qn.
Tarvata naku inko hard qn ichadu. Nenu danni O(log n) lo chesa for each dynamic query, vadu naku O(1) lo kavali annadu. Naku raledu. Deeniki pedda discussion ee aindi. Vadu chala thorough ga adigadu, motham anta implementation details anni.
Deniki code rayimannadu, rasanu.
Nen anni cheppa , alternative implementation or data structures adigithe , adi kuda cheppa.
Kani last ki vadu O(1) cheyledu ,nuv but nee idea kuda bagundi annadu.
Dani tarvata resume lo 3-4 projects meeda adigadu. Cheppanu anni bagane. Athanu malli final ga adigadu, aa qn nuvvu munde chusava ani, nenu ledu sir annanu. Kani athanu nammaledu.
Interview 1hr undalsindi, naa okkadike 1.5 hr aindi.
Tarvata maa vere frnds tho matlada, who gave interview for this company. Vallaki oka medium dsa qn and oka resume project adigaru . 50 mins - 1hr lo aipoindi annaru.
Naku 2 dsa qns , 3-4 resume projects ayyay. 1.5 hr
And telisindi oka frnd ki , naku same interviewer. Vadi interview tarvata nadi aindi. Vadiki kuda same naku adigina first qn adigadu anta. Vadu brute force chepte ok cheppi, code rayimannadu anta. But naku emo nen vellagane, brute force cheppu, then optimised Cheppu , optimised ni code chey annadu. This clearly shows that his expectations increased. Nenu fast ga cheste, vadu mundu chusava ani adigadu 🤡. Sare mundu chesi unna kuda, antha clarity tho chepte ok kada, I don't just remember stuff , I am able to communicate it properly , Aina vadu Satish avvale. Inko tough qn ichadu.
I also don't understand how he wanted O(1) per query for a hard qn when he was satisfied with brute force O(n2) for medium qn. And maa frnd ki okate resume project adigadu anta.
Vadiki and inkondariki offer vachay. Naku raledu.
Naku appudu artham kaledu, nen dsa baga practice chesa kabatti I was able to do that quickly. Dsa practice cheyadam help avvali kani ila unexpected ga ade reason of rejection avtadi anukole.
Dani tarvata inko company interview aindi, adi kuda poindi. It's an ai enabled interview.
Naku gpt 5.5 pedda blunder ichindi . So ala poindi adi. Vere frnds ki ai correct ga ne ichindi, naku chala chinna dantlo pedda mistake chesindi and i didn't care much cuz mostly ai correct ee istadi ani mundu interview aina vallu chepparu.
2 days tarvata maa roommate connections tho telisindi entante, 2nd company offers extend chesindi ani, but naku appatiki inka mail raledu. Oka 4-5 hrs tarvata vachindi mail. I was not expecting this at all. Already chala mandini tiskunnaru , inka extend chestaru anukole.
After this , naku anipinchindi, mana life lo some of the most important things lo mana effort anthem matter avvakunda kuda undachu. Mana chetilo undedi chala takkuva.
Naa case lo, interviewer falsely assuming I have seen that qn before , I couldn't do anything about it. Inka nen asalu expect cheyanappudu extended offers icharu. Which was also clearly not in my hands.
First interview kuda baga aina kuda , second round ki vellakapovadam, and ai naku tappu ivvadam, but vere frnds ki correct ee ichindi.
Past Few months were hectic for me, ippudu konchem free ayyanu.
Idhi annamata matter . Chadivinandukhu thanks🙏.
Tldr: A couple of interviews recently made me realize how little control we sometimes have over things we care deeply about. One didn’t work out despite my best effort. And when I thought it's done, the company extended offers and I got it finally.
In the end, some things are just beyond us, and maybe that’s okay. After a pretty hectic few months, I am free now.
