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Anonymous wrote:I'm hearing a lot from those who are having a hard time but not much from those who are successful. Can anyone with a new grad (25-26) with a job or undergrad with an internship for this summer share.... what major, what kind of school (public, private, highly selective or not), what seemed to help? Did they make a lot of use of the career center?

T30 private, liberal arts. Career center was useless so applied EVERYWHERE on handshake (maybe 150+?), many, many rounds of interviews, 4 offers

Handshake is a resource provided by the Career Center.

Physics, Ivy. FT Quant job in NYC after doing summer internship. Minimally used the career center on-campus. Responded to many in-bound invitations from companies for which his school is a target. Prior experience was heavy on research. Key factors behind getting FT offer: 1. Maintained very high GPA in tough major; 2. Started early (sophomore year for junior summer); 3. Demonstrated strong quantitative aptitude and skills, which all candidates need regardless of major in this job market; 4. Soft networking with alums, which he resisted at first but got much better at as he went along; 5. Super prepared for interviews, especially those involving case studies or brain teasers; 6. Applied to over 50 places for junior summer internship, got 10-12 interviews, a couple super/days, a few offers and took one. Process seemed brutal, but never got emotional about it and saw it as a game of numbers and kept taking the swings. Just keep applying, interviewing and repeat.

Anonymous wrote:My DD is at 300 apps and is getting interviews but no offers. She may be working retail instead of getting a paid internship. December grad so this was her last chance. She’s losing to sorority girls at public unis. At a top LAC. Career ed says it’s not her but the job market. I also think it’s racism.

Using her humanities degree for marketing. The managers see her major despite many YoE and actionable leadership. She’s very depressed she gets passed on for girls in sororities who’ve never had to work two jobs at once. I don’t know what to tell her. She’s upset she may have to move back home.

My DD is at 300 apps and is getting interviews but no offers. She may be working retail instead of getting a paid internship. December grad so this was her last chance. She’s losing to sorority girls at public unis. At a top LAC. Career ed says it’s not her but the job market. I also think it’s racism.

Engineering. Private college. paid Internship. Probably submitted 200 resumes, ended up with several offers.

OOS flagship, psychology, offered FT job at the place she has been working PT the past year - private center. Did not use the career center

Junior DS is a finance major. He received two internship offers - polar opposite industries. One is a sales job in a very large hospitality company headquartered here in the DMV: he reached out to an alum from his college (found him via LinkedIn) and I'm sure that helped get him the internship. The second one is a more traditional finance job in a global manufacturing company. He applied to that internship cold. He ultimately chose the internship in the manufacturing company.

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Anonymous wrote:CS major offer from Amazon. We'll see how long it lasts.(Be before layoff)..She just applied to a bunch of positions. No special hook besudess degree.

Layoffs... that's code for getting fired. Plan for two years. Tell them to always keep applying/looking as its a matter of when, not if. Things are very chaotic there.

Taking the incredible salary and resume experience while it lasts knowing it will not be a long relationship.

Son who is a junior has an internship in event services/advertising/marketing for the summer. Lots of interviews and a long process. It’s minimum wage but he will be working overtime so he’s happy about that.

I should say got both internships by applying cold. Applied math / finance major

Sophomore son has a finance internship at a Fortune 500 company, second summer for this internship. Has summer 2027 internship lined up in IB at a bulge bracket bank. Private, non ivy, non target school. Got all three internships by applying cold, no connections.

Sophomore DC has a couple of internship offers. Ending up in CA as a SWE doing computer vision programming for a tech manufacturer.

Also OOS public CS major.

Anonymous wrote:CS major offer from Amazon. We'll see how long it lasts.(Be before layoff)..She just applied to a bunch of positions. No special hook besudess degree.

Layoffs... that's code for getting fired. Plan for two years. Tell them to always keep applying/looking as its a matter of when, not if. Things are very chaotic there.

26 CS grad. Offer for a series B startup in Silicon Valley. Had other offers but was excited to be at a getting edge startup and thought it might be the only time in his career where he had an opportunity like this.

Went to OOS public.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm hearing a lot from those who are having a hard time but not much from those who are successful. Can anyone with a new grad (25-26) with a job or undergrad with an internship for this summer share.... what major, what kind of school (public, private, highly selective or not), what seemed to help? Did they make a lot of use of the career center?

Junior CS major at UMD. Was able to get a SWE Internship with a govt contractor. Hoping to get approved for a TS clearance. Pays $10.5k/month. 3rd summer in a row with an internship. Didn't use school career center.

Wow so over 30k for Summer internship..That's really good. I thought this is usually Faang rate, no?