11 posts tagged “job search”.
Search "forward deployed engineer" tonight and you will see OpenAI postings, none in India. The work exists in Indian cities under the title Applied AI Engineer, and the skills are trainable now. Here is what the role does, what it pays, and how a fresher builds toward it.
Most freshers fail take-home assignments not on code quality but on planning. Learn the plan-first method: clarify requirements, choose a familiar stack, sketch the design, and write tests before building.
Your offer letter is a legal contract, not a formality. Three clauses can affect you more than the salary figure: the employment bond, the probation period, and the notice period. Read these three first, in that order, before you celebrate the CTC.
Build an off-campus job-search routine: find drives, plan applications, practise aptitude questions and prepare for interviews. This six-step guide explains the process for Indian freshers.
Plan for 160–200 applications and 4 months to land your first developer job in India. Here are the real numbers and how to raise your conversion rate.
A referral is trust you earn over three weeks, not a favour you beg for in one message. Here is the exact connect, engage, ask sequence with copy-paste messages — and why referrals fill 30–50% of hires.
Last semester a student told me he had sent 60 applications and heard nothing back. His skill was fine — his strategy was wrong. Here is how to fix it.
An honest 2026 breakdown of software developer salary in India: real ranges by experience and city, CTC vs in-hand, the service vs product gap, and how to raise your pay.
A fresher map for coding interview preparation in India: the rounds at TCS, Infosys, and product companies, the ~10 DSA patterns that matter, and a realistic weeks-not-months prep plan.
Do you need DSA to get a developer job in India? The honest answer is “it depends” — and here is exactly when DSA matters, when projects win, and how much is enough.
A junior developer resume with no experience still gets interviews if it leads with projects, passes the ATS, and drops India biodata habits. Here is exactly how.