{"id":31,"date":"2022-04-08T04:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T04:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mapofthesoul\/?p=31"},"modified":"2022-04-08T04:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T04:38:06","slug":"internship-hunt-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mapofthesoul\/2022\/04\/08\/internship-hunt-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship Hunt &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As I was close to wrapping up the program, I started taking the job hunt more seriously. I didn&#8217;t have any professional software development experience so I thought an internship would be a great starting point. I had a few reasons for choosing to apply to internships over full time permanent positions. Here are some of my thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The competition for internships would be smaller as they usually accepted only current students.<\/li><li>I had the opportunity to try a specific industry and team without a long term commitment.<\/li><li>Interns typically have lower expectations than full time employees. This was important to me as I knew the learning curve may be high for me due to my lack of professional experience.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5562\/files\/2022\/04\/jess-bailey-q10VITrVYUM-unsplash-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\" width=\"619\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5562\/files\/2022\/04\/jess-bailey-q10VITrVYUM-unsplash-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5562\/files\/2022\/04\/jess-bailey-q10VITrVYUM-unsplash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5562\/files\/2022\/04\/jess-bailey-q10VITrVYUM-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5562\/files\/2022\/04\/jess-bailey-q10VITrVYUM-unsplash-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5562\/files\/2022\/04\/jess-bailey-q10VITrVYUM-unsplash-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After applying to <em>many <\/em>postings, I landed my first interview for a Software Development internship! I was thrilled! To prepare for this interview, I practiced problems on <a href=\"https:\/\/leetcode.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/leetcode.com\/\">Leetcode <\/a>and answered the typical behavioral questions. I thought I was well prepared. Spoiler: I was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">not<\/span> prepared at all. The interview did not go as well as I expected and unfortunately, I did not get the job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I was bummed that I wasn&#8217;t able to land that internship, I acknowledged that it was my first technical interview and it was still a great learning experience. Here are some of the key takeaways from that interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Takeaway #1: Ask your interviewer questions about the interview ahead of time<\/strong>. In the job posting, one of the requirements was having an understanding of Java. During my preparation, I spent a good chunk of time refreshing my knowledge of Java as I thought I would be asked to code in Java. However, in the interview, I was allowed to solve the problem in any language. I could have prepared more efficiently if I knew this before the interview.<\/li><li><strong>Takeaway #2: Solving problems on Leetcode by yourself is different than in an interview. <\/strong>I realized that solving coding challenges in an interview is a whole new ballgame. In the interview, it&#8217;s encouraged to talk out your solution while working on the problem. Since I wasn&#8217;t use to this, there were long stretches of awkward silence while I was trying to solve the challenge. This was definitely a skill that I had to improve in order to have a stronger chance of securing an internship.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been the first part of my internship journey. I&#8217;ll be discussing some resources I used to get better at interviewing in my next blog post. 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