PinnedList of all my blogs categorized and indexedFirst-time reader? Check this out! Edit: You can set up 1:1 Career coaching with me where I can help you land jobs by sharing my exact strategies, revamping your resume, cover letter, or Linkedin profile. You can read reviews and schedule a slot by going to anjaliviramgama.com Medium makes it…Interview2 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Sep 15, 2021Things to do before vGHC 2021The Grace Hopper Conference is the world’s largest conference for women in technology. With more than 25,000 attendees, it is celebrated every year in the United States and India. I have attended the conference twice, in-person in 2019 and virtually in 2020. It will be virtual this year. Here are…Ghc5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 1, 2021Here’s why you get multiple auto-rejects when applying to jobs onlineIf you have applied to hundreds of jobs online with 0 responses, chances are your resume is not Applicant Tracking System (ATS) friendly. Here’s what that means and what you need to do to pull the odds in your favor. Most companies receive thousands of applications online for their openings…Resume2 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Aug 31, 2021How I graduated With $0 DebtEducation in the United States is top-notch but extremely expensive. I just graduated debt-free with a bachelor’s degree. I had $50,000+ in scholarships, paid internships at Facebook and Fannie Mae, as well as a lot of other part-time/side gigs (including blogging, which pays surprisingly well). Here’s everything I did to…Scholarship7 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Aug 28, 2021#OneYearCodingPlan: Recursion and Dynamic Programming#OneYearCodingPlan : Month 7 In this article, we’ll discuss Recursion and Dynamic Programming for coding interviews. Timeline Week 1: Understanding Recursion and solving easy questions. Week 2: Recursion mediums and hards Week 3: DP easy questions Week 4: DP medium and hard questions Recursion We all start with recursion by learning how to find the factorial…Interview3 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jul 23, 202110 Free Online Resume BuildersWhen it comes to building a resume, I believe less is more. Content is way more important than the template. So whenever I face rejection, I would rather spend my time and energy building new projects, researching, or finding part-time jobs to polish my skills than focus too much on…Resume3 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jun 18, 2021Ten internship programs for first and second-year studentsMany students assume that it’s too hard or not important to get an internship when you are in the first or second year of college. I strongly disagree, there are a lot of benefits of starting early: It’s very tough to get an internship/job with a resume with zero experience…Internships4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jun 2, 2021Apple’s interview questions databaseHere is a list of 42 questions asked by Apple in their interviews with a link to their solution. I got the questions from Glassdoor. I prepared this database before my own interview and since I found them useful, I thought I’d publish it as a quick resource. Try to…Apple4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·May 31, 2021Apple’s Software Engineering Intern InterviewI have taken the Apple interview twice, once for an internship (and I got the offer), and once for full-time (I got ghosted after the first round, oops). Having experienced the different internship rounds, I have tried to sum up Apple’s internship interview process and tips to crack it. The…Apple5 min read
Published in codeburst·Apr 1, 2021Bubble SortWhen you think of bubble sort, you can imagine the inputs being bubbles and rising up/going down depending on how dense they are. Given an array, you will start from the first number, and compare it to the one next to it. If it is “heavier”, or in this case…Bubble Sort4 min read
