No LeetCode. No club leadership. No internship on my resume. Still got the offer. I wrote about how that happened — and honestly, the path was nowhere near what I expected. What actually got your first interview? 👀

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No LeetCode. No club leadership. No internship on my resume. Still got the offer. I wrote about how that happened — and it involved a semester I almost didn't recover from. What actually got your first interview? 👀 dev.to

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No LeetCode. No club leadership. No internship on my resume. Still got the offer. I wrote about how that happened — and honestly, the path was nowhere near what I expected. What actually got your first interview? 👀

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