u/michaelnovati wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
What school? If you are at a top school I would recommend this: 1. Study data structures and algos on your own outside of school, e.g. Leetcode, Neetcode, etc... 2. Talk to recruiters during campus events and push hard to convince them you are ready for interviews. If you target
u/michaelnovati replied ·
u/Zubyking u/Aggravating-File-580
I can go into more depth yeah. So the goal is to talk face to face (or online equivalent) with a recruiter which means the companies have to invest in having a recruiter dedicated to that school. So it's not so much "the top schools" but the schools they recruit heavily at.
As a rule of thumb, the top 10 to 11 here plus the ivy league schools are heavily recruited at: [https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings](https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings)
That said, they also recruit heavily at all kinds of other school for different reasons.
You can also try messaging "early career recruiters" (they are sometimes called university recruiters, but due to some laws in California and a focus on diversity, the term has changed to "early career", so look for both).
The key is you can't just message people and hope for the best (.... you can, it just might take hundreds of messages), and you have to try to convince them you are interview-ready. Their goal is to efficiently find people who will pass interviews!