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Although it’s not a tech giant, it’s a thriving GenAI middle-sized company in the Bay Area. I believe this is the key that will open my future chances! Every experience on your resume matters and shouldn’t be wasted! All you need to do is learn as much as you can! My timeline: 1.20 apply -> 2.3 phone screen -> 2.11 technical round -> 2.17 hiring manager round ->>> ghost -> 4.10 offer call!!! God knows how I made it through those 2 months... My application: 780 applications, 200+ cold emails, no referral. (I collected recruiters’ emails from LinkedIn, sounds creepy but it worked, I got 3 interviews from cold emails I failed tho lol — I followed hundreds of recruiters and team managers on LinkedIn, some of them posted job openings and their emails on their pages. I collected them and built my own email list) My tools: Handshake (Free) & LinkedIn (Free version, I thought about buying premium but gave up😂) & Indeed (Free) for applying; AMA’s Chrome extension (free) for predicting interview questions on LinkedInjob postings; ChatGPT (4o) for resumes & refine answers; My BG: I have 2 internships experience of da (my first one is even unpaid lol) and 1 strongly area related school capstone project and 2 professors recommendation letters (although my ex-manager told me a sincere cover letter about your BG and how related to the role is more important.)