Placement and internship guides from seniors who started where you are

Each guide answers one question students keep asking, using real, anonymised journeys from Atyant seniors: what they did, how long it took, and what they would change.

• From a non-CS branch to data analytics or consulting

  Civil, Mechanical or Metallurgy student aiming for data analytics or consulting? How seniors got into ZS Associates, IQVIA, Aspect Ratio and Swiggy without a CS degree.

• Getting a core job from Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Metallurgy

  Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Metallurgy and want a core job? How seniors got HPCL, JSW Steel, Maruti Suzuki, MNGL and AM/NS offers, and what they would change.

• How to get an off-campus internship when campus placements don't help

  Applied to 100+ internships with no reply? How seniors from colleges like yours got off-campus internships through portfolios, cold emails, referrals and follow-ups.

• Getting an SDE role at Amazon or Google from a non-IIT college

  How seniors from VNIT Nagpur, including one from Chemical Engineering, landed Amazon and Google roles: DSA routine, system design timing, mock interviews and off-campus applications.

• GATE, placement or MBA: deciding in third year

  Torn between GATE, campus placements, CAT and MBA or M.Tech? Real decisions from seniors who took each route, what they would change and how they kept a backup open.

• DSA, development, AI or everything? Pick one focus at a time

  Trying DSA, web dev, AI and GATE at once? Seniors who landed Amazon, Google and AI roles explain why they picked one focus at a time, and in what order.