Presented "Tech Interviewing: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Vague Rejections and Ghosting"

Partnered with Scripps Career Planning and Resources
Created a meme for presentation slides
Presented a pre-recorded talk to Claremont college students
Shared experiences with hiring in tech
Mentored college students
Mentored women's college students
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Highlighting a typical company's motivations and organizational challenges, I showed how these factors lead to ghosting and rejections far more often than the applicant's qualifications. Additionally, I gave tips on how to approach the job search with these factors in mind.

Slides and recording available on request via DM!

(Image alt: person labelled "me" serves bowl of food, labelled with "2 barely functional side projects, solved one leetcode in past 3 weeks, interdisciplinary (double-quoted)". The recipient sitting at the table, labelled "tech internship", yeets the bowl across the room. Above the thrown bowl says "The team you interviewed with will be pursuingĀ  other candidates for their openings." End image alt.)