After college, I was unplaced. I found my first ML Engineer job at LeewayHertz completely from scratch. Over the last 3 years I've interviewed at 14+ companies — from early-stage startups to MNCs like JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. I got selected at most, rejected at some. Both taught me something. Everything I prepared, every resource that helped me, and the honest reasons behind every rejection — the DSA prep, the ML fundamentals, the system design — I've put it all into AI, ML & Data Science Essentials. My belief is simple: if you're prepared, confidence follows. And if you're confident, placement takes care of itself.