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If your open source work is stronger than your academic projects, place it above them."},{"question":"How to crack a software engineer interview?","answer":"To crack a software engineer interview, prepare in three layers: DSA (arrays, strings, trees, graphs on LeetCode or GFG), CS fundamentals (OS, DBMS, networks, OOP), and your own projects — be ready to defend every technical decision on your resume. In India, product companies weight DSA heavily, while service companies add SQL, theory, and puzzles to the mix. The step most candidates skip is mock interviews — under real pressure, rehearsed answers collapse, and honest feedback from someone who has sat on the interviewer's side is what turns near-misses into offers."},{"question":"Why are software engineering interviews so hard?","answer":"Software engineering interviews are hard because they test problem-solving under pressure on unfamiliar problems, not memorization — you can know DSA theory and still freeze on a new pattern. 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Freshers lose the most marks on project deep-dives — interviewers instantly spot tutorial-copied projects, so build things you can genuinely explain line by line."}]}}]] 22:null 26:[["$","title","0",{"children":"Let's talk with Riddhi Suteri"}],["$","meta","1",{"name":"description","content":"Let's talk with Riddhi Suteri · Short catchup meet · 1:1 Call · 30 mins · Free · Topmate"}],["$","link","2",{"rel":"manifest","href":"/manifest.json","crossOrigin":"$undefined"}],["$","meta","3",{"name":"robots","content":"index, follow"}],["$","link","4",{"rel":"canonical","href":"https://topmate.io/ridsuteri/15887"}],["$","meta","5",{"name":"yandex-verification","content":"0c572762b08c1459"}],["$","meta","6",{"name":"facebook-domain-verification","content":"xewq3sfwoskylhfigrhakv2hy7zemf"}],["$","meta","7",{"property":"og:title","content":"Let's talk with Riddhi Suteri"}],["$","meta","8",{"property":"og:description","content":"Let's talk with Riddhi Suteri · Short catchup meet · 1:1 Call · 30 mins · Free · Topmate"}],["$","meta","9",{"property":"og:url","content":"https://topmate.io/ridsuteri/15887"}],["$","meta","10",{"property":"og:image","content":"https://topmate.io/cdn-cgi/image/width=1600,fit=contain,quality=90/https://res.cloudinary.com/topmate/image/upload/s--mmRfhIG6--/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_500,l_text:Arial_130_bold:Let%27s%20talk,w_1300,x_350,y_380/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_100,l_text:Arial_55:Checkout%20my%20offerings%20and%20book%20a%20slot%20at,w_1500,x_350,y_920/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_1500,l_text:Arial_55:-%3E%20topmate.io%252F,w_1000,x_350,y_1000/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_1500,l_text:Arial_55_bold:ridsuteri,w_1000,x_682,y_1000/c_fit,g_north_west,h_50,l_services_sharable:video_nhkyzj,o_100,w_50,x_350,y_215/c_fit,g_north_west,h_50,l_services_sharable:clock_ramnsz,o_100,w_50,x_800,y_215/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_100,l_text:Arial_55_bold:1:1%20call,w_850,x_425,y_220/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_100,l_text:Arial_55_bold:30%20mins,w_850,x_880,y_220/c_fit,g_north_west,h_400,l_uploadtopmate:profilepics:ridsuteri,o_100,w_400,x_1800,y_220/v1/services_sharable/share_base_vv5vv8.jpg?ogv=2"}],["$","meta","11",{"property":"og:type","content":"website"}],["$","meta","12",{"name":"twitter:card","content":"summary_large_image"}],["$","meta","13",{"name":"twitter:title","content":"Let's talk with Riddhi Suteri"}],["$","meta","14",{"name":"twitter:description","content":"Let's talk with Riddhi Suteri · Short catchup meet · 1:1 Call · 30 mins · Free · Topmate"}],["$","meta","15",{"name":"twitter:image","content":"https://topmate.io/cdn-cgi/image/width=1600,fit=contain,quality=90/https://res.cloudinary.com/topmate/image/upload/s--mmRfhIG6--/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_500,l_text:Arial_130_bold:Let%27s%20talk,w_1300,x_350,y_380/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_100,l_text:Arial_55:Checkout%20my%20offerings%20and%20book%20a%20slot%20at,w_1500,x_350,y_920/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_1500,l_text:Arial_55:-%3E%20topmate.io%252F,w_1000,x_350,y_1000/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_1500,l_text:Arial_55_bold:ridsuteri,w_1000,x_682,y_1000/c_fit,g_north_west,h_50,l_services_sharable:video_nhkyzj,o_100,w_50,x_350,y_215/c_fit,g_north_west,h_50,l_services_sharable:clock_ramnsz,o_100,w_50,x_800,y_215/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_100,l_text:Arial_55_bold:1:1%20call,w_850,x_425,y_220/c_fit,co_rgb:000000,g_north_west,h_100,l_text:Arial_55_bold:30%20mins,w_850,x_880,y_220/c_fit,g_north_west,h_400,l_uploadtopmate:profilepics:ridsuteri,o_100,w_400,x_1800,y_220/v1/services_sharable/share_base_vv5vv8.jpg?ogv=2"}],["$","link","16",{"rel":"shortcut icon","href":"/favicon.svg"}],["$","link","17",{"rel":"icon","href":"/favicon.svg","type":"image/svg+xml"}],["$","link","18",{"rel":"apple-touch-icon","href":"/favicon.svg"}],"$L2f"]

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