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⏭️ Upcoming Events

🎞️ Internship Series: Navigating Offers and Negotiations

Get ready for a spooky time at the fourth event in our Internship Series, in collaboration with the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA)! 👻🎉 It’s time to tackle the next big challenge—handling those coveted internship offers.

This session is designed to help you navigate the sometimes tricky world of internship negotiations. Whether you’ve landed your first offer or are juggling multiple ones, we’ll provide you with expert advice on how to approach salary negotiations, housing stipends, and other benefits that might come your way. 💼

Come learn the best strategies for managing competing offers and understanding deadlines, so you can confidently make the right decision.

📽️ Recap

🕷️ October General Body Meeting: Spook Your Fears

Our Spook Your Fears event 👻 was about facing real fears and owning our journeys! We shared our struggles and fears 📚 to remind everyone that setbacks don’t define us. Whether it’s failing a class 📉 or battling imposter syndrome 👥, remember: you’re not alone! Every stumble is a chance to grow 🌱.

We also talked about the power of networking 🌐 and persistence in the job hunt 💼. Keep applying, building skills, and leaning on your support system, including your e-board and VT resources like Cook Counseling Center 💬, and Hokie Wellness 💪 and TimelyCare. Thanks for showing up and supporting each other—let’s keep tackling these fears together! 🎃✨

🎞️ Internship Series: Mastering Interviews with Bloomberg

As part of our Internship Series, we hosted Bloomberg for a technical interview prep session, sharing key insights for acing interviews, whether for internships or full-time roles. Bloomberg gave us tips on presenting our thought processes, considering space and time complexities, and using strategic problem-solving techniques like whiteboard practice. We covered essential algorithm topics, such as searching, sorting, and understanding data structures’ strengths.

To keep leveling up, explore Cracking the Coding Interview, LeetCode, and GeeksforGeeks. Free preparatory interviews and AlgoExpert subscriptions are also available through ColorStack National. 🎯

If you couldn’t make it, be sure to join us at our next event - there’s much more in store for the rest of the year! 🗓️ 

Member Spotlight

We're all about celebrating YOU! Whether you've hit a personal milestone, nailed that internship, or made a positive impact in the community, we want to hear about it! 🤩

🎯 How can you be featured?
It's simple! Just fill out our Member Spotlight form and tell us about your amazing achievements. We want to shine a light on your hard work, dedication, and success.

💼 Why should you participate?
Not only will you get the spotlight on our LinkedIn, Instagram, and Slack, but you'll also inspire others in our community. This is a great way to showcase your accomplishments to potential employers! 🚀

🧑‍💻 CodePath Technical Interview Prep

We’re excited to re-introduce CodePath’s Technical Interview Prep Sessions. ColorStackVT has partnered with CodePath to offer our members guaranteed access to CodePath’s Technical Interview Prep course.💻️ 

This is your chance to sharpen your technical interview skills and advance your job search with a program trusted by top tech companies.

Applications will open soon. Stay tuned for more updates. Whether you’re gearing up for internship interviews or full-time job searches, this course is designed to set you up for success. 🧑‍💻

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