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AWSAR is a platform that connects government organizations and potential job seekers under one single domain, accompanied with a number of features to ease the process, dedicated to fulfilling every kind of needs of recruiters and job seekers.
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MLH-Quizzet
This is a smart Quiz Generator that generates a dynamic quiz from any uploaded text/PDF document using NLP. This can be used for self-analysis, question paper generation, and evaluation, thus reducing human effort.
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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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StandNote
StandNote is a chrome extension that generates automated meeting minutes after every online meeting and helps save time for students and professionals.
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WorkOS
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
My technical interview was scheduled with John D. Britton, the Founder, and CEO at raise. dev. I was in awe as I looked through his LinkedIn profile, and this got me a lot nervous. The technical interview also spans usually for 10 mins and aims to get an understanding of the technical proficiency and the learning potential of the interviewee. I showcased my Smart India Hackathon project - Awsar, a platform that connects government organizations and potential job seekers under one single domain. I contributed as a backend developer and designed and developed the REST APIs that powered the platform. John asked me a few questions on security and scaling, that I answered as per my understanding. He explained to me the ideal solutions to each of these questions as well and I felt like it was a great interview, even if I don’t get selected, as, after all, I got to learn something new.
The fellowship period was coupled with two hackathons - Orientation Hackathon ( to boost team bonding) and a Halfway Hackathon ( to have some time out of contributing). It was really exciting to participate in these hackathons and build something useful for the community. Me and my team - Kshitij and Vignesh, won the orientation hackathon for our project- MLH Quizzet, a smart quiz generator.
I contributed to React Native Tutorial App in this batch with three other fellows - Liang, Cecilia, and Temitope. We had maintainer meetings each week on Thursday where we met Rick and Keion from Facebook, along with Princiya and Chris from raise.dev for updates and future discussions on the project.
Being a former fellow, I skipped the line for the initial interview and just had to give the technical interview. My technical interview was scheduled with Karan Seth, one of the junior pod leaders. This time, I showcased to him StandNote, an online meeting assistant that lets you generate an automatic meeting summary after each meeting. I contributed to the project as a backend developer and was responsible for designing and developing the REST APIs that powered the platform. He was quite impressed with the idea and asked me a few questions regarding the security of the APIs that I answered well. Hence, the interview went well, and I was back in the fellowship for another batch.
This time also, me and my team - Lisa, Pawan, and Israel, won the Orientation Hackathon for the Best Open Source Project category. Our project was called FellowStories - a platform for the MLH Fellows to share their stories and experiences.
As I returned, half the time was already gone and I had a lot to catch up on. The maintainers on the Adobe Team - Ash, Kerri, and Erin and our technical mentor - Princiya were a great support to me during this time. I began with some small issues, made a few PRs, and then picked up a big one - building the Vue Starter Plugin for Adobe XD and Photoshop.
As I returned, half the time was already gone and I had a lot to catch up on. The maintainers on the Adobe Team - Ash, Kerri, and Erin and our technical mentor - Princiya were a great support to me during this time. I began with some small issues, made a few PRs, and then picked up a big one - building the Vue Starter Plugin for Adobe XD and Photoshop.