
Ascend is your weekly guide to students and young professionals navigate global education, career growth, and visa journeys with clear, actionable insights every week.
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| Issues | 44 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 18 days ago |
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Last month, I got on calls with recruiters from google, meta, amazon, and a couple late-stage startups. not for hiring. just to understand how they actually process applications in 2026.
every single one said the same thing.
your resume h...
I didn’t get selected in the H-1B lottery, so I paid an immigration lawyer $500 to understand what I can do next. She told me I need to meet 3 out of 10 criteria for the EB-1A visa - and some of them are way easier to meet than I originally...
I solved 120 LeetCode problems and still got into Amazon, Google, and Meta
Everyone told me I needed at least 400 solved problems before I could even think about applying to FAANG. I had 120. I gave my interviews at Amazon, Google,...
Google Docs version - Better formatting = Google Docs Version
I applied to over 700 roles and got 3 interviews. That was before I figured out how LinkedIn actually works.
After optimizing my profile the right way, recruiters started findi...
You’re applying.
You’re tweaking resumes.
You’re posting on LinkedIn.
You’re “doing everything right.”
And yet silence.
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