अभ्यास • Week 47

Weekly MUST Budget Standard

25.75h / 27.0h cap

Hour Calibration

actual hours logged

Rule: slippage > 1.25x triggers Scope-Cut Rung 2

Week Execution 0%

0/ 13 tasks 0.0h

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Week Objective & Target Output

Target Output

August 23 – August 29, 2027 — Focus: 10–15 Applications & Cold Follow-ups; Alumni Referral Networking; Recruiting Pipeline Weekly (Week 47); Online Assessment Simulation; Interview Post-Mortem & Remediation.

Weeks: W46 W47 Active W48 W49 W50

MUST — Critical Path

11 Tasks • ~25.75h

Non-negotiable core curriculum

Competitive Programming 1 tasks

CP Contest Maintenance (Week 47) LC #

Weekly Codeforces Div.2 + LeetCode contest + mandatory upsolve.

3.0h

Professional 3 tasks

PRO Problem-Solving Journal Spaced Review (Week 47)

Re-solve 3 tagged problems from Problem-Solving Journal.

2.5h

PRO Weekly Review Ritual (Week 47)

30-minute Sunday review: log actual hours, evaluate feedback.

0.5h

PRO Behavioral Warm-up (Week 47)

Daily 15-minute rehearsal of 5 STAR stories.

1.75h

Recruiting Pipeline 3 tasks

PIPELINE 10–15 Applications & Cold Follow-ups

Intensify the already-running Recruiting Pipeline: Submit 10–15 new applications. Follow up politely on applications submitted 7–10 days ago without response.

4.0h

PIPELINE Alumni Referral Networking

Intensify the already-running Recruiting Pipeline: Reach out to 5 new alumni / hiring managers on LinkedIn. Share your live deployed capstone and ml-from-scratch repo.

2.5h

PIPELINE Recruiting Pipeline Weekly (Week 47)

Calendar check against the Opportunity Calendar (Architecture §16); send ≥ 8 personalised outreach messages (alumni, seniors, recruiters) and log each in the Tracker; follow up open threads; ask for a referral 1–2 days after any OA invite; apply within 72 h of any new posting on the Target-40.

2.0h

Placement Execution 2 tasks

CAREER Online Assessment Simulation

Complete 2 timed 90-minute practice assessments on HackerRank / CodeSignal.

3.0h

CAREER Interview Post-Mortem & Remediation

Document all off-campus interview questions and drill exposed gaps.

2.0h

DSA (Java) 1 tasks

DSA DSA Daily Quota (Week 47) 4 problems LC #

Solve 4 new problems from company-tagged problems for the next drive on your calendar (LeetCode Premium or the community company-wise lists, Architecture §6.5); time-box each at 25 min before any hint (2.5h includes editorial on misses), then log pattern and miss reason in the Journal. Never repeat a problem already in the ledger.

2.5h

Core CS (HLD) 1 tasks

HLD Fresh HLD Under Pressure: Gaming Leaderboard

Design a Real-Time Gaming Leaderboard using Redis Sorted Sets.

2.0h

SHOULD — Depth & Mastery

(1 Tasks)

Execute when MUST pace is on track

SQL SQL Tuning Review

Explain EXPLAIN ANALYZE, composite indexing, and B-Tree index scan vs sequential scan.

1.5h

STRETCH — If Ahead

(1 Tasks)

Bonus reps & competitive advantage

DEVOPS Explore Cloud Infrastructure

Experiment with AWS CDK or Terraform to provision cloud infrastructure.

2.0h

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Weekly Clearance Gate

0 / 6 Cleared

[T: 10–15 Applications & Cold Follow-ups] Did you submit 10–15 new applications and follow up on pending ones?

Evidence: Tracker rows with dates and links.

[T: Alumni Referral Networking] Recruiting Pipeline: Have you completed “Alumni Referral Networking” (Intensify the already-running Recruiting Pipeline: Reach out to 5 new alumni / hiring…)?

Evidence: Tracker rows with dates and links.

[T: Recruiting Pipeline Weekly (Week 47)] Recruiting Pipeline: Have you completed “Recruiting Pipeline Weekly (Week 47)” (Calendar check against the Opportunity Calendar (Architecture §16); send ≥ 8 personalised…)?

Evidence: Tracker log shows ≥ 8 personalised outreach messages this week.

[T: Online Assessment Simulation] Have you completed “Online Assessment Simulation” (Complete 2 timed 90-minute practice assessments on HackerRank / CodeSignal.)?

Evidence: Tracker rows with dates and outcomes.

[T: Interview Post-Mortem & Remediation] Have you completed “Interview Post-Mortem & Remediation” (Document all off-campus interview questions and drill exposed gaps.)?

Evidence: Tracker rows with dates and outcomes.

Health & Guardrails: 1 full rest day taken every 2 weeks?

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If Behind / Life Interruption Protocol

Triage Rule

When academic exams spike or weekly time slips, execute this contingency plan:

shield Protect (Non-Negotiable)

New application pipeline and polite follow-ups on pending submissions

schedule Defer (Safe to Shift)

Deep Java concurrency review → free evening

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Week 47 Technical Notes & Journal

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