Beware of internshala internships i almost got scammed !!
Double check everything and make precautions.
Double check everything and make precautions.
Sharing my internship experience with Advance Technology System regarding a fraudulent and unethical internship experience I encountered through the Internshala platform.
I was selected for an internship with the Advance Technology System after completing an assignment and having my resume shortlisted. However, my experience with the company revealed several unethical practices, which I outline below:
1. Delayed Offer Letter: Despite completing the selection process, the company delayed issuing an offer letter for several days, instead assigning me new tasks during this period.
2. Unfair Stipend: The offer letter, when eventually issued, mentioned an unreasonably low stipend of Rs. 2000, which was disproportionate to my qualifications and the complexity of the assigned tasks.
3. Coercion and Misrepresentation: The company coerced me into accepting the low stipend and demanded that I work for a "trial period" of one month to "prove my suitability." Additionally, they misrepresented the work requirements, initially stating I would need to work only one hour per day.
4. Unpaid Work: After the completion of the "trial period," the company refused to pay the agreed stipend, claiming payment would only be made upon completion of the entire project.
5. Exploitation and Lack of Transparency: The company continued assigning new tasks without issuing a revised offer letter or increasing the stipend. Furthermore, they refused to provide a completion certificate upon request.
6. False Accusations: The company falsely accused me of not meeting my obligations, citing a lack of full-time work despite the agreed-upon part-time work schedule.
7. Threats and Intimidation: When I informed the company of my intent to report their unethical practices to Internshala, they began threatening me. They stated they would defame me in companies, colleges, and universities, further adding to my distress.
I was selected for an internship with the Advance Technology System after completing an assignment and having my resume shortlisted. However, my experience with the company revealed several unethical practices, which I outline below:
1. Delayed Offer Letter: Despite completing the selection process, the company delayed issuing an offer letter for several days, instead assigning me new tasks during this period.
2. Unfair Stipend: The offer letter, when eventually issued, mentioned an unreasonably low stipend of Rs. 2000, which was disproportionate to my qualifications and the complexity of the assigned tasks.
3. Coercion and Misrepresentation: The company coerced me into accepting the low stipend and demanded that I work for a "trial period" of one month to "prove my suitability." Additionally, they misrepresented the work requirements, initially stating I would need to work only one hour per day.
4. Unpaid Work: After the completion of the "trial period," the company refused to pay the agreed stipend, claiming payment would only be made upon completion of the entire project.
5. Exploitation and Lack of Transparency: The company continued assigning new tasks without issuing a revised offer letter or increasing the stipend. Furthermore, they refused to provide a completion certificate upon request.
6. False Accusations: The company falsely accused me of not meeting my obligations, citing a lack of full-time work despite the agreed-upon part-time work schedule.
7. Threats and Intimidation: When I informed the company of my intent to report their unethical practices to Internshala, they began threatening me. They stated they would defame me in companies, colleges, and universities, further adding to my distress.
Sharing experience and approaches from one of my LinkedIn connections regarding how to find internships and good opportunities:
It is really good to see that you are approaching to people for a better understanding.
There is not a specific way to reach companies and get a high paying jobs, I can explain what I did!
First thing, I did Native Android development for a while but I wasn't able to find the any internship or nothing like that, so I did a market research and realized that Native android has really less demand compared to other frameworks like flutter, react native, in the mobile app development.
So I switched in flutter framework with a calculated research and risk, and I also improved the linkedin profile along with my resume with different different levels of projects.
I made some difficult level projects and some easy level project and shared all with inner details on linkedin, so that I could get attention of CEOs & HRs.
Now this is what I did in my early 2024s months, then I started looking for work where I could work for free in any company by showing them project on linkedin or through emails.
And last thing kept learning new things in the current technology in which I am working. This approach made my skills more and more efficient and effective in projects. Sometimes I also lied to HRs 😏, but that was just to get in the organization and once I am in, then I start learning fast those things which I lied about that I know fluently.
But thing might not work in everyone's cases, so here are my key learnings -
Most important [Do not fall for the advise that you should continue only one technology even though if it is not paying you. What I would say find a technology which is high in demand and easy to learn and can get you a better package (In my case It was fFlutter)] **
1. Kept learning one technology (Flutter) until I got paid.
2. Always considered myself that I can learn difficult concept in current tech which I am working in (Flutter).
3. Made some eye catching projects and also copied from youtube, most of them.
--- For You
4. Approach to HRs and CEOs with a better eye catching profile and resume and offer them to work for free for a month, this is called foot in the door technique, once if they are impressed you would be having a better job, otherwise you would learn and have a experience for linkedin post.
5. If you know just 20% of something always tell the hiring team that you know 50%, in this case you can if interview happens you can pass with some theoratical question practice.
6. Once you are comfortable with one technology and start getting paid start to learn another one which is high paying, in my case I am learning DSA now and will switch to backend development with spring framework or may be as a fullstack dev, who knows!
7. If it is required to lie in on the linkedin or to HRs then do it, because you are hurting anyone, companies see you as resources nothing else, so lie to them if needed and also be prepared for the worst possible scenarios which could happen after lying like heavy work load for more responsibilities. But you would be learning in this case too much in a short amount of time .
Last thing, It took me around 20 mins to write down all of this, so I did because, if I could help someone for a better future then I would, and I also request you once you are employed and someone comes to you asking for help then do not refuse to help, because you can change someones whole life with just a little help..
Thank You for reaching out to me!
There is not a specific way to reach companies and get a high paying jobs, I can explain what I did!
First thing, I did Native Android development for a while but I wasn't able to find the any internship or nothing like that, so I did a market research and realized that Native android has really less demand compared to other frameworks like flutter, react native, in the mobile app development.
So I switched in flutter framework with a calculated research and risk, and I also improved the linkedin profile along with my resume with different different levels of projects.
I made some difficult level projects and some easy level project and shared all with inner details on linkedin, so that I could get attention of CEOs & HRs.
Now this is what I did in my early 2024s months, then I started looking for work where I could work for free in any company by showing them project on linkedin or through emails.
And last thing kept learning new things in the current technology in which I am working. This approach made my skills more and more efficient and effective in projects. Sometimes I also lied to HRs 😏, but that was just to get in the organization and once I am in, then I start learning fast those things which I lied about that I know fluently.
But thing might not work in everyone's cases, so here are my key learnings -
Most important [Do not fall for the advise that you should continue only one technology even though if it is not paying you. What I would say find a technology which is high in demand and easy to learn and can get you a better package (In my case It was fFlutter)] **
1. Kept learning one technology (Flutter) until I got paid.
2. Always considered myself that I can learn difficult concept in current tech which I am working in (Flutter).
3. Made some eye catching projects and also copied from youtube, most of them.
--- For You
4. Approach to HRs and CEOs with a better eye catching profile and resume and offer them to work for free for a month, this is called foot in the door technique, once if they are impressed you would be having a better job, otherwise you would learn and have a experience for linkedin post.
5. If you know just 20% of something always tell the hiring team that you know 50%, in this case you can if interview happens you can pass with some theoratical question practice.
6. Once you are comfortable with one technology and start getting paid start to learn another one which is high paying, in my case I am learning DSA now and will switch to backend development with spring framework or may be as a fullstack dev, who knows!
7. If it is required to lie in on the linkedin or to HRs then do it, because you are hurting anyone, companies see you as resources nothing else, so lie to them if needed and also be prepared for the worst possible scenarios which could happen after lying like heavy work load for more responsibilities. But you would be learning in this case too much in a short amount of time .
Last thing, It took me around 20 mins to write down all of this, so I did because, if I could help someone for a better future then I would, and I also request you once you are employed and someone comes to you asking for help then do not refuse to help, because you can change someones whole life with just a little help..
Thank You for reaching out to me!
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An early stage startup Waste Samaritan is looking for 2-3 interns android native + jetpack + kotlin + latest android architecture components.
Should be able to learn things fast.
Location: Remote
Interested people do put your resume links in my DM.
@x4rju9
Should be able to learn things fast.
Location: Remote
Interested people do put your resume links in my DM.
@x4rju9
🚀 Calling Android Devs & Tech Builders!
We’re putting together a team for the World’s Largest Hackathon 2025 on Devpost and looking for folks who are excited to build, learn, and launch something cool — especially if you're into Android development.
🔍 Who we’re hoping to team up with:
Android devs (Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, or Java experience is a big plus)
Anyone with solid frontend/backend basics
People curious about AI tools or eager to learn fast
Devs who get Git and can work in sync
Teammates who are communicative, reliable, and team-oriented
💰 What’s on the line?
There’s $1,000,000+ in prizes, including:
🥇 $100,000 in cash + $25K AWS credits + Espresso Monitor
🥈 $75,000 + AWS credits + Monitor
🥉 3rd–10th place: $10K–$50K cash + AWS credits + more gear
And yep — plenty of other prizes too.
📩 If you're interested, drop a DM or comment.
Let’s build something awesome together — and have a good time doing it.
We’re putting together a team for the World’s Largest Hackathon 2025 on Devpost and looking for folks who are excited to build, learn, and launch something cool — especially if you're into Android development.
🔍 Who we’re hoping to team up with:
Android devs (Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, or Java experience is a big plus)
Anyone with solid frontend/backend basics
People curious about AI tools or eager to learn fast
Devs who get Git and can work in sync
Teammates who are communicative, reliable, and team-oriented
💰 What’s on the line?
There’s $1,000,000+ in prizes, including:
🥇 $100,000 in cash + $25K AWS credits + Espresso Monitor
🥈 $75,000 + AWS credits + Monitor
🥉 3rd–10th place: $10K–$50K cash + AWS credits + more gear
And yep — plenty of other prizes too.
📩 If you're interested, drop a DM or comment.
Let’s build something awesome together — and have a good time doing it.
Android Developers
An early stage startup Waste Samaritan is looking for 2-3 interns android native + jetpack + kotlin + latest android architecture components. Should be able to learn things fast. Location: Remote Interested people do put your resume links in my DM. @x4rju9
I'm excited to share that we again have an open position for a talented Native Android Developer!
If you have expertise in:
* Jetpack Compose
* Kotlin
* MVVM
* Map SDK integration
And you're a fast learner with a passion for mobile development, we'd love to hear from you. This is a remote opportunity, just like before.
If you're interested in joining an early-stage startup and contributing to impactful projects, please drop your resume link!
If you have expertise in:
* Jetpack Compose
* Kotlin
* MVVM
* Map SDK integration
And you're a fast learner with a passion for mobile development, we'd love to hear from you. This is a remote opportunity, just like before.
If you're interested in joining an early-stage startup and contributing to impactful projects, please drop your resume link!
Hiring: Freelance Android Developer
Opportunity: Seeking a skilled Android Developer for a paid freelance project.
Role: Work on exciting new features and maintain existing applications.
Requirements:
Proficiency in Kotlin/Java.
Experience with Android SDK, APIs, and third-party libraries.
Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Compensation: Competitive, paid per project or hourly (details upon discussion).
Opportunity: Seeking a skilled Android Developer for a paid freelance project.
Role: Work on exciting new features and maintain existing applications.
Requirements:
Proficiency in Kotlin/Java.
Experience with Android SDK, APIs, and third-party libraries.
Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Compensation: Competitive, paid per project or hourly (details upon discussion).
Are there any 2 YOE native android developers looking for a referral?