--- title: On the Other Side of the Table at the Career Fair description: A software developer at Atomic Object reflects on returning to NC State's Engineering Career Fair, this time as a company representative rather than a job... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/on-the-other-side-of-the-table-at-the-career-fair-xvuawxvft twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: On the Other Side of the Table at the Career Fair | daily.dev og:description: A software developer at Atomic Object reflects on returning to NC State's Engineering Career Fair, this time as a company representative rather than a job... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/on-the-other-side-of-the-table-at-the-career-fair-xvuawxvft og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XVuAWxvFT.png og:image:alt: On the Other Side of the Table at the Career Fair og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # On the Other Side of the Table at the Career Fair **[Atomic Spin](https://daily.dev/sources/atomicobject)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A software developer at Atomic Object reflects on returning to NC State's Engineering Career Fair, this time as a company representative rather than a job seeker. Having found her own role through the same fair a year prior, she shares observations from both the career fair booth and the interview process. She notes that genuine enthusiasm and curiosity about problem-solving stand out more than impressive resumes, and advises students to communicate what excites them about software development and ask thoughtful questions about the work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Tips for Junior Developers to Land a Job](https://daily.dev/posts/tips-for-junior-developers-to-land-a-job-iizlnmwxn) · Atomic Spin · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Here’s a sentence that made no sense to me for most of last year: the interviews where I thought I crushed it were the ones that rejected me. The interviews where I visibly fumbled were the ones that ](https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-a-sentence-that-made-no-sense-to-me-for-most-of-last-year-the-interviews-where-i-thought-i-c-4qljxyoz4) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#internship](https://daily.dev/tags/internship) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/on-the-other-side-of-the-table-at-the-career-fair-xvuawxvft) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"On the Other Side of the Table at the Career Fair","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/on-the-other-side-of-the-table-at-the-career-fair-xvuawxvft","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/on-the-other-side-of-the-table-at-the-career-fair-xvuawxvft"},"datePublished":"2026-04-05T12:05:20.070Z","dateModified":"2026-04-05T12:05:43.556Z","description":"A software developer at Atomic Object reflects on returning to NC State's Engineering Career Fair, this time as a company representative rather than a job...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d1da9de362b9d81bc49288cba9c84f62?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d1da9de362b9d81bc49288cba9c84f62?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Atomic Spin","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Atomic Spin","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/e2af5ce3adaa403a8cf029268b62419f","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/atomicobject"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/on-the-other-side-of-the-table-at-the-career-fair-xvuawxvft","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career,internship","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Atomic Spin","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/atomicobject"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"On the Other Side of the Table at the Career Fair"}]} ```