Nvidia was his dream job. An international student facing a visa deadline shares how he landed it.

Sylendran Arunagiri

Sylendran Arunagiri

• Sylendran Arunagiri wanted to work at Nvidia, his "dream company."
• He said the US job market felt far more challenging than what he'd experienced in India.
• After being rejected for an internship, he reflected on what went wrong — and made a plan.

As Sylendran Arunagiri considered moving from India to the US to pursue a master's degree, some friends and mentors advised him to delay his move. They warned that the US tech job market had become too challenging.