PlacEdge

📖 Project Story ✨ About the Project CU Placement Prep Assistant is an AI‑powered tool built using the Gemini API to help students prepare for campus placements with 24/7 guidance and instant responses. It was designed to support the Department of Corporate & Placement Development (DCPD) and empower students to become hire‑ready.

💡 Inspiration

• Students often struggle to get continuous guidance for resumes, interviews, and HR preparation.
• Mentors and DCPD staff cannot be available all the time, leaving students without instant support.
• This inspired us to create a solution where Generative AI acts as a personal career mentor, available anytime. 📚 What We Learned
• How to integrate Gemini API for real‑world use cases.
• Prompt engineering to get precise and recruiter‑friendly outputs.
• Building a simple yet effective UI for hackathon demos.
• The importance of balancing technical depth with simplicity for judges and recruiters.

🛠 How We Built It

• Backend: Python with Gemini API for AI responses.
• Frontend: Streamlit for quick and interactive UI.
• Modules:
• Resume Analyzer
• Interview Practice
• HR Answer Improver
• Skill Gap Analyzer
• Placement Drive Readiness Checker

⚡ Challenges We Faced

• Designing prompts that give consistent and professional outputs.
• Managing time to build multiple modules within hackathon limits.
• Balancing between impressive features and simplicity for demo flow.
• Ensuring the project aligns with DCPD’s real needs while staying achievable. 🧮 Fun with Math (LaTeX Example) We even explored readiness scoring using a simple weighted formula: \mathrm{Readiness\ Score}=\frac{R+I+H+S}{4} Where:
• R = Resume quality score
• I = Interview practice score
• H = HR answer confidence score
• S = Skill gap coverage This formula gives students a quick idea of how prepared they are for placements.

Built With

• css
• express.js
• geminiapi
• html
• javascript
• node.js