My Friend kunal Kept Getting OAs but No Interviews. So I Built PlaceTrace.

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This is a submission for the "Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend" (https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01) What I Built A few weeks ago, my friend Kunal was going through placement season. He had been applying to different companies, taking online assessments, and waiting for interview calls. But after doing this again and again, he kept facing the same problem: OA → wait → no interview call. The frustrating part wasn't just getting rejected. It was not knowing where his placement journey was actually breaking.

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