The One Interview: Ace Your Next Interview

🌟 About The One Interview

Welcome to The One Interview - the cutting-edge MERN stack platform designed to supercharge university students' interview preparation! 🎓💼

🔥 Key Features

• 🔐 Fortress-like Security:

  • User authentication with 2FA
  • Because your preparation should be as secure as Fort Knox!

• 🧠 Question Wonderland:

  • Filter questions by companies, tags, and popularity
  • Search functionality that would make Sherlock Holmes jealous

• 🗣️ Experience Exchange:

  • Share and explore real interview experiences
  • Learn from the veterans, become the victor!

• 🏷️ Smart Tagging:

  • Filter content by company names and tags
  • Find your target faster than a heat-seeking missile

• 👤 Profile Perfection:

  • Customize your digital identity
  • Be the author of your own Placement story

• ✍️ Content Creation:

  • Post questions and share experiences
  • Be the Hemingway of interview prep!

• 🌐 Open Learning Ecosystem:

  • Access curated materials
  • Knowledge should be free (and so is our platform)!

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js (Vite-powered for lightning speed ⚡)
• Backend: Express.js on Node.js
• Database: MongoDB (because data is the new oil 🛢️)
• Authentication: Passport.js (with Google OAuth for the win 🔑)
• Cloud Storage: AWS S3 (for those hefty files 📁)
• Email Service: Gmail API (keeping you in the loop 📧)

🚀 Launch Sequence

🖥️ Frontend Liftoff

1. Clone the repo:

https://github.com/Real-Partha/The-One-Interview.git

2. Go to Frontend directory:

cd ../Frontend

3. Install dependencies:

npm install

4. Create a .env file in the frontend root:

VITE_API_URL="http://localhost:3000"

5. Ignite the frontend:

npm run dev

Houston, we have a website at http://localhost:5173! 💥🚀

🖧 Backend Blast-off

1. Navigate to the backend folder:

cd ../Backend

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Create a .env file in the backend root with these cosmic variables:

PORT=3000
DATABASE_URL="<your-mongodb-connection-string>"
DATABASE_NAME="db-name"
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID="<your-google-client-id>"
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET="<your-google-client-secret>"
SESSION_SECRET="<your-session-secret>"
CLIENT_URL="http://localhost:5173"
AWS_ACCESS_KEY="<your-aws-access-key>"
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="<your-aws-secret-access-key>"
AWS_REGION="us-east-1"
GOOGLE_CALLBACK_URL="http://localhost:3000/auth/google/callback"
AWS_BUCKET_NAME="<your-s3-bucket-name>"
EMAIL_ADDRESS="your-email@example.com"
GMAIL_REFRESH_TOKEN="<your-refresh-token>"
NODE_ENV="development"

4. Launch the backend:

Backend ready for action at http://localhost:3000!

🛰️ Obtaining Intergalactic Credentials

🌌 Google OAuth Setup

1. Visit the Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project or select an existing one
3. Enable the Google+ API
4. Create OAuth 2.0 credentials
5. Set authorized JavaScript origins and redirect URIs
6. Copy your Client ID and Client Secret to your .env file

☁️ AWS S3 Configuration

1. Log in to the AWS Management Console
2. Navigate to S3 and create a new bucket
3. Set up IAM user with S3 access
4. Generate access keys and add them to your .env file

📸 The One Interview in Action

🤝 Join the 'The One Corps'

We're always looking for new recruits! Here's how you can join our ranks:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request and wait for your medal of honor!

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

💌 Contact the Commanders

Developer	GitHub Profile
🚀 Partha Pratim Paul	GitHub
🌟 Dedipya Goswami	GitHub
💻 Joydeep Ghosh	GitHub
💻 Smit Kunpara	GitHub

Reach out to us if you have any questions or suggestions. We’d love to hear from you!

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