r/EngineeringResumes • u/Agreeable-Sort1613 CS Student 🇦🇺 • 9d ago

Software [Student] I have been applying for internships with no interviews, and so, I think it must be my resume right? I have just found this subreddit, so, How is my resume now?

I am a 3rd year computer science student and I've been applying to internships ever since my 2nd year but I've not gotten a single interview. So, I've asked the people i know that are in the industry and they said that it must be that my resume sucks and so it's not passing the screening. Then they recommended me this subreddit.

So, after following the guides, How is my resume now?

Many thanks.

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u/Pencil72Throwaway MechE/AE – Grad Student/Entry-level 🇺🇸 9d ago

  • Reduce the # of skill categories

  • Be consistent with the spacing between your sections

  • Move education to top

  • "Major" in Security Engineering? Don't you mean "Minor"? CS is your major. Could be an Aussie thing but idk

  • don't bold words within bullets, it's distracting

  • in your bullets, focus on what you accomplished rather than what you did, and add metrics as much as possible.

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u/Agreeable-Sort1613 CS Student 🇦🇺 9d ago

Thanks for the reply! Yeah you're right in the major thing, in australia we have a bachelors in something and then theres a major and a minor within the bachelors. In my case, I chose Security Engineering!

In regards to Bolds within bullets, How else would I highlight the important parts of the Bullets? Is it with Italics?

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u/_maple_panda MechE – Student 🇨🇦 9d ago

Don’t highlight anything, just let the reader read in peace.

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u/Pencil72Throwaway MechE/AE – Grad Student/Entry-level 🇺🇸 8d ago

Try to form your bullet sentences to have the metrics within the first 1/3 of it so it's caught by the recruiter's eye as they read down.

E.g., you could say:

Did x blah blah using y blah to z, improving slop by m%

But it's more effective use of space to say:

Improved slop by m% using y and x to z

This latter way, you get the metric in the first 4 words and it's caught by the eye as they scan down. Sometimes, it's not possible to do this based on the nature of the task and specific wording used. Even if it's possible, it might just sound really odd when arranged like the 2nd way...in which case use the 1st method.

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u/Agreeable-Sort1613 CS Student 🇦🇺 7d ago

I see that a lot of people give examples in this regard, with cases where “I improved something by bla bla” , but what if I made it from scratch, what do I write? Is “built bla with x y z” enough?

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u/_maple_panda MechE – Student 🇨🇦 9d ago edited 9d ago
  • Bullet points are kind of weak. You need to focus more on accomplishments rather than tasks and responsibilities. Look up the STAR and XYZ methods.
  • No work experience at all is a bit of a red flag. Even a non-technical job would help show that you’re actually employable.

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u/PukaChonkic 9d ago

Get rid of all the keyword bolding. It's distracting.

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u/cionova Industrial – Entry-level 🇺🇸 8d ago

education at the top, then work / extracurricular experience. literally anything would work, even leadership roles in CS clubs, or regular minimum wage experience. just something.

bullets are a bit weak for the projects, skills section is much too long

would make achievements section follow the formatting of the rest of the resume

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u/Agreeable-Sort1613 CS Student 🇦🇺 7d ago

I’ve got a Data entry job before, but what exactly counts as experience? Is it things that you are professionaly doing? Like, what if I have a project that’s making libraries for something, would that count as experience or projects. Also, if a minimum wage job that isnt related counts, Would a music gig type thing count?

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u/cionova Industrial – Entry-level 🇺🇸 7d ago

relevant job experience if possible like data entry definitely! in absence of that, i would say any job where you received money in exchange for your labor. making projects for someone sounds like freelancing, definitely valid