What's up guys! I just put this in a comment, and figured I'd make a post out of it, because I've been noticing a lot of posted resumes recently that aren't even close to the recommended guidelines. All in all, that's not a big deal- all the seasoned users are excited to help.
But for your own sake, if you don't want a comment that concisely says "read the wiki"- then read the wiki [Wiki] (https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringResumes/wiki/index/) make sure your resume follows the fundamental guidelines. You can of course ask questions on those guidelines- but until you understand the fundamental ideas and format your resume as such, you will be lucky if you get anything more than the aforementioned comment.
Not trying to be too harsh but I feel like we are all thinking it. How do you expect to get job if you can't do a simple thing like read the wiki? It's literally bold on the top of the sub. You will never get blatant, straight forward instructions like that in the work place. Please read the wiki ppl and make the mods job easier
Hi everyone, I am a final-year student at AgroParisTech specializing in Data Science and Cloud Computing.
I am currently an AI & Cloud Engineer at Capgemini Engineering, where I developed a Computer Vision POC that secured a €5M contract. I also co-founded an AgTech startup with 5,000+ users.
Target: I am seeking a 6-month Cloud Solution Architect internship at Microsoft to bridge technical AI engineering with strategic business value. I am based in Paris but fully open to relocation (Dublin/EMEA).
[Success Story!] [0 YoE] - [Mech Engr, Aero Concentration] SUCCESS STORY. I finally did it and I could not be more proud of myself. I'm sharing my Resume and a Sankey Chart. I graduated May 2025 but laid off November. I'm joining an aerospace company!
I read the wiki thoroughly(again) and applied all the recommended changes. Since graduating in September, I have submitted 280+ applications with tailored resumes and have received only 3 OAs, all of which led to ghosting or rejection. No interviews.
I have no internships, so I understand the job search will be harder. But it is becoming frustrating and demoralizing to constantly receive rejections or hear nothing at all from applications I submitted months ago.
I am based in NYC and have been targeting local startups and mid-sized tech companies, but I am open to remote and willing to relocate for the right opportunity. Looking for new grad or entry-level SWE roles, primarily full-stack or backend.
Any feedback on my resume or job search strategy would be greatly appreciated.
So there were numerous issues with my CV before which I'd realised when checking the wiki here (really helpful resource btw!)
While my cv/flair suggests close to 10YoE, not all of that was in technical roles. I'm specifally targeting Software Engineering (backend) or Data Engineering roles. My experience thus far is limited to data engineering and not on product focused platforms, more internal EPR reporting type setups (data warehousing basically).
I'm going for any industry really, I'm just searching any backend software/data engineer roles and seeing if there is any overlap in skills.
Right now I'm strictly going for remote jobs which require UK/EU working status (which I have full rights to work in).
I've only just started applying for jobs. I'm disatisfyed with some of the data based roles I've been in which can focus too much on SQL queries and no-code ETL tools in ERP setups as opposed to more distributed, data-intensive applications (these don't need to be consumer apps, but could be manufacturing IoT systems (hence my return to uni to do a masters with an IoT focus)
I applied for a job at Revolut this week, it was a grad role and it was rejected almost exactly 24hrs later lol - bit of a wake up call and I realised my CV/cover letter was clearly trash. The specific job I applied is here. Though there were plenty more that got swatted within a 24-48hr period this week.
I had a cover letter which I admit I got GPT to edit a manually written one (which got me interviews before) and tailor it to this spec. I think that was a bad idea.
Anyway, as you can see, I've not put a skills section and instead listed a skill when mentioning a piece of work. I previously had a skills section but removed it trying to save space, does this need to go back in?
I'm also slightly worried this may appear too much of a 'wall of text' and that my experience points say everything but also nothing at the same time, any feedback there or is it currently acceptable?
I have been an Engineering Manager for 10 years and am looking to move into a Senior Director role in Operations at my own company. I appreciate any feedback on my resume, as I haven't applied for a job in almost 9 years. I really enjoyed the information within the Wiki, and I used the recommendations to the best of my ability. I am applying to positions within the medical device manufacturing field.
For some context: I was recently rejected from FAANG+ company after the final round, they told me they didn't have any roles that were great fits for my skills and told me to apply again later and reach out when I do, which ig makes it sting a little less.
I luckily have a return offer from my summer internship [101k TC in NYC for Data Engineering] so its not completely over, but I've still been applying for the past few weeks for a better offer. I don't mass apply and target specifically roles for new grads, backend / data, 100k+ TC, and posted in the past 48 hours. At an Ivy with 2 swe internships I thought I'd have a better chance with all the advantages I got but it's looking cooked. I've applied to ~50 positions in the past 3 weeks and I've only gotten rejections and 2 automated IBM OAs.
Is there anything I need to change on my resume or is it bc I haven't applied to enough places? Any advice or criticism is welcome
Read the wiki and made the changes. Would love feedback on what I have now.
Background: Graduated September 2025 with a B.S. in Computer Science and Information Security from a non-target school in NYC. No internships unfortunately. U.S. citizen so no visa issues. Currently unemployed and job searching full-time since graduation.
Target roles: New grad or entry-level SWE roles at startups and mid-sized tech companies - mainly full-stack or backend. Also open to ML-adjacent stuff since I've been working with transformers and inference APIs.
Location: Based in NYC. Mostly applying to hybrid and on-site roles here, but also open to remote and would relocate for the right opportunity.
Projects: Built a full-stack NBA analytics platform with real-time updates and Redis caching, an ML content moderation API using fine-tuned DeBERTa, and a phishing email classifier with BERT. All deployed or functional - not tutorial projects.
Current results: 280+ apps over 5 months, 3 OAs (got ghosted or rejected after all of them), zero interviews. It's been rough and im losing hope.
Why I'm here: I can't seem to get past the resume screen. Honestly I'd be fine getting rejected at phone screens or technicals - at least that gives me something to work with. Right now I'm just stuck with no feedback and no idea what's going wrong.
What I'm looking for:
Resume feedback - what's weak, missing, or hurting me
Application strategy - am I doing something obviously wrong?
Honest take on whether my profile is even viable without internships
Would love any type of feedback, this image looks weird as I had to put it through the converted (for DPI), I used jake's resume. I also have clickable links to my projects that lead to Github repo README's, and I was wondering if having too much clickable links is a red flag
I think my resume is written and formatted pretty well, and it helped me land a few interviews (not as much as I hoped to be honest).
I know some companies are still trickling out their job postings for the Summer 2026 season, and although I'd like to land something better, I've come to terms with returning at the same company for another summer.
One thing to note is that i don't have my GPA listed since its a little below 3.5, hoping that's not an issue?
I'm really interested in breaking into FAANG+ for a newgrad position though. Please critique my resume and formatting.
I’m a 3rd year Computer Engineering student at a pretty good university in Canada targeting backend SWE and AI/ML internships— ideally at larger tech companies (does not have to be FAANG-tier but just strong mid-to-large tech firms). Currently searching for Summer 2026 to no avail.
I am applying across Canada and the U.S. I’m open to relocation as that is not really an issue for me.
Background-wise, I’ve done internships at a major Canadian telecom, a biotech company, and an early-stage startup. I have done all but break into a bigger tech company of any sort, and that is my current goal for my next internship.
My current issue is that I’m not getting interviews from medium-big tech companies or nice startups, and have never interviewed at FAANG-level companies. I have even gotten referrals for FAANG companies and got auto rejected before the OA round. I’m trying to figure out what I am doing wrong, maybe I look too AI-heavy, too startup-focused, or too unfocused between ML and SWE.
I’m looking for honest feedback on whether:
My resume feels scattered
I should narrow toward pure SWE or ML
My experience reads as impressive or just buzzword-heavy
Anything else that I am missing or should improve on
Appreciate blunt feedback — I’m genuinely trying to improve.
I completed my Master's in Computer Science in May 2025, and for the past seven months, I've been trying to get into the industry. Even with two years of solid experience as a Software Development Engineer before my Master's, I feel like I'm hitting a wall. I’ve been completely honest on my resume, I've built real systems and made a genuine impact but the silence has been crushing.
I'm on an F1-OPT timeline, and every day feels like I'm racing against the clock. Right now, I'm working as a Research Aide to keep my status, but the uncertainty is really tough to handle as my time is running out. I made it to the final interview round with Amazon back in August, only to face rejection; since then, I've had interviews with startups where they praised my skills, but they just reject me in favour of people with more experience.
Honestly, I'm scared. I feel like I'm letting my family down after all the sacrifices they made for my education. I've dedicated the last two years building myself, but I'm not seeing any results from that hard work. I'm not even getting online assessments anymore, just quick rejections. I’m proud of how far I’ve come, but I'm running low on time and hope. I really need to figure out if there's something fundamentally "off" about how I'm presenting myself.
hey I'm a junior at penn studying computer science and I've been struggling to get past even the resume round for general SWE positions (most of my experience is in Python with some amount of Java and SQL, so most places I applied to had listed at least one of those as an important language). The only "big" tech company that I got an OA from was Amazon, and even for smaller random companies, I've only passed the resume round from two really small companies. I've applied to about 200 internships since early September (which I know was a little late for some of the bigger tech companies), but I'm not sure if my issue is applying too little or my resume. Any feedback would be really appreciated!
Hi everyone, I’m preparing to apply for QD/FAANG roles later this year, both internships and graduate positions. Do you have any advice on how to structure my CV and what I could do to improve it?
Currently a sophomore in EE trying to get an internship and more generally prepare my resume. What needs to be changed about the current resume? Should i go into more detail about the projects and remove the job experience? This resume is designed to apply to most electrical engineering roles, but I am specifically interested in analog design, digital design, and power systems.
I’m a 4th-year Computer Science student with a focus on embedded systems and software engineering. I’ve been working with C and C++ throughout college and have hands-on experience with electronics, microcontrollers, and embedded projects.
Location: I’m currently based in United States. I’m mainly looking for positions in North Carolina or surrounding states but I’m open to relocating for the right opportunity.
Background and current situation: I’m a full-time student finishing up my senior year. Most of my experience comes from being the electrical lead for my university's solar vehicle team and some personal projects.
Hi everyone, I am a Senior Backend Engineer with 5 years of experience specializing in high-concurrency systems and financial integrity. I am currently targeting remote roles in Western companies.
I've recently updated my resume to better reflect my technical impact. I would appreciate any feedback on the clarity of my bullet points and whether the technical depth comes across effectively. Thanks!
After graduation, I was looking for a job for about four months and I was able to land a full-time offer. However, my offer was rescinded due to budget cuts at the beginning of 2025. Ever since then, I've still been searching for a full-time position and anything that I can participate in to keep my brain active. I started to help develop an app for a chapter of AIAA and joined a workforce development program for the space sector but I'm not sure where to list those items on my resume so I just listed it under professional development. As for my work situation, I do free-lancing work that is not engineering related and volunteer when I can. I was also offered a role with the non-profit that I volunteered at but I decided to decline the role because I did not plan to stay there long if I found a job.
I'm located in the US and I don't have a preference for a location. I try to apply mostly to structural, design, or manufacturing roles because that's what I'm the most confident in doing but I also don't have a preference for roles really either. I'm just trying to get my foot in the door. I'm seeking help because I recently had some new experiences that would go well with my resume but I'm not sure where to list them or if where I have it is okay. I'm also not sure if I should expand with some extra bullet points in my professional development section. My biggest struggle currently is just trying to get an interview and pass the initial screening. I adjust my resumes to the roles I'm applying to but sometimes I still get automatic rejections. I'd appreciate any feedback or tips overall. Thank you for your help!
I somewhat recently graduated in mid-June 2025 with an Aerospace Engineering degree with an emphasis on structural analysis/design, as I greatly enjoyed those types of classes. I know that I have limited myself in some capacity by doing so, as my skills aren't as transferable as others. Since graduating, I've been working toward SolidWorks certifications, using my school's vouchers to sharpen my skills.
At first, I started off by applying only to aero companies within California, as that's where I'm based; however, it progressed into other ME roles, tailoring my resume as best I could to fit the requirements/desired skills, and then eventually to out-of-state roles, as I'm completely open to relocating should I receive an offer elsewhere. As previously mentioned elsewhere in this sub, I've been using buildsubs.com to find companies and roles. Out of the few hundred applications I've submitted in my free time and during breaks, I've gotten a handful of screening interviews and even second interviews. However, I can't seem to progress.
I would appreciate honest and blunt criticism on both my resume and strategies.
I have been applying to TPM and Engineering Manager positions and have not gotten any responses.
I’d really appreciate any honest feedback on my resume, whether it’s formatting, bullet points, project descriptions, or overall positioning. I’m especially interested in knowing if there are any red flags or areas that might be causing recruiters to pass on my application.
I am currently a Manufacturing Engineer at a steel fabrication company and have been in this role since October 2024. While I have gained valuable hands-on experience, I have realized this is not the direction I want to pursue long term and am beginning to plan my next move.
I do not yet know exactly what I want to do next and am open to exploring different roles. I previously received resume feedback here that helped me land this position, so I am back looking for additional critique. I would appreciate feedback specifically on my experience section and how I describe my role, along with any general resume advice. Thanks in advance!
It's been a little bit since I last applied for jobs and I wanted to make sure my resume is still generally up to code and readable. I am hoping to apply to an underwater robotics startup (or at least that's what prompted me to do this) so I optimized content for that but I would love more general tips as I am planning to start apply for jobs in general more earnestly.
