👋. Rising sophomore at T5 CS school here. I tried to apply for Data Engineering / SWE internships last year, and didn’t get into any good tech companies due to resume screen fails. However, I passed all my technical interviews so there’s that. Since then I’ve got some more internship experience, and wanted to get some last ditch advice on my resume before I apply for Summer 2023 internships. Is there anything that I should change? Too much info? Too scattered? Bad format? Anything at all? Wish me luck, and bludgeon me in the comments 🙏 #resume #internship #faang
I may be wrong but this just looks like too much text to me. Also George Orslzy (sp?) ebook on resumes may be worth buying.
I’ll try to focus this a bit more, and look into the book. Thanks!
I couldn’t find that book. Wanna link it?
Coursework: no one cares! Developer tools and libraries: you are bound to know them as a software Engineer, no need to mention it explicitly Rest all looks good! Rinse and repeat
Read somewhere that it scores some quick ATS points, is that logic unfounded?
Tech stack is important for resume scanners to get you to an actual recruiter
The bold words are annoying
Thanks. Will cut back on the bolding
Why do all swe resume look the same
Shied away from experimentation lest it fail the mighty ATS☠️
Anyways what’s wrong with your resume? Your last position says intern. So add a position that says “freelance software engineer” as most recent- make it span 3 or so years and describe the role you want underneath. If they ask about your work describe a personal project.
Looks solid, great job. Try to be more concise, nobody is going to read an essay. Ensure that there’s no weird formatting since it may break CV parsing. The issue could have been because it’s just competitive out there, looks like you are targeting ML that is even worse in this regard.
Thank you! Yes, I’ll try to cut down each experience to 3 bullets and focus the resume a bit more.
Some of the highlights are kinda weird that may undermine your CV. Like “lead 8 interns”? Intern intern lead developer? :)
Ready for the truth? Your resume is full of pompous crap. In bold letters. What exactly does “architecting” a MongoDB data model entail? What have YOU contributed to the “highly performant” application? When one removes the fluff, it appears as though you can ostensibly read documentation for and use well known platforms (such as AWS). You deployed an Express app. You have budding experience in source control. You’re starting to understand some of the ML lingo. That’s about it. Be honest. Don’t try to impress with 100X optimization bullshit. Brag about that on your next date, not to recruiters. They are not idiots. Best of luck!
Only thing left is for him to bold and write (T5 CS school) next to his education
Jeez, I guess I needed to hear that. I do understand what you mean, this just came out of the fact that I received advice on my previous resume to make it sound like I had as much professional experience as possible to pass recruiter screens. I’ll cut back on some of the buzzwords. Thank you for being blunt, I really do appreciate it
The problem is you were a freshman and no one wants to hire a freshman. Jeez, relax kid. How did you even get a Blind account?
I hear the middle schoolers are in the process these days. Some would say I’m late to the party 🤣
Oh wow I clearly didn’t read this, just looked at the visuals. Your experience looks great for your age. I’d personally just try to make it shorter. Focus on the highlights.
Too much wording without much information, the font is actually disturbing, color the titles and have a bluish color for them. Finally libraries are not needed in projects and eventually if you have links for the projects put them in.
Someone else also talked about the “middle earth” font. I’ll change that and get rid of the excessive libraries / frameworks section. Thanks!
Experience should be at the top. Skills at the bottom since your experience should speak for itself.
Why you bold every 6th word? And what is this middle earth LaTeX font Edit: resumes are for non technical recruiters to read primarily, so try to write it for them
I was trying to highlight key stuff, but you’re right, I went overboard. I’ll cut back on the bolding and change the font. Thanks. Are there any specific fonts that work well?
Sans serif tbh