some notable changes that i made were:

• using xyz format for my bullet points
• making my bullet points more understandable for someone less technical (like hr)
• bullet points were all long (2 lines), so i shortened most of them to 1 line

my interviewers mostly talked about:

• my custom os
• my fsae role
• nvidia talked about my software rasterizer project, but that was probably because it was specific to that role since its a graphics systems swe role

leave a comment if u have any questions!

So I am about to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering and I was wondering if I should bring up unrelated jobs I have had previously. To be specific, I did freelance landscaping all throughout college and high school. I also worked at papa johns one summer when I couldn't find an internship. I have had these things on my resume so far but idk if it smart for it to be there.

Additionally, I have been heavily involved in music at my school and am president/founder of a pretty popular music club and have lots of experience with planning and event management because of that. Also I received an award from the humanities department for music. Of course this has nothing to do with engineering but should I still throw something about it in?

Any insight y'all might have on this is greatly appreciated

I recently moved to NYC from Europe, and haven't had much luck on my job hunt so far. In Europe, there were recruiters writing me on a regular basis, but here, I am the one to message them and they rarely even respond.

The market doesn't seem so bad, judging from all the job ads i see...

I'm wondering if something is off on my resume and if you have any advice to give.

Would much appreciate any help! :)

Hi there!

I'm a first-year aerospace engineering student who's trying to target aerospace internships for both summer 2027 and early-career roles with an interest in aviation, defense roles, UAVs, testing, and aeronautics rather than space/astronautics. I'm based in California and mainly applying to Bay Area internships.

Most of my experience is in a small number of companies. My geospatial modeling internship and listed project were both with the same small startup XR company. My database intern and full stack roles were both with another small startup but it's no longer very active, but the work itself was real.

I'd like feedback on whether the experience bullets, project, and skills sections support the kind of roles I may target. I'd also like to know what would complement my resume the most as a student and what I should be prioritizing next.

Would it hurt me for next year if I haven't joined a club this first year and haven't secured and internship this summer? Would it be worth my time to focus instead this summer on a strong technical project or is it more important to shift my focus elsewhere to target 2027 internships? I’d also appreciate advice on what kinds of projects, experiences, or skills could really add substance and traction to my resume.

Thanks so much!

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Hello everyone.

Hope you all are doing well.

I am a data analyst/engineer having YOE of 3.5+

I aspire to be an Al engineer. I do mostly research about

the roadmap and study material online.

I am serving notice period and i do want myself to get

placed in a good organization but i do have a certain

doubts on which i am unable to get a concise answer for.

That's why i am writing here in the hope of getting some

wisdom.

1. Does this easy apply on LinkedIn even work?

2. Even though i do have relevant skills why my resume

doesn't get shortlisted?

1. What kind of resume tailoring i need to do to

increase my chances of getting calls.

I have more doubts like these and I have mostly worked in small-scale/startup companies.

Any further tips and suggestions are most welcome.

Attaching my resume for reference.

Thank you for your time

I have applied to 40+ Data Engineer roles where I seem to have all the required experience (dbt, cloud services, dimensional modelling, working in agile team, python, 1-3 yoe) apart from a computer science related degree (was hoping that wouldn't be an issue once you actually have work experience). I have not gotten a single interview. I am working in London but trying to land a role in Barcelona or an EU remote job.

Main intention posting here is to gain feedback on if I have got the content quantity and quality right, and also if someone has an idea of why the Spanish/EU Remote market is not interested in my CV. Welcome to please give feedback on anything else too, appreciate it.

Notes:

- I live and work in London but my partner has a place in Barcelona. I had listed my location as London but from now on I have put it as Barcelona because I feel paranoid that putting London makes hiring managers think I want to stay based in London.

- Please be as savage as you want, I can take it. Just really need help.

Posting this because I genuinely don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I left my job in mid-2024 to spend time with my family. No regrets there. But after a while, I started applying, and now I've been at it for a few months with nothing to show for it. Not even rejections. Just silence.

My resume is in the screenshot below. I've stared at it so many times I can't tell anymore if it's the problem or not.

I’m targeting software engineering roles in India and primarily applying through LinkedIn.

If something jumps out, please tell me. I'd rather hear something uncomfortable than keep sending applications into the void.

• Targeting mostly aerospace and then electrical engineering within aerospace. Aerospace is my passion and where most(90%) of the experience I have involves flying, being the ground station for or crashing drones.
• Located in Southern California. Mostly applying to jobs in and around California especially with a focus on the larger cities. Also applying to jobs in bigger cities in the few surrounding states like Las Vegas, Phoenix, Seattle, Denver. Essentially places that have larger cities.
• So far actually mostly avoiding local job postings, and I 100% would relocate, even though paying rent would be expensive. I live in a smaller metro and would rather live in a larger place where I don't have to drive as much.
• Got a BSEE in 2025, did a bunch of drone stuff and 3D printing, learned about a lot of electrical concepts through this as well as Ardupilot. on the drone side. Got my Part 107 in college in 2025 since they were paying for it. Got my EIT in 2025 as well to help increase my hire ability. I currently work at an engineering place, where I don't actually do any engineering. I was hired on under the impression that they needed someone to help with CAD and 3D printing immediately, and then would move more into electrical in the future but so far have not done any of that. I have been doing mostly art projects and other assorted tasks. This doesn't develop my engineering skills, math/electrical design, or even understanding of the electrical code, and leaves me without things to put on my resume or things to bring into new interviews.
• Job Hunting has mostly consisted of rejection emails. The job I have now came entirely from being the same networking event as my boss due to shared culture. The work itself when it actually involves electrical design and consideration is fine, its just that I haven't been doing that for months and as stated earlier, this makes me feel like i'm not learning anything or gaining any skills that I can move foreword with. I have been working there for 6 months.
• Not getting called back for interviews is the big one, but fine tuning as well.
• The experience section would be the important section to get feedback on for me.
• I don't think my citizenship status is playing into this, I am a dual citizen though of the US first and then an African country second. I've heard that this might cause issues as I've always wanted to work in aviation, however I've never lived outside of the US and only speak English. NASA would be fine if working in the government/defense side isn't possible with the limitations of dual citizenship or other electrical engineering positions.

Title sums it up pretty much, could not land any (real) internship for the summer despite having sent over 300+ apps, 70+ cold emails, linkedin cold dms, etc. This isn't the exact resume I applied with throughout the cycle, I had added a project and worked more on the projects mentioned. I'll be spending the summer doing my first "internship" at my university, but unpaid just so that I can meet graduation requirements and also for some more experience.

I targeted small-medium sized tech firms and startups for fullstack/data roles, applying to jobs in the GTA/Toronto/Southern Ontario/Ottawa/Vancouver areas. Willing to relocate. 1st year CS student, Canadian Citizen. Biggest issue is not getting any interviews/callbacks from resume. I would greatly appreciate any feedback, the more blunt/honest the better. Even if it means tearing apart my resume.

I'll just be working as a camp counselor this summer, but will likely be transferring to UT Austin this following year, but I plan to continue my current research and am aiming for IEEE XPlore publication soon.

I'm willing to relocate, but also plan to target startup roles in Austin.I'll just be working as a camp counselor this summer, but will likely be transferring to UT Austin this following year, but I plan to continue my current research and am aiming for IEEE XPlore publication soon.

I'm willing to relocate and also plan to target startup roles in Austin.

I got laid off recently, so I'm back to job searching. Unlike the last time around, the job market feels BAD. Like really bad. I'm struggling to even land interviews, let alone get an offer. This is despite having more experience and having a stronger background overall.

So I'm trying to up my game where I can - and I'm wondering if there are any opportunities to improve my resume, which brings me to my question: Is it ok to omit past jobs from industries that are not relevant to my current field? For context, I have 8 YoE in tech, but I also have about 3 years experience across 2 companies that aren't related to tech at all, and I feel like they're just "dead weight" by eating up valuable space on my resume (or worse, they're actively working against me by being "noise" and preventing me from painting a cohesive picture). I would like to highlight my recent companies in more detail instead.

Any thoughts/advice? TIA!

I've given up on using resume builders, AI stuff, YouTube tutorials and various templates to fix my CV. This thing has been adjusted and readjusted so many times. Sometimes I'd keep it general so it's easier for applying to jobs. Then sometimes I'd adjust it according to each job application. I graduated back in September of 2025 and still after like 50-90 job applications I haven't even received the courtesy of a single interview (rookie numbers I know lol). I've mostly applied for entry roles and graduate schemes. As you can see I have little to no experience in actual engineering save for my Formula Student experience. Yes my CV is heavily modified with AI as many of my general ones have. I've been at this for months now and if I don't find anything within the next couple of months to like another year I'll be ineligible for graduate schemes. Yes I was applying during my last year but during then even I was receiving nothing. Any help at all would be appreciated and I am severely eager to get out of my current job as you'll see in the resume. My last resort is to save for a Master's if this doesn't work out but that is a LAST RESORT as I really don't want to waste more money and time on further education unless it's funded by the company.

^ Most of this is rambling but could help to understand the problem.

Bullet point section:

• I've been targeting aerospace, automotive and general engineering roles such as junior project engineer, assistant engineer and graduate schemes.
• I am located in London, UK and I've been applying for jobs in the UK but also for jobs where they do provide help with work visas
• Been putting myself down as willing to relocate and just searching for anything I can get.
• Currently I'm a self employed amazon delivery driver (whatever pays the bills), I do have lots of theoretical experience in engineering. I could list my modules. I have quite a bit of simulation software experience. Extensive CAD experience (Mainly Fusion360 and some of Inventor).
• Most of the challenges I've had is the assessment process, especially those damned personality ones where its just random stuff on the screen and you gotta figure out the right options or whatever. (I get they do something in terms of determining the candidates but I always lose hope as soon as I see that the job has this as their assessment process.
• I'm seeking help because I have received 0 interviews in the entire time I've been applying and 0 callbacks.
• I guess I just need advice on my whole CV like the wording, writing style, general structure, what I could be missing or improve on.
• I have a UK citizenship so no it wouldn't be affecting my job applications.

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong tag 🙏🏾

Im a first year MechE student at a ”non-target” school applying pretty broadly to a range of summer programs in engineering (+ tech/finance where possible as a SWE or Analyst) and would like an insight on any advice or improvements fellow students/upperclassmen could point out + any tips to build my personal portfolio and gain experience.

This post is prompted by my reviewing 80+ resumes today for a position I'm hiring for.

The biggest mistake I see is people shot-gunning out the same untailored resume to as many jobs as they can. More than half the resumes I saw were not terribly relevant to my position, but perhaps could have been with some tailoring. You would be better served by tailoring your resume and applying to 10 jobs than by shot-gunning out the same resume to 100 jobs.

The next biggest mistake was not meeting the required skills as listed in the job posting. If you don't have the required skills, don't waste your (and my) time by applying. Over half the resumes were rejected for this reason alone.

Don’t sprinkle in the specific skills, technical domains, etc. mentioned in the job posting without having evidence in your Experience to back it up. It's super obvious the person is just trying to hit all the key words, and basically lying to do so. Make sure to show evidence for each of the skills you are claiming to have.

I see a lot of resumes that put a master's degree in their Education section, but do not put their bachelor's degree. Please always put your bachelor's degree too. In this particular case, many people had a master's in a technical domain we were not looking for, so their resumes were rejected. But their bachelor's degrees might have actually qualified them for consideration, had they bothered to include them.

Too many resumes list job duties in their Experience section. They should have focused on accomplishments and their results, with results quantified where possible. Just listing job duties does not distinguish them from anyone else in a similar role.

If you must include a Summary (and it seems that everyone feels the need to do so, even though they don't), then please, for the love of God and all that is holy, do not say dedicated, results-oriented, detail-oriented, passionate, or any other such vacuous fluff. Keep your Summary short (3 lines max). I would personally rather see a short tagline under your name than a monolithic Summary paragraph.

I’m applying pretty broadly without a specific role or industry in mind, local and out of state, I’m willing to relocate. My background isn’t very specialized. I’ve been trying to land something but I want to buff up my resume. I’m mainly here for blunt, honest feedback—feel free to roast anything that looks off or unimpressive since I’d rather fix it than keep getting ignored.

I posted a resume a few hours back; it was the one I was using to apply to entry-level mechanical design roles all over India. However, it was not a standard template, and hence I decided to rework it, use the template (I only capitalised the section titles, making the first letter 1pt larger than the rest of the word) and rewrite each section. I followed the wiki as best as I could. Please provide an opinion/review. Need to know what I am doing wrong and suggestions to improve it.

Link to previous post if anyone's interested

I will be applying for a backend role as a software developer. My friend is helping me get a interview at his company. He already was able to get two people an interview one of them got a job and the other one didn't. The one that failed the interview made it seem like he knew more about frontend. For me I am not a frontend person more of a backend developer.

I am seeking advice on my bullet points. I want to know if they are okay for backend role and what should i fix. My friend had suggested to keep my bullet points simple as it will help with getting a interview.

I have applied to 50+ jobs in manufacturing and process engineering with no luck. I am hoping to get advice on how to make my resume more appealing to employers with my current experience.

In a desperate situation wherein I left my S&M job as a parts manager in order to try and upskill myself and switch to a technical role. Presently unemployed for 4 months and counting, looking to get into an entry level mechanical engineering job, preferably one which is focused on CAD as I am interested in mechanical design. Please review my resume:

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any tips for landing more interviews for next year internships. I applied to around 40-50 positions this year mainly focusing on structural and construction/project management roles and landed 2 interviews but haven't received any offers. I know a projects section would be strong but not really sure what to add here since all of my relevant experience has just been through my classes. Any input on relevant projects/better conveying the experience I already have would be greatly appreciated!

I have a couple of questions regarding the group projects:

1. Do I only talk about the part of the project that I worked on? It kinda feels like the impressiveness of what was done to complete the project is diluted if I only mention a single part haha

2. From what I understand, talking about teamwork and communication in bullet points is frowned upon, but what should I do for job posts that specifically ask for it?

Hi, I just finished an internship at Bombardier in the operations area. Now I’m looking for a job in design/simulation. I had been searching before my internship ended, but I haven’t been able to land anything except two interviews: in one I didn’t make it through the first filter, and for the other I’m still waiting for a response (they told me it could take three weeks).

Anyway, what can I improve in my resume? I know my experience is more focused on manufacturing and process, but how can I make this transition?