Hello everyone! I'm currently a rising sophomore at a Top 5 computer science university. My goal this year is to get a Summer 2023 SWE internship, and I was wondering if my resume is presentable. (Not too long, too irrelevant, too congested). I used a similar format for summer 2022 and got a callback from Apple (most likely since I have iOS experience) but that was also the only callback I got (from 100 applications, FAANG + not as well-known companies, but yes I know it is harder as a freshman). Any help/advice/referrals would be greatly appreciated! (posting again since I missed a few details in my previous post). #swe #internships #resume
Looks great. Thought it was mine bc I use a similar format. As previous poster said, the top-5 CS university becomes irrelevant after 1-2 yrs in the industry. All they care at that point is “what have you done for me in the last year”
That is definitely true, what school you went to isn't relevant when you start gaining real-life experience, your work speaks for itself. Thank you for your comment!
Using IDEs is not a skill
I get that, but Many Job Descriptions mention IntelliJ, Jira and other tools in requirements, so why not the candidates add them to skills ?
Experience before Education always
I thought that the conventional wisdom when you're a student is to have the education section first?
Not really, your experience is more important
I'm no expert, but anecdotally I have had pretty good call back on my resume lately. Your resume has too many words and makes your eyes want to gloss over it all. Write more concisely and try to have the projects in bigger font so you can scan the page and pick up the big details
Ah got it, I will try with a different font size and cut down on a few bullet points
I dont see any metrics in any of the projects. Use AMZN's STAR principle to write resumes. Situation, Task, Action, Results (Results should be hard numbers), Saying improved accuracy doesnt have as much impact as saying improved accuracy by x% and saying improved accuracy by x% doesnt have as much impact as saying improved accuracy by x% that directly resulted in y% more engagement/.../second order metric. Impact is all that matters.
That is true, something I will work on. What do you think about the number of words? Should I cut down on a few sentences?
Depends on how you much you can spin your work ex. Ill keep the projects to 3 points max and add metrics to those as well. Add more points to work ex and have 4-5 points max for each, with each point representing a section of the STAR format. Personal projects I see a bunch of deeper understanding points which I am not a personal fan of, but others might disagree. I like to see core technical stuff, saying you gained deeper understanding can be kept for 1-1 face to face interviews but imho has no place in a resume (even when you are a student).
“Top 5 computer science university” Stop thinking that way, it will only cause you to look silly Why do you keep posting this? Check out this post! "What’s wrong with my resume? (Software Engineering Career)" https://us.teamblind.com/s/hsy53D7r
Included the ranking because some companies do target candidates by their school. But yes, what school a person decides to go to doesn't determine their programming skills. Edit: the other post is not me, I previously had uploaded this resume without the clarification on what my experience was.
Forget rankings, nobody follows that. Rankings is what prestige chasers say to feel prestigious