I am a new grad and my OPT just got started but I have no interviews on the horizon and given that I have had no luck in getting an internship after my first year of Master’s or a job interview for full time roles. As I get rejections with the same reason over and over again - “We found people who were a closer fit for our requirements / we don’t think the job aligns well with your credentials” I need to know how much of this is my fault. For all the folks in software dev, could you please give your honest review of my resume and tell me if it’s suitable for entry level software engineering roles? I would really appreciate any feedback I could get! Also if you happen to have any networking or job hunt tips in general I’d love to hear them! #tech #jobs #hiring #swe #meta #microsoft #google #netflix #apple #advice
People with 3-5 yoe are applying for entry level jobs.
Tier 2 college in India… FAANG needs you!
Assuming this is sarcasm, the reason I tagged FAANG is because that is the ultimate goal for any new grad, so anyone who’s made it in must have done something right, and I would love their feedback.
Remove intern title when not applying to fang. No one is calling India to verify your employment
But saying I was a Software Engineer for those durations wouldn’t raise any flags? Also the fact they were during my Master’s?
Again, are they calling India to verify? Non FANG companies don't have huge HR departments dedicated to nonsense work.
Looks good IMO. You seem to have worked on quite a lot of different things. It’s just a shitty market right now. A note about your last internship, reducing system downtime by 30% in just 2 months sounds like either you are overvaluing your contributions (maybe you had to do the last touch only) or it is a shitty company. So, maybe add a little bit more context.
haha i get what you mean, i put that in because I worked on refactoring a part of the existing monolithic code base and work on a couple of Microservices we implemented using Spring Boot. I kind of took credit on behalf of my whole team’s effort there, but I will definitely expand on my own personal contribution. What you said about a lot of different stuff, that is actually something I worry about? Like, as I’m targeting entry level software dev roles, do you think working on ML or embedded programming projects shows recruiters adaptability or should i have more “generic” software engineering projects?
Here's the rule: for the things you keep in your resume, are they better than most applicants? If not why is it there? Do you have anything that's better than most applicants? If not then start working on it. It can be a research paper in some prestigious conference, open source contribution, personal project that's really good
Its not you. Its market. Also without green card/ citizenship Its much harder.
I have been getting the same response for the last one year. I have 7+ years of experience but wore different hats and it’s hard to break into a pure DE role unless you start as a DE from the beginning of your career. Since you are a new grad I would suggest you to focus on the role or tech stack that you are targeting and apply for more jobs.
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Market is trash. Particularly with those companies. Basically folks were laid off with years of experience and credentials that you are now competing against. The response you are getting tend to be more blanket statements because they hired someone with years of experience instead
This.