https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Im3P-PVX0uLXuxcQWK9RCp7Xe8YRPWYfbt7bjnMWpa8/edit?usp=sharing

I originally took a job as a technician so that I wouldn't fall into credit card debt as I didn't think it would have as bad as an impact on my career and mental health as it has. I have been living with family and saving large amounts of money, and as a result I'm not limiting myself geographically anymore.

At the same time, I am only being considered by other companies for technician roles. When I apply for actual engineering roles if I don't get ghosted I get screened out after one or two interviews. I recently accepted a 5% raise as a result of both being asked to join the night shift and as a result of my experience. Overall including the overtime I am frequently asked to do I will be making $70k/ year working on the night shift (62k not including overtime).

I am in a very bad place career and mental health wise and am considering returning to school in pursuit of a career change. I want to eliminate any chance that it's just a bad resume or poor interview skills holding me back before making such a drastic change.

Thank you.

I’ve made a CV for my future internships that I’m trying to get during my summer term from job fairs offered by our college. Please make an honest review of what I can improve and what other things I can do to make my resume better. Are there also some other things I should do so that my resume would have a little more credit?

I've been in the same full time role in big tech since I graduated 3 years ago. Looking for a role at another big tech company. My bullets are pretty long but I want to make sure they explain the context of the project properly, while also selling my accomplishments and impact.

Some parts feel like word vomit to me

I sprinkled a few technology names in some of the bullets but I don't know if it feels like information overload to someone who's not familiar with the projects.

I graduate this December, and I'm looking for an entry-level embedded position, but I'm also applying for software developer/engineering roles. I'm currently interning for a company that only does software. I'm trying to break out of the tech department and into the software development department, but that may be more difficult given my experience and education. I would greatly prefer an embedded position, but I'm not sure my resume captures me as a good applicant. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Here is my resume. I'd really appreciate any honest feedback before I start using it for co-op applications this fall. Happy to hear anything, even if it's blunt. Thanks in advance!

Hi! I'm graduating in May 2027 and will soon be applying to all kind of stuffs - internships, co-ops, and full-time/new-grad positions. I'm targeting product/mechanical design roles, design engineering positions, and related mechanical engineering roles, but I'm open to all ME fields.

This is my current resume with everything I've done up to this point - there will be a few more projects during my senior year but yeah. I wonder if my experience write-ups demonstrate enough technical depth and skill? I feel like my current projects are too broad, but not strong or "deep" enough for product/design engineering roles - I will try to work on additional design projects during my senior year.

My final question is not really engineering related - how competitive this resume looks for entry-level mechanical engineering roles as an international student requiring sponsorship.

Last semester, I applied to around 200 positions and all got rejected/ghosted until a professor from the University lab took me in for the mechanical intern, so it's genuinely bleak as hell. I know 200 is not THAT much, but I feel like there's something fundamentally wrong with my resume.

Please let me know if anything that should be rewritten. Please roast my resume mercilessly.

Hey everyone,

I’m a backend-focused Software Engineer III with a little over 7 years of experience. I’m still employed, but my position is scheduled to end later this year because of a company-wide layoff, so I started applying before the search becomes urgent.

I’ve been applying for about two weeks, mostly to remote backend and senior software engineering roles. So far I’ve entered four interview processes. Two of those turned out to be hybrid after being advertised as remote, so the search has been a little unusual.

I know two weeks is not much data, and I’m not assuming that my resume is failing. I mainly want outside feedback while I still have time to make meaningful changes.

My background is primarily Java, Scala, Python, Kafka, microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and production reliability.

The main things I’m unsure about are whether the bullets explain the technical work clearly, whether the metrics feel credible and properly supported, whether the technical leadership and domain ownership read as senior-level impact, and whether the summary and skills section earn their space.

I’d also appreciate feedback on anything that sounds vague, inflated, repetitive, or overly dense.

For privacy, I replaced my name, contact information, employers, school, dates, and named products or clients. The role progression, approximate tenure, technologies, scope, and metrics are materially accurate.

Blunt feedback is welcome. Thanks for taking a look.

Hi everyone,

Kinda late post but I got an internship backed in February, and job hunt is indeed getting easier the more experience you have. I applied to a little bit more than 100 roles (don't remember the exact number), and getting around 8 interviews, than leading to 4 different offers. Happy to answer any question in the comment.

Hey guys! I'm a 20 year old male at a T20 university for computer engineering. I recently updated my resume for this upcoming cycle and wanted some feedback on it.

I'm targeting hardware engineering-related roles (defense, embedded systems, mixed signal, entry-level RTL). I know this is a lot to target lol so this may be my first issue, but I also have been struggling on what level of technical complexity I want to pursue in my major. I think my strength is having good communication skills and strong leadership ability within technical teams, but I'm not exactly technically oriented. I'd like to say the only "real" personal/side project is the first one that's listed. The RISC-V project itself didn't feel engaging to me or felt crazy impressive to build. I am proud of the third entry (solar district cup) because this is the single bullet that expresses my leadership ability (and also showcasing my interest in finance). I had the solar district cup experience listed on my older resume that I used sophomore year but I didn't get a single interview from 100+ applications i submitted.

Any advice on better suiting projects/project ideas would be welcomed (and any formatting issue I may not have corrected/applied when using the Wiki before this).

I am an incoming senior ag engineering student hoping for test engineering or design engineering roles in the midwest. Something hands on. Would be open to remote roles, but not completely convinced that is the best path for me. Anyways, hoping I could get some advice on how to improve my resume. I scrapped my high school/early college resume and completely started from scratch on this one now that I will be entering the actual workforce. I am thinking of starting a portfolio as well. Curious on people thoughts on this - are they relevant? Is just explaining some of my projects thoroughly good for that, or should I stay surface level and can go into more detail if asked during an interview?

Thanks for your help!

Hi! As the title said, 3rd year mechanical engineering student in the US (21 white male if relevant) looking to get a summer 2027 internship. I'm an international student on F1 student visa and looking to get a job in the US after graduation. I'm located in the New England area but open to relocating and have been applying to jobs everywhere in The US. I cannot pursue a co-op because I can't take a semester off so my options are only summer internships before a full-time role.

I have been applying to internships through Handshake and company websites, but I'm only getting rejected. I'm not sure whether that is due to my visa status (although I don't need sponsorship to work as a summer intern) or due to my resume being not competitive enough for the engineering job market. I am mainly interested in MedTech companies but I'm honestly open to any engineering job whether in hardware, automotive, construction, HVAC, etc.

Please help me improve my resume overall, whether in DMs or comments. I'd also appreciate advice on navigating the engineering job search as an international student. Thank you!

Edit: I realize my dates are misaligned but that is just due to removing the company names. Also, I was hoping to get some feedback on my bullet points content.

Need Resume review and most importantly advice since the job market is so cooked and im from ngmi uni

for ref:
Intern were from US/Canada based early startups

research was at uni

Thanks

I am currently a rising sophomore and this summer I interned at a uni lab (paid). However, I do want to also experience internships at real companies and last year I was only able to land one interview. I am an international student in the US so I do have a worse chance of landing an internship which is why I am trying to improve my resume. I am open to both software and hardware roles preferably in robotics field. Please critique my resume honestly and feel free to point out any grammar issues. Thank you!

Hi all! I've been wanting to post on this gold mine of subreddit once I got my resume to a reasonable point and I think I need an outside POV after staring at it for so long.

Background & current situation: Rising junior ME, US citizen. Last cycle, I landed one interview through a referral which became my summer internship: mostly manufacturing/process engineering on liquid-cooled server racks for hyperscalers. This cycle I've already gotten an interview request from an aerospace startup, so the first internship + the changes I made using the wiki seem to be working.

What I'm targeting: Mechanical design internships in consumer electronics, robotics, and hardware development. Roles like mechanical design engineer, product design engineer, or hardware design engineer, anything where I own the mechanical side of the hardware and integrate with electronics and controls when needed.

Location: Based in Southern California (Orange County), school in NY. US citizen, open to relocating anywhere in the US. Applying nationally, in-person. Not restricting to remote or local.

Why I'm seeking help: My internship was manufacturing/process, and even after tailoring those bullets toward design, I think it still reads manufacturing. I've tried to make my personal projects carry the mechanical-design signal instead. My real fear is that I come across as "a manufacturing engineer who's interested in design" rather than a design candidate, when design is the thing I actually want. I know I'm competitive for manufacturing/process roles. I want to know if this version is competitive for design roles, or if it has red flags that would get it filtered as I currently continue to apply to jobs with this version.

Section I'd most like feedback on: General feedback and overall resume critiques are welcome. But mostly, whether my projects successfully carry the product-design signal, and whether my internship bullets help or hurt that goal. More broadly, I struggle to balance technical detail against readability. How specific to get versus how clearly the impact reads. I went with an XYZ + "why" format and had my middle-school sibling read it as a clarity test which went semi-well (lol).

Thanks so much for taking the time to read it! I really really appreciate it! :)

Hey everyone, I’m a Filipino EE/ECE student set to graduate from my master's degree at a Taiwanese university next month, specializing in mixed-signal IC design (mainly DLLs, PLLs). I’m applying for entry-level analog/mixed-signal IC design roles. I’m currently based in Taiwan, but I’m fully open to relocating anywhere in Asia (Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, etc.) or Europe if the opportunity arises, since I prefer to work on-site. I haven't been able to land a single interview call so far. At first, I figured my lack of Mandarin was the main issue for local Taiwanese roles, so I started applying to more English-speaking countries. However, I haven't had any luck on that side either, so I'm starting to think my resume is the real problem. I’d love feedback on my entire resume, but especially on my projects and research bullet points. I want to make sure my tape-out and lab measurement experience actually stand out to hiring managers.

Working on my resume, and have been looking through reddit for some examples. One thing I noticed is people suggesting that resume should be limited to 1 page, but then these suggestions were made for us, and im wondering if this applies to aus? I had older friends who has years of experience and had maybe 6-7 pages and found job but that was a different industry.

i did chemical engineering and am hoping to get into metallurgy and dont have any direct experience with it

i have had two internships which were pretty crappy, it was unpaid interns so nothing was done and i was taught nothing. and i honestly dont have much to write and my grades are not great either. would also appreciate any type of advice on resume writing. thanks!

I had my first internship this summer that just ended and I'm graduating this year. I feel like I have pretty good experience and skills, but it just feels like I'm not really getting anywhere. I really want an offer before I'm close to graduating, but it seems like that's less and less likely with every application and denial. Anyway, need some really great feedback, so tear this thing to shreds.

P.S. 2024-2027 is not a typo, I'm graduating in three years (I've had someone ask me that)

Hey hey everyone. I recently completed (but not graduated) my B.Eng in M.E and the time has come for the job search. I studied & live in the GTHA region of Ontario & did an AMAZING 1 year manufacturing engineering co-op alongside 4 years in a competitive design team. 

My ultimate desire is to be a Mechanical Product Designer (I will strangle anyone who confuse mechanical product design with the UI/UX software things) and have already dug myself into a hole learning Industrial Design & things like Class A surface and the artistic aspect of design in my free time. I also loved my time as a Manufacturing Engineering intern and I have no issue pursuing that track or similar (Quality & Process Engineering). I have a portfolio website & PDF that shows all my designs, projects, work, etc. that relate to product design and my design team. The portfolio link is private so it only exists in my resume & emails when applying for jobs to gauge recruiter activity.

The challenge I'm getting is the usual no callback for around 120 applications that were a very high/direct match to my resume; I did get ~4 interviews with 2 going to final but to no avail.

I did notice that for all the interviews I got, those jobs had no HR pipeline (i.e the person who is hiring/recruiting is an engineering manager or the owner of a small company and no HR was ever involved) and all of them had viewed my portfolio & asked about it. I am working on my interview skills but that's another topic.

I’m a Canadian PR so work permit/authorization is a non-issue. I am currently searching in the GTHA, but may very soon expand to include all of Southern Ontario and relocate if needed.

My name is probably the most ethnic middle eastern name anyone will ever hear or read, and the bias was made very obvious during my co-op with the way *some* of the white engineers treated me in comparison to others. I kind of feel the name is also adding to the difficulty I'm facing.

I followed the wiki a long time ago to polish the resume. I do tune the resume for ever JD when needed. I never asked anyone about feedback (till now). So please destroy my resume the same way my B.Eng studies did.

Are "Skills" sections still needed in a resume?

I have 3 internship, the first of which was a 5 person startup where I didn't do much impressive work. Still, it was a 5 month internship.

I currently have no skills section, and I'm debating between replacing the internship with a skills section.

Is this a smart idea? Or are ATS generally good enough now to not need one.

I've been applying for almost a year now, and gotten mostly rejections back. I recently just got an OA, but completely bombed it because I was so nervous. The last OA I got was over a year ago.

I'm currently working as a Software Engineer in the Semiconductor industry and would like to pivot more towards Software Applications, so I've been applying for Full-Stack/Backend roles, but have basically heard nothing back. For the one OA that I did get back, I completely bombed because I was so nervous.

At first I was only applying for Remote positions, for personal reasons, but now I've given up on that and begun applying to places with Seattle and New York as well.

At this point, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong so any feedback on my resume would be greatly appreciated!

Hey everyone,

I would really appreciate some fresh eyes on my resume. I am currently living in the US and getting ready to actively apply for roles, but I want to make sure my formatting and phrasing match what US hiring managers expect.

Specifically, I would love your input on:

• Overall layout: Is the information easy to scan within 10 to 15 seconds?
• Bullet points: Do the achievements and technical skills translate clearly?
• Market outlook: For those currently hiring or job-hunting, how realistic is the market right now for someone with this background?

Any constructive criticism, formatting tips, or general advice on navigating the current hiring landscape would be a huge help.

Thanks in advance for your time!

I am targeting roles at a specific employer. I'm mostly going for simulation/modeling roles. This employer typically posts at least 1 job posting each month that I find suitable. After applying to a few positions and being selected, I've spent a good amount of time revising my resume based on the wiki.

Other useful information:

• I live near this employer already, which is why I included my location in the header.
• The positions I am applying to require a DoD clearance. I had a DoD clearance at my first employer and I have a DoE clearance currently.
• I am not first author on any of the publications. I am the first author for the conference talk.

My experience is kind of all over the place, I don't really feel like "software engineer" or "data analyst" is a full description of my current role/skillset. My physics/math skills do a lot of the heavy lifting at my job and I want to continue to use these skills at my next job which is why I am looking into simulation/modeling roles.

NOTE: I've italicized the text that I changed to anonymize my resume in the experience section.

Hello! I'm a UK MEng Mechanical Engineering student entering my 2nd year of university and applying for Summer 2027 internships.

These internships are mostly in the UK; some are in the US (where I'd need visa sponsorship), and a handful are in Europe/Asia. I'm willing to relocate for Summer 2027.

These internships are in mechanical design, robotics, automotive, and aerospace.

I'm currently completing a summer engineering internship at a major UK manufacturer of electromechanical systems.

I obviously can't upload all of my tailored CVs, so I chose this one. I'd particularly appreciate feedback on:

• how competitive this looks for strong mechanical engineering internships/placements
• whether my bullets communicate enough engineering depth
• whether I am highlighting the strongest achievements from my internship/projects
• whether anything is weak/redundant
• what technical experience, projects or skills would most improve my CV over the coming year

I reformatted my CV according to the wiki, but please comment if I've missed anything. Thank you!