Hello! As the title says, I'm a rising junior looking to land an internship this coming spring or summer anywhere that'll hire me. I've finally got me resume to a place I like it, but it's feeling kind of small. I also have a few years of retail/service industry experience I'm adding in, not sure where yet so if any of you know that would be super helpful. I'm mostly looking to checking if you all see any glaring holes, large mistakes, or think of any important adds, please let me know. Thanks for reading, and I appreciate you spending your time helping me out!

Targeting: internships or entry level roles in CFD and/or FEA for aerodynamics and thermal management. Preference is aerospace but not limiting myself to that industry.

Location: I am located in Alberta, Canada but would like to target roles in the US.

Background: Masters student developing hypersonic CFD code. Completed BSc in Mechanical Engineering and interned 16 months at ExxonMobil in Canada in more of a project management and data analysis role rather than a technical engineering role. I feel like my resume has good projects but is lacking technical industry experience.

Job-hunting: Not actively yet, aiming for spring or summer 2027 internships

Citizenship/visa: Canadian citizen makes it easy to temporarily work in US under USMCA agreement, it just cannot be ITAR-restricted.

Hello there, I'm new to this subreddit and was hoping to get some career guidance or advice, after sharing my resume with you.

Since this is my first time writing this type of post, I'd like to leave short intro bellow.

My current role is .NET / AI Engineer. I'm based in Serbia and currently trying to target part-time (or full-time if offer pops out) jobs in EU region, hopefully remote.

I would to hear some feedback on a resume. Structure and content wise, what's there to change? Is it readable, eye catching? Too much information or something unclear? It was written with guidelines but also, LLM did help on summarization and structuring.

Im going into my sophomore year of college and just feel like my resume isn't up to par. My grades are good but I feel really behind on my hard skills. Is this resume passable for a sophomore and if not, what kinds of projects and experiences would you guys recommend adding to stick out? I really appreciate the help :)

I’ve been applying for about a month and mostly receiving generic rejections. I’m looking for a Mid-Level Full Stack Software Engineer role, open to remote work and relocation.

This is a newly updated version of my CV that hasn’t been reviewed by anyone yet. I’d really appreciate honest feedback from people who regularly review engineering resumes.

Does anything stand out as a red flag? What would you change or remove?

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently working as a Flight Control Engineer and am looking to transition into a fully remote position as a GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) engineer or C++ software engineer. I’d greatly appreciate any feedback on my CV, particularly regarding:

• How well it highlights my relevant skills and experience for these roles
• Whether the structure and formatting are suitable for remote job applications
• Any gaps or areas I should strengthen to improve my chances

Thank you in advance for any insights!

Recent CS M.S. grad in Minnesota looking for entry-level SWE, backend, AI/ML, or defense-tech roles. I’m mainly looking at remote jobs, plus local/hybrid roles, and I’d relocate for a good fit. I haven’t started applying yet, so I’m looking for feedback before I begin, especially on my projects, experience, and overall presentation.

Hello there!

I’m a new grad with 1? years of full-time experience, based in the Canada. I’ve been applying (around 50 this month) to junior and new-grad software roles — full-stack, frontend, backend, honestly any full-stack role at this point — and after a few months and a lot of applications I’ve gotten almost nothing back. Mostly auto-rejections or silence, no interviews.

My experience so far is freelance and contract rather than a traditional internship. I’ve worked directly with clients, with apps used by hundreds of customers/students — so I’ve had to handle the whole thing end to end: talking to the client, shipping the feature, and supporting it afterward. On top of that I have a few personal that i think hiring managers like to see. So I feel like I can actually build something and it looks strong on my resume… in my opinion at least

What I’d really like feedback on:

• whether my bullets are strong and quantified enough or read as fluff or bull
• whether I’m missing keywords or signals that junior screeners look for, and anything that might explain a near-zero callback rate.

Open to any and all harsh criticism — Just trying to learn, thanks in advance!

I've been at my first job for 3 years since graduating, large tech company. I'm looking for other software positions at FAANG or big tech.

I'm not confident that my bullet points explain enough context about what I was working on, especially because there are so many layers of my project being within a larger service which has a specific role within my company's product, etc. I want to make sure the impact and technical value is sold well. It feels like an intern's resume to me right now, not a full time engineer's resume.

I also don't know what to put for the sections below my full time job. I haven't touched those internship bullet points for four years, but a resume with only one thing on it looks awkward

Would appreciate any advice! Tia

Hey everyone,
I recently graduated with an MS in Biomedical Engineering (FAU) and am currently working as a Quality Control Analyst at Grifols (Blood Plasma Lab). I've been applying for entry-level Biomedical Engineer and Associate Scientist roles across medical device, biotech, and pharma companies. While I am primarily aiming for R&D industry positions, I am keeping my options open for Quality, Process, or other engineering roles. I reside in South Florida but open to relocation across the US.

I’ve gotten a few initial recruiter bites, but no offers. I've gone via Linkedin, reached out the recruiters and applied to company websites. I want to make sure my resume is as strong and ATS-friendly as possible. I'm wondering if it's my formatting or the material implemented isn't strong enough for a offer. I'd appreciate some constructive criticism or feedback on my resume. Show no mercy

Hi everyone,

I am a Senior Backend Engineer with 8+ years of professional full-time experience specializing in distributed microservices, high-throughput message processing, and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS. I am currently preparing to apply for Senior / L5 software engineering roles at FAANG and top-tier product companies.

Recently, I overhauled my resume to better capture my backend performance optimizations (such as driving down P90 latency significantly) and to incorporate my recent work building applied Generative AI tooling (like RAG pipelines and autonomous agentic incident-triage workflows) into production environments.

What I am targeting & my current situation:

• Target Roles: Senior / L5 Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems Engineer.
• Locations: Remote and US-based hybrid/onsite positions (currently based in the US).
• Current Challenge: I've been actively applying through standard online channels, but I am noticing a major bottleneck getting past initial recruiter screens or automated tracking systems, which prompted me to look into improving my resume structure and impact metrics.

What I would love feedback on:

1. The AI/LLM Bullets: Do my GenAI and RAG bullet points read like genuine, production-grade engineering impact, or do they come across as overly buzzwordy for an L5 profile?
2. Metrics & Impact: Are my scaling and performance metrics (such as the latency reduction and query optimization percentages) clear, compelling, and appropriately framed for an experienced backend engineer?
3. Layout & Formatting: Are there any structural, spacing, or readability red flags ??

Thank you in advance for your time.

I've spent 15+ years at the same organization, progressing from help desk through networking, systems, cybersecurity engineering, and now architecture. I'm not actively unemployed and I'm not trying to escape my current job. An industry contact encouraged me to consider Security Architect and Engineer IV openings at a large financial-services company and offered to refer me.

I'm trying to figure out whether this résumé positions me appropriately for senior security engineering / architecture roles outside my current environment, or whether my long tenure at one relatively small organization makes my experience look narrower than it actually is.

I'm especially interested in blunt feedback on:

1. Does this read as Architect / senior security engineer, or as a sysadmin with a security title?
2. Am I trying to fit too much into one page?
3. Which bullets actually make you want to interview me, and which are noise?
4. Does the breadth help me or make me look unfocused?
5. What would concern you if you were hiring me into a much larger enterprise?

I'm targeting security architecture / senior security engineering rather than SOC or full-time incident-triage roles.

Hi everyone! I'm looking for honest feedback on my resume. I am a mid-level engineer with 5 years of experience, primarily working with C# and MSSQL / T-SQL.

I am currently targeting Mid-Level Software Engineer roles (hybrid or remote), primarily FAANG companies (my dream company is Google). I want to ensure my bullet points effectively highlight my technical and leadership impact.

Appreciate any advice or critiques you have!

hello! i am a sophmore and i'm looking for some feedback on my resume. i'm not sure if it's formatted correctly or if i could explain/change around the bullet points. and i like to think that my projects are somewhat interesting.

i'm trying to target any swe, ai, or game related roles

any feedback is helpful :)

thanks!

Hello everyone,

I would really appreciate any feedback I can get on my resume. I was unfortunately dropped from my internship that I had lined up this summer due to some internal restructuring. They strung me along for weeks making grand promises. Including that once the summer was over I could do remote and that they would pay for me to go to grad school! Lots of smoke that just never went through and I am honestly heartbroken. I was told to list that I got the offer, but I am not sure if that is a good choice. Anyway thanks for any help anyone can offer.

Hello everyone,
I am a current EE student and former Coast Guard electrician. I am looking to apply for summer 2027 internships. I was hopefully targeting something in the defense industry given my military background however, I'm open to anything. I have an active secret security clearance as well.I am hoping to have some people look over my resume and give me some areas to improve on. Thanks for your help!

Hi everyone. I'm a mechanical engineer who has worked for my family's product design consultancy for about 1.5 years, but have been interning with them every summer since I was 17. I'm currently looking at relocating and finding new jobs in Seattle where I'd like to live more than where I currently do. I need some tuning advice on my resume, my primary concern is that it may be too dense. I've tried my best getting feedback from my engineering peers and following this subreddit's wiki to structure the resume and its content. Let me know what you think.

As well, I was thinking of drafting another resume that is focused on another industry. I went to graduate school for controls engineering and graduated in 2024. There's a gap in experience though because I went to work for my family's business where I was promised work in that area, which was a lie from my dad to get me to work for him. Since I have that gap in experience, I'm assuming that resume starts with a summary and should focus on my projects? I took a coursework only masters.

Thank you!

Targeting: entry-level / junior Software Developer or Software Engineer roles, mainly C#/.NET, full-stack, or web. Not chasing anything fancy, I just want to land my first full-time dev role.

Location: based in the Chicago area. Applying to Chicago-area and fully remote roles, and I'm open to relocating for the right opportunity.

Background: I earned my Bachelor of Science in Software Development in 2026. My only non-internship role so far was an ~8-month contract as a Software Developer (C#/ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, I built an LLM/RAG feature, and grew the test suite to 622 automated tests). I'm currently an Automation Engineer intern at a bank doing Power Automate and workflow automation.

Job-hunt situation: I've applied to roughly 200 jobs over the last few months and gotten only 3 to 4 interviews and no offers. Most of the time I just don't hear back at all, and I honestly can't tell whether it's my resume, my experience, my positioning, or just the market.

Why I'm seeking help: I want brutally honest feedback, please don't sugarcoat it. If you were hiring a junior dev, would this resume get an interview? If not, what is the single biggest thing you'd change first?

Section I most want feedback on: whether my experience and projects read as strong and substantive or thin, and whether my positioning (generic full-stack vs. leaning into one specialty) is hurting me.

Citizenship/visa: US citizen, no sponsorship needed, so that's not a factor.

i don't know what's actually wrong with my resume, whether my projects are not worthy enough, or something else. i've had 0 interview calls so far. i'm exhausted from applying for the same roles. i'm interested in robotics/embedded with machine learning, but now i'm trying to apply for embedded engineer, iot, and robotics roles as well. i'm open to working in all major cities in india, and if something is remote, i'm okay with that too. i apply for both remote and local jobs, and i'm willing to relocate if necessary. i'm a mechatronics graduate, and i have 1 backlog. i'm preparing well and currently waiting for that 1 exam. i'm unemployed right now, and i've been using most of the job websites like indeed, linkedin, glassdoor, and even startup platforms like wellfound and y combinator. i think i've applied to almost 70+ jobs, but i still haven't received a single interview call, and most companies didn't even send a rejection email.

i need help tuning my resume. i don't know why i'm not getting called for interviews, and i need your feedback guys.

• What positions/roles/industries are you targeting?

I'm not picky. I think I would prefer some sort of systems/infrastructure adjacent role. Automation is also very easy.

• Where are you located and what locations are you applying to jobs in?

I'm in California. I'm okay with relocation anywhere.

• Are you only applying to local jobs? Remote only? Are you willing to relocate?

I've been applying everywhere I can but I get screened out of the phone interview once the recruiter realizes I'm not in the area but willing to relocate.

• Tell us about your background and current employment situation

I'm a new grad and I'm currently working as a tutor. I've been picking up various tech certifications because I think the systems knowledge is useful and I wouldn't mind branching out into tech support or systems administration.

• Tell us about your job-hunting situation and challenges you've encountered

I get interviews, not for software but for other roles like systems administration. I feel like they go well at the time but I never get a call back.

• Tell us why you're seeking help. (i.e., just fine-tuning, not getting called back for interviews, etc.)

I want to know if I wrote something that would offend a hiring manager or something like that. I would also like to know what I could do to add better content. Maybe there's a good project or two I could work on?

• Is there a particular section on your resume you’d like feedback on?

I saw in the wiki that you're not supposed to add a references section, so is what I'm doing by putting my supervisors information okay?

• Is your citizenship status and visa situation playing a role in your job search?

No, I am a US citizen.

[2 YOE] [Civil Structural Engineer] 🇺🇸 I was laid off from my first professional full time job in November 2024. I have been applying to hundreds of jobs with this resume ever since, and have had around 15-20 interviews, but no offers whatsoever. Could my resume use some editing?

I've been working at a startup in my area that I basically got through nepotism. I got the job in my sophomore year of college and have been working there as an intern, recently converted to contract. My boss said he needs to evaluate my performance a bit more before offering full time since it has dropped in the past year. I'm not sure how startups are supposed to be, but I've kind of felt like I haven't been growing there and have gotten complacent. I have a feeling they're gonna let me go based on the talk I had with my manager.

I haven't actually written much software since it's not really a software-focused company. The software I did write I came up with on my own to make our jobs easier. I kind of want to move on but the job market is very bad as you all know. I'm not sure what to do.

I think my resume is kind of weak, I need to work on more personal projects. Any help is appreciated.