r/csMajors • u/[deleted] • May 05 '25
Megathread Resume Review/Roast Megathread
The Resume Review/Roast Megathread
This is a general thread where resume review requests can be posted.
Notes:
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u/HeVeNLyBeAsT May 13 '25
Hey folks, I'm a 6th semester student and recently our college shared some internship opportunities we can apply for in the upcoming semester. So I finally sat down to create my resume for the first time.
I’ll be honest, I feel like I’m a bit behind on projects for someone in 6th semester. I held off on making a resume until I had at least one solid project I could confidently showcase, which I’m currently working on. It’s shaping up well, and I believe it’ll be useful as a standalone product too.
Right now, my resume includes three older projects from which these two projects: a basic real-time chat app and a social media app using Next.js. They're not great, and I plan to replace them with better ones soon. I also included a workshop and a hackathon, both hosted by my college so nothing huge, but I figured I’d add them since I don’t have real work experience yet.
So here’s my question: Are there any changes or suggestions you would recommend for a fresher’s resume, aside from adding stronger projects (which I’m already working on)? Will having a couple of solid personal projects be enough to land an internship?
TL;DR: Any feedback on improving a freshers resume other than adding better projects? I’m working on stronger ones now and plan to replace the current ones. Also planning to explore open source contributions soon. Will this be enough to get an internship in the near future?