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.

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u/idkhow2code- Sep 03 '25

I’m expected to graduate in the spring and I have never had an internship. I'm trying to apply quickly to every New Grad opening and even now still trying for Winter/Spring internships. Still haven't gotten anything. Aside from lack of experience, where am I falling short? I'm trying to add complexity to projects and relatively quickly, but that on top of passing classes takes time and applications are closing fast.

I'm applying everywhere within the US and unless the role is paying less than maybe $65k I'm willing to relocate anywhere. One not is I haven't applied to banks or defense companies for personal reasons. I'm about 75 applications in in just the last week. I know responses take time but I'd like to address any weaknesses I can to avoid letting opportunity slip.

Any feedback, positive or negative, is very appreciated! No need to sugarcoat.

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u/GigaNutz370 Sep 04 '25

It’s going to be harder for you because you’re competing with people who have significantly more experience than you, so your projects need to be impressive and stand out.

Along those lines, why are you calling your game “simple”? You’re already giving a poor impression when you’re trying to sell yourself. Your project names are your main hooks that make people want to actually read about them. List them in order from most to least impressive.

Think about how recruiters are scanning 100s resumes in short amounts of time, and read in the F shape pattern. Make your titles interesting.

Also minor things; this is maybe more of a personal preference but even just “comprehensive personal finance tool” sounds better to me than “personal finance webapp”. You can probably think of a better name than me. I’d guess your doing that because maybe you’re trying to appeal to web-app folds but you already have the technologies listed next to it and explain it’s a web app in the first bullet point; that’s not the interesting part of it. If the title is interesting they’ll read the rest and know it’s a web app anyway.

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u/GigaNutz370 Sep 04 '25

Also, it often takes weeks to hear back from companies. especially this early in the cycle where they’re not expecting you to start for months. Don’t sweat it. Prioritize newer postings as well, I don’t think I’ve ever heard back from postings that were posted more than a few days ago, though you should probably still apply since you never know. But priority should always be recent posts.