What's up guys! I just put this in a comment, and figured I'd make a post out of it, because I've been noticing a lot of posted resumes recently that aren't even close to the recommended guidelines. All in all, that's not a big deal- all the seasoned users are excited to help.
But for your own sake, if you don't want a comment that concisely says "read the wiki"- then read the wiki [Wiki] (https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringResumes/wiki/index/) make sure your resume follows the fundamental guidelines. You can of course ask questions on those guidelines- but until you understand the fundamental ideas and format your resume as such, you will be lucky if you get anything more than the aforementioned comment.
I want to help more often, but I just end up saying the same thing over and over again. The common problems are:
1. Your format sucks
a. Either there's not enough formatting that I can't find the experience/skills/education section easily at a glance,
b. Or there's too much formatting and it's a clusterfuck of blue and green bars and I still can't find the experience/skills/education section easily at a glance.
2. The bullet points suck, which is either:
a. They don't actually say what you did, or it's too broad - working in a "fast-paced team" for a "product" doesn't tell me anything about what you did
b. For people in industry: they don't say the impact of your work, just that you coded some feature in a language. Well, what did the feature do? Why did you make it? Do you understand why and what you're doing other than just fulfilling tickets?
3. There's just bad information
a) Either there's like 3 billion lines of "skills" that nobody cares to know. No, I don't need to know what IDE you used or the 100 languages you touched once.
b) The project doesn't actually highlight anything and expects you to know what your "super awesome project" does and why you made it just from the title.
All in all, people spend way too much time trying to show they can program in 10 million languages and frameworks and not nearly enough time demonstrating that they know how to work in industry, which means you:
Understand the problem(s) that you're trying to solve
Understand the decision-making behind the problems and why you're doing what you do
Can actually follow through and have an impact on the work you did
Sure this is programming as a career, but you don't code just to code - it needs to go somewhere and do something if you want to prove that you're going to succeed in a job.
I am graduating this year and am worried I am not going to be able to get a job after graduation. Any advice regarding what I can add/remove/change from my resume would be greatly appreciated. I am mostly interested in RF, telecommunications, signal processing, and radar. I am from Washington State, if that changes anything.
I am a student located in the southeastern United States trying to land an internship for summer 2027 in the aerospace/medical/robotics industry. I am lacking in experience in robotics, and am mainly aiming for medical or aerospace industries. Most robotics roles I apply to are purely hardware/structures focused.
I think with my design engineering Co-Op ad rocketry experience my best fit is an aerospace role. However, I have also been able to cover most skills in medical mechanical roles.
I have just started applying for roles, and would like to know the following:
Does my resume have any red flags that may cause problems with ATS systems?
Can a recruiter easily understand my accomplishments/experience?
Are there any general problems with my resume format or content that stand out?
So far I have applied to around 150 jobs and gotten no interviews. I am wondering if my projects are not impressive enough, or not relevant for these jobs. Example: For SWE, too focused on AI. For AI engineering, only have experience on RAG, not in depth enough. I feel like my specialization is embedding AI into products, but I haven't seen too many postings asking for specifically this.
In particular I want to edit my experience section, but also my second personal project (Racquet Management App) seems too basic.
I am a US citizen, based in the NY area, open to relocation.
I'm a Master's student in AI and Data Science at the University of Macedonia in Greece (expected June 2027), with a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I'm targeting machine learning engineering and research roles, both in Europe and in US, remote and on site. I'm based in Thessaloniki, Greece and am willing to relocate.
I have no full-time experience yet. I did one ML internship (July to September 2025) on model quantization for CNNs, and I have three projects: a first-place BioASQ /CLEF clinical text classification system with a first-author paper, a drone-tracking pipeline with homography-based ego-motion compensation, and a EuroLeague forecasting project that logs predictions in a git history before each game.
My job search: 257 applications since August, 3 responses that led to interviews, 1 final interview but no offer.
I'd like feedback on the Projects section (which bullets are strongest for ML research roles), how to present an internship with only two bullets, overall feedback on my resume and where do I lack.
Citizenship: US + EU . I do not need visa sponsorship.
Hello, everyone. I am an upcoming mechanical engineering graduate based in the US. I'm currently in the process of applying to jobs, and I'm looking for ways in which I can improve my resume to increase my chances of getting interviews. I really want to enter the medical device industry as a product designer and ideally work for companies like Intuitive, J&J, BD, Stryker, VB Spine, and Medtronic. I would also be open to getting a role in underwater robotics companies, though that field seems more niche and defense-based (an industry I want to avoid).
More specifically, I want to see if my resume is ATS-friendly and highlights all of the basic skills that roles in medical devices need.
I am generally open to relocating, but I ideally want to live in a large metropolitan area in the same geographical region I am currently in, so I have been a bit picky about where I apply.
One of the main struggles I have right now is that I seem to quickly get rejected (~2-3 days) for most entry-level roles at larger companies. I have only applied to about 30 jobs so far, and I managed to get 3 interviews from online apps, so it's hard to fully come to a conclusion about this.
Lastly, I always hear about how important tailoring your resume is. I have been doing my best to do this for every role, but what's the most optimal way to make sure my resume highlights everything the job posting requires?
Any tips you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Hey everyone! I just completely revised my resume using the wiki and other success stories, and I'd love some feedback on how it looks now and what you think of the changes.
What I changed
Bullet points
Went all in on bullets that are easy to scan, following the XYZ / CAR format as closely as I could.
Added metrics wherever I honestly could. In some cases that's just a real number (like packages or devices) instead of a made-up percentage. I figured an honest number still catches attention.
Kept every bullet to one line.
Current job
Going to one-line bullets freed up a lot of space, so I added my current (non-SWE) job.
I'd never included it before because I assumed non-relevant experience would only hurt me. Now I'm hoping it clears up any doubt that I've been jobless or doing nothing since my last internship and graduation.
Skills
Cleaned it out so it only lists things mentioned in or clearly inferred from my bullets.
Layout
I still had some white space, so I tightened the margins and padding and fit a fourth project.
It looks readable to me, but I'd like a second opinion.
How I use it
This version shows 4 projects. When I apply, I swap in the projects that best fit the role (I used to show 3, and I'm moving to 4).
I tried hard to make the bullets make sense to both recruiters and engineers without being overbearing or throwing in too much jargon.
What I'd love feedback on
Does including my current non-SWE job help or hurt?
Is the 4-project layout still easy to scan, or is it too dense?
Do the bullets read well to both recruiters and engineers?
Overall, do you think this will improve my callback rate?
I have been working as a software engineer ~10 years in the US. My work has been in application development, backend development, API integrations, IAM, DevOps areas. Was laid off from latest position. I have been recently looking for jobs in the areas mentioned in title. Updated my resume to include my latest experience and some AI work I have been doing. I have got a few callbacks so far but need more. Looking for jobs locally (small city in NY), occasional onsite (few times / quarter) or fully remote. I have been applying using LinkedIn, Indeed, company websites, Levels.fyi, trueup.io, etc. Looking for feedback on my updated resume on content, structure and wording to get better.
Hi all, looking for a resume review plus advice on direction and timing.
Background: I finished a 5-year technical high school in CS this summer (Italian "perito informatico" diploma, roughly a vocational CS high school). It's my only qualification, which is why Education lists it. During school I did two developer work placements (one in Ireland, one remote for an Italian freelancer), listed as internships.
Current situation: in September I started a fixed-term contract as a junior in the cyber and tech risk team of a Big 4 firm. It's ICT assessments and control-evidence review for financial-sector clients, plus Python automation I built that saves me a few hours a week on evidence exports. The contract ends in February; they've said verbally they want to extend it. Either way, I'm leaving next September to start a full-time CS bachelor's.
Long-term goal: software engineering at fintechs like Revolut, Klarna or PayPal; failing that, a product company rather than consulting. Short term I'm targeting entry level backend developer positions. Northern Italy; open to Milan hybrid, fully remote, or relocating anywhere for the right role and compensation (probably will have more occasions after bcs). EU citizen, no visa issues.
The decision I'm stuck on:
A) Apply from November to February for a junior dev role at a product company that I could keep part-time or remote once uni starts, and leave the Big 4 when my contract ends.
B) Stay at the Big 4 until September (if they extend), so I have ~10 months there instead of 5, then look for something that fits around uni.
What I'd like feedback on:
Is this a good starting point for eventually landing at a fintech like the ones above? What's missing?
Does the Big 4 role (ICT risk on financial-sector clients) help or hurt for fintech/product dev roles, and do 10 months count noticeably more than 5?
Projects vs experience: my side projects (ledger library, signed banking protocol, timestamping API) are arguably stronger than my work experience and the most fintech-relevant thing I have. Is the order right?
Is the Security skills line credible at my level, or does it look like keyword stuffing?
Hello, I would love a little resume review; I'm seeking help, as, since I have started working, I have not updated it...and it shows.
A little bit about me: I am 23 years old and 2 years into my professional career. I truly love my job because, as you can see by the header, they let me try everything and own as much as am willing, and it is wonderful. I truly will miss this job, but the company is pivoting in a direction I just cannot follow. But I do recongize all of the good work I've done and, like a brat, show it off LOL. My promotion to be a Senior is currently in the works, but I don't wish to put that I am a Senior in my resume, just because it's not true.
I would love a hybrid job in Chicago! Willing to work remote, if I must. Relocate? No (unless it's super awesome).
I’m a master’s student in Informatics and Computer Engineering in Russia, graduating in 2027, but open to starting earlier. I’m applying for entry-level/junior Systems Analyst and Technical Business Analyst roles abroad, mainly in Europe, and I would need visa sponsorship and relocation.
My experience is about 7 months as a Systems Analyst (contractor on a large bank’s enterprise fintech product) plus a 5-month systems analyst internship. Most of my work was on integrations: Kafka data contracts, REST APIs, SQL-based reconciliation and release acceptance.
I rewrote my resume following this sub’s wiki, but I’d really appreciate feedback from hiring managers or analysts who review resumes for these roles.
My biggest question is: does my resume show what hiring managers abroad expect from a junior Systems/Business Analyst?
Some specific questions:
Are my bullet points specific and technical enough, or do they still read like job duties?
Is “Systems Analyst” the right headline, or would “Technical Business Analyst” work better for European roles?
My employer’s client is a sanctioned Russian bank. Should I name it, or describe it neutrally (e.g. “a major Russian bank”)?
Is ~1 year of experience enough to apply for junior roles with sponsorship, or should I focus on internships/graduate programs first?
I will be graduating this year, so I would love some input on my resume. I am a mechanical engineering student with an aerospace concentration and minor in computer science. I have internship experience in Quality Assurance (metrology) and aerospace design.
I live in Canada, but am open to roles in the USA or Europe as well as Canada.
I will be targeting primarily automotive roles in my applications, so any feedback with that in mind would be appreciated. I haven't started aggressively applying places yet; this is more of a preliminary request before I go application-crazy.
Note that both projects in my "Projects" section are coursework projects.
One specific question I have: Do I need the short header underneath my name at the top, and should I shrink the size of my name at the top?
Hello, I hope all is well. I was just looking for advice on my resume. I just finished making it more cleaner and precise as my last one was very cluttery and too much nonsense. I‘m aiming quite ambitiously, working in things like Physical AI, Computer Vision roles. Issue is that most roles I’ve seen require a masters or PhD role. I’m chill to working anywhere. NYC or SF would be tuff tho. I was looking into companies like Huawei or Roboflow for Computer Vision roles. Those are probably my best chances to land smth in that area. Robotics… I’m not sure tbh. I want to work in that field, just haven’t got any luck with interviews. Any advice would be appreciated!
Hi Everyone, im a senior studying ECE at a private California university, graduating June 2027. I just finished interning as a Networking R&D Hardware Design Intern at a large networking company, working on signal integrity and G.703 timing circuits. I previously did embedded PCB work at a small hardware startup, and I've been on my school's Formula SAE electric team doing wiring and electronics since Oct 2025.
Targeting Summer 2027 hardware internships and entry level roles: Hardware Engineering, PCB design, signal integrity, ASIC, board bring-up. US citizen, no sponsorship needed. Based in California, applying nationwide, willing to relocate. Prefer in-person or hybrid since hardware needs bench access.
Last cycle I applied broadly and I didn't get as many responses as I would've liked. I'm trying to figure out where I'm actually losing people.
Also how do I apply to new grad roles without a current degree?
My other question is the overlap between Projects and Experience. The G.703 project and the FSAE project are both drawn from work already described in my Experience section. I kept both because the project framing shows ownership over a full design cycle, but Im wondering if I should use side projects which are less technical with less depth but arent repeats of stuff I cover in my experience. Im also wondering if my lastest experience while the most relevant covers too much of my current resume.
But overall im looking for feedback on:
Does it look competitive for entry-level engineering roles?
Are my project descriptions too technical or too academic?
Is there anything that would make recruiters skip over it?
What positions/roles/industries are you targeting?
I am targeting a role in the Environmental Engineering industry. I am most specifically interested in Water/Water Resources/Wastewater Engineering.
Where are you located and what locations are you applying to jobs in?
I am applying to jobs in the Seattle area.
Are you only applying to local jobs? Remote only? Are you willing to relocate?
Seattle, WA and Remote. I am not willing to relocate for the internship
Tell us about your background and current employment situation
I have a Bs Business Administration and worked 1 year as a Business English Teacher in
Barcelona, 4 years in digital marketing, 3 years in corporate consulting/project management (non-engineering).
I changed my career path completely after traveling and seeing many issues in water resources and access to clean water. I have always loved math and science and regretted not finishing my Env Eng degree the first time (I had to leave university due to long-term illness. I returned and got a business degree just to finish quickly and start working).
Tell us why you're seeking help. (i.e., just fine-tuning, not getting called back for interviews, etc.)
Prior to starting this Env. Eng degree I really struggled to get any responses to my resume. 800+ tailored resumes to job applications and only around 20 emails back.
I don't want to make the same mistakes this time around and I am desperate for any help and advice to secure an internship in my field.
I was highschool valedictorian, and am now college freshman. Obviously I don't really have much to put on my resume, I have no job experience and just like engineering projects and competition teams from highschool and now college. Is highschool valedictorian something I should include in my education section? It feels sort of egotistical, and im not sure how hiring people would see it, although I guess the point of a resume is to sort of brag/represent your skills. As of right now ive been leaving it off for applications that aren't local to my highschool, and including it for applications that are local. It is a private catholic highschool school, if that matters. Any advice is appreciated.
Hi, I was wondering if my resume would be good for any roles in ASIC/DV/RTL/CompArch. I've been applying but haven't been able to get any interviews yet and I wanted to see if I could any suggestions on what to change or add. Only have experience with embedded software since it's the only offer I got, however have been trying to target getting into chip design industry. Also would want to know what projects could help me standout for AI Hardware roles.
What do you guys think, I'm open to any advice on resume or experience.
I recently updated it and reapplying with.
I made sure to get rid of the sloppy text by AI because im lazy person who uses AI by day, but I assume a resume is something you write like its your next book to publish.
I made sure everything in there is correct and have proof or can be asked about it.
Hi Everyone, I'm looking for advice on direction more than resume formatting.
I’m an engineer struggling to explain my career to employers. None of my jobs have followed a clear path, and in most of them I learned as I went. My real strength is diagnosing problems and quickly picking up whatever skills I need to solve the one in front of me. What I don’t have is a deep specialty.
My most recent role was titled “systems engineer,” but it didn’t go deep into firmware, so I don’t feel confident applying to pure embedded roles. In practice the job was a mix: technical troubleshooting, managing stakeholders, negotiating with vendors and contractors, writing new project proposals, and giving a lot of presentations.
I'd appreciate guidance on which industries and roles best fit my background, which skills are worth building, and how to show that I learn fast and solve problems in a concrete way, so it doesn't read as vague or get filtered out by an ATS.
I've filtered out a lot of information from my resume for anonymity sake. Let me know if more information is needed, and I'd be happy to elaborate.
I'm a mechanical engineer who has worked at his family's product design consultancy in Orange County for about 1.7 years now. My work environment has gotten toxic and I need to leave. My goal is to either relocate to the Seattle area, get a job in the bay area working at a robotics start up, or bare minimum get out of Orange County. My experience lies in consulting and R&D for medical devices. I've primarily been applying to medical device jobs, but I've also been applying to mechanisms, structures, and design engineer roles for robotics companies, big tech, and aerospace.
I've currently applied to about 72 jobs in 52 days with referrals for Amazon and Blue Origin without any luck. I've been using LinkedIn and Hiring Cafe primarily. I've been approached by recruiters for some jobs, typically for temporary contracts at a low wage, but an exception was a SpaceX job where I got as far as the second phone screen. So, I'm unsure whether my resume needs to change or whether I need to just pump my numbers up.
P.S. I'm also running low on jobs to apply for in the Seattle Area that are relevant to my experience. So many early career roles require you to apply within a year after graduating. I've been searching for these job titles: mechanical engineer, mechanical design engineer, product design engineer, mechatronics engineer, and hardware engineer. Are there any other ones I should try looking at?
[Mechanical] [Student] Mechanical Engineering graduating May 2027 with 5 internships/co-ops, seeking manufacturing or design engineering roles. Looking for resume feedback after limited interview responses.
[Software] [3 YoE] Full Stack & Backend Software Engineer targeting Mid-Level roles in EdTech and Web Development. Looking for critique on impact and bullet points.
[Materials] [Student] Materials Science (M.S. Degree) student expecting to graduate in Spring 2027 with no industry experience but 2 research experiences, seeking roles in the semiconductor and/or photonics industry. Asking for resume feedback.
[Software] [5 YoE] Software Engineer who's been working mainly in DevOps/SRE, plan to fully transition to DevOps/SRE roles. Looking for a resume review
This is my architect-focused resume. I am primarily targeting Solutions Architect roles, but I am also applying selectively to Data Engineer and Forward Deployed Engineer positions.
I would appreciate blunt feedback on:
Which bullets are strongest
Whether this reads as a coherent senior architecture profile rather than an unfocused generalist
What should change before I create targeted versions
Which bullets should be cut, reordered, or rewritten
Whether the resume can credibly support data-engineering, solution architect, FDE applications with targeted edits
Any formatting, density, ATS, or missing-signal problems
Currently a 2nd-year graduate student in Materials Science & Engineering with a background in chemistry, but with strong skills in semiconductor physics and optics. I'm going to a career fair next week and wanted some general advice on how I might improve my resume to make it more attractive to the semiconductor and/or photonics industry recruiters who will be there, as well as just in general when I begin applying for jobs next year.
Specifically, on the semiconductor side, I'm highly interested in process engineering roles (whether they be in a fab like TSMC or equipment manufacturers like Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, etc.).
On the photonics side, I'd be really interested in computational modeling roles for like laser design, photovoltaics, or photonic integrated circuits as my experiences in those regards are purely computational.
I don't have a formal electrical engineering background but have quite a bit of electrical engineering coursework under my belt (only for optics/photonics though, not any hardware stuff). I am located in the Bay Area, which is where most of the semiconductor jobs are, but since I'm fairly young, I am open to moving pretty much anywhere for work (like Arizona for TSMC, to Oregon for Intel, or Texas for Samsung, etc.). No visa issues, so I can work anywhere.
Additionally, if you think I'd benefit from taking any specific classes at my institution (like fabrication classes, more optics classes, etc.) please feel free to suggest. I'm currently working on my master's thesis, which is primarily computational, but down the line, I'm hoping to fit in some more experimental work. I'm also planning on taking at least 1 more class before I graduate.
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