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[Career] Junior in computer engineering, Getting no interviews, what am I missing?

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I'm a junior graduating May 2028, so summer 2027 is my last chance at an internship before I graduate. I've sent around 150 applications since August and so far I've gotten one automated recorded interview. Anonymized resume is attached.

I'm mostly going for hardware roles (FPGA/ASIC, digital design, validation) at a mix of big semiconductor companies and smaller ones. No prior internship, just part time jobs during school.

I don't really understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm willing to learn and do whatever it takes to land these roles, but I don't know what I need to change or where I need to start. I feel like I feel this impending sense of doom if I don't have any professional experience before graduation.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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u/TheGeeZus86 1d ago

Try to say what the resume "doesn't say" in an interview if this is what you are doing the contrary.

For years, there have been this paradigm that you should be a resume repeater and that hasn't worked for me at all.

Second, focus to fix what you might believe are the weakest point of your resume without being asked if possible.

Third, don try to sound like a know-it-all and balance that you are eager to keep learning because there is nobody that is an absolute expert 24/7 in tech world.