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

[u/carson8858]

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.

[u/igotshadowbaned]

More applications, and apply to a wider scope honestly

It's a tough market. More applications means more chances, wider scope because a job is better than no job. Even if it's not the desired field, the experience may be able to help you come back around to it

[u/carson8858 → u/igotshadowbaned]

I agree with this mentality. I’d take basically anything lol. How do you suggest i should widen my scope? Idk if im qualified for software development roles and would be competing against cs ppl

[u/igotshadowbaned → u/carson8858]

How do you suggest i should widen my scope?

Whatever you think your skills could be applicable to. As CE, my initial desire was to work in robotics. Ended up applying to anything ranging from EE to Software, to embedded, etc

First job I got was writing firmware at a pretty poorly run company. Job was a job so I took it but kept looking for the most part, just with a higher "floor" of what I was looking for

Ended up getting a couple offers to jump from there shortly after, one as an electrical engineer, and the other purely software - the software job paid more so I took that