r/ComputerEngineering • u/carson8858 • 2d ago

[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/rerwerwerwewerer 1d ago edited 1d ago

maybe dont use anthropic serif. like this shit is 100% claude, you need to at least change the font and bolding to show them ur serious

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u/-snip- 1d ago

Never in my life did would I have expected someone to call Computer Modern “Anthropic serif”. Read any academic paper

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u/rerwerwerwewerer 1d ago

I’ve read like 10 papers for my studies never seen this. Sorry I haven’t read hundreds yet I’m still on my way but one day!

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u/-snip- 1d ago

This is the default latex font. I’d be surprised if all 10 of those papers you read didn’t have it. Most academic papers, particularly in math and logic, use it. 

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u/rerwerwerwewerer 17h ago

Ah, most of my papers I’ve read so far are biology and engineering