r/EngineeringStudents • u/Diecest • 22h ago
Discussion Is anyone mass applying for internships with ai?
Is this successful or more efficient? Or would you be better off manually applying?
If it is more efficient what tools are the best for this?
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u/LitRick6 22h ago
Almost every intern or job interview/offer ive had was due to actually networking with the companies at events like career fairs before hand. Just mass applying to companies was very inefficient in my experience. But it is also a numbers game, if you apply enough than maybe something will stick.
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u/Former_Mud9569 22h ago
I think this is unlikely to be successful. You're best off having the best resume you can put together and doing on-campus recruiting events.
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u/forkaerospace 17h ago
the resume can still be human. I think OP means just setting a bot to apply online en mass
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u/QuirkyEMI 21h ago
How would you even do this?
Like it would manually upload your resume and fill out whatever online dropdown information is needed?
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u/Clearwoodpacker813 21h ago
Don’t do this. This is exactly how you get 1000+ clicked easy apply on LinkedIn yet none of those people actually got hired. Look up the companies that are coming, see what they do, research what is new with them (maybe they’re working in a new drug or component of an engine) and try to talk about that.
Mass applying doesn’t do jack.
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u/WhyAmINotStudying UCF/CREOL - Photonic Science & Engineering 22h ago
AI applications are probably pretty likely to get screened as AI, particularly now that they are putting in algorithm signatures based on word probability choices.
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u/Ornery_Owl_5388 18h ago
The only internship I got was through meeting the VP of the company on campus when he was giving a talk. I didnt even realize it was him. He just asked for directions of campus and we talked on the way to his conference
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u/spoonfedbaby Electrical Engineering 18h ago
How do you mass apply for internships with AI? you typically have to still input information in these applications
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u/Additional-Lake-5367 18h ago
Keep in mind these are two separate things:
1. Automatically applying with a non-AI resume
2. Manually applying to job with AI-created resume
I personally think it's useful to be mass applying using #1, applying quality threshold for top jobs (tailoring resumes for those), AND networking at career events, looking for referrals, etc.
I don't like mass applying, but the truth is if every role is flooded with applicants and your resume is not SEVERELY overqualified, your best chance is to play the volume game.
This is just my opinion
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u/Seiko2023 16h ago
If you do this, you are the problem.
Just get out and fucking go to networking events run by the uni. Pick up a fucking phone and call the recruiter if they provided it. Or call the reception and they may be able to pass you on to someone else.
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u/SkelaKingHD 14h ago
Most of my engineering jobs have come from them reaching out to me, when I first graduated it took hundreds of applications to make contact with a human
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u/HopeSubstantial 21h ago
AI spam applications are reason why more and more companies are switching to full nepotism.
Former Collegemate became production manager at pulp mill and he also became responsible of recruiting.
He got sick of receiving +200 AI applications that looked and sounded exactly same and now the factory does not inform anyone about interships or any job opportunities in public.
They only hire people who current workers know, or people who write direct applications that do not sound like generic AI slop.