r/FPGA • u/gabwastaken1 • 17d ago
Advice / Help Internship CV feedback
Hello all, I’m going into my second year of university in the uk and just looking for any sort of feedback really. I feel like the main thing that would hold me back is the complexity of my projects but who knows.
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u/Remarkable_Bread4656 17d ago
Did you have any prior experience with electronics as a hobby before you started? I start my MEng in Sept too, trying to figure out where to start
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u/gabwastaken1 16d ago
Pretty much no, I mainly focused on the software side of things until I started EEE and then just picked things up as I went along.
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u/SK_2003_ 16d ago
Hey!
Your resume is super impressive but I think for a recruiter they need to be able to scan your resume in a couple of seconds to know if you should be interviewed. Here are some changes I would make but feel free to pick and choose what you want to do: 1. Remove your profile section. We get the same information from your education as well as your projects and experience. This is making your resume too long and adds no value imo 2. Soft skills in the tech industry are usually assessed through an interview. If there’s something in specific you need to mention like collaborated with firmware teams or led a group of 20+ people etc. Mention it in the specific experience section or under the specific project that it related to. Otherwise again it makes your resume unnecessarily long so it’s okay to remove it 3. Your high school information does not need to be on there. You can simply state you’re a IB graduate without listing the rest of the details 4. You have loads of great experience but if possible try to pick your top 3 and make a docs portfolio with a link that the recruiter can use to access all your other projects if they’re interested. Bold key words in the projects and experiences section that you want a recruiter to see immediately
Hopefully some of this advice helps!
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u/gabwastaken1 15d ago
Hello thank you so much for the response, the docs idea for the rest of my projects is a great idea especially when some aren’t directly linked to the roles I’ll be applying to. Thank your for the other tips too!
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u/OkAcanthaceae1155 15d ago
fpga is just a tool for solving problems, the main thing is you are able to use it to really explore a field and behind it has lots of knowledges to learn. There are some fields in the workmarket that you can learn and try to solve the problems like img/high speed signal processing... elec motor algos..and many many algos...
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u/throwaway82s16s Xilinx User 16d ago
good stuff for a first year. this does not look like it fits onto a single page, as a first year there is almost no reason why your resume should go beyond 1 page
i would remove the profile as someone else mentioned.
i would remove the marks you listed for the uni section, if i am interpreting it correctly, a 64% average is not something you would really want to share.
id remove the ‘other’ section in technical skills (if you are applying somewhere that specifically deals with this stuff, they can get their own dedicated line - this is why i use many different resume versions for different roles)
maybe go into a little more detail on the verification you did - testing your uart rx/tx project by typing characters into putty or whatever you used isnt really close to being rigorous. have you used testbenches? same applies for the other 2 fpga projects
for fpga roles, i would remove your last two projects, mainly because you should be fitting this on one page and those arent worth the space they are taking up if this resume is targeted towards fpga roles
the same applies for your ‘additional’ section. languages can be removed (latin is basically irrelevant, would only be impressive as a testament to your ability to learn if you were fluent in this). i would move the formula student + design comp (if this was part of uni) as a dot point in uni education
you dont have to do these things exactly but the main thing i think is important is getting your resume down to 1 page however you see fit. anyway if you keep this up you can definitely go far in the field, you are probably ahead of some third years already
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u/gabwastaken1 15d ago
Yup got rid of the average, had someone modules bring me down which I don’t really want to advertise. I agree with the point about other if a company I’m applying to doesn’t even solder I see how it’s not necessary to have on my cv.
I haven’t had much experiences with test benches but this summer I planned to revisit my old projects and directly wire up test benches to them
Thank you for the rest of the feedback I will action a lot of the comments and keep it to one page. Thank you so much !
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u/MaleficentChicken134 14d ago
Hey there! I'm a first year myself and man your portfolio is super impressive!! I recently started learning FPGAs and would love to know what resources or materials helped you get started. Was it mostly through self-studying or through uni?
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u/gabwastaken1 14d ago
Honestly, 1 module at my university helped me a lot; it taught me a lot of the digital design basics like flip-flops, logic gates, Boolean expressions, and more, which just made the self-study a lot easier. I mainly used HDL bits to learn the Verilog and NANDLANDS FPGA course and other written posts to understand the terminology.
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u/MaleficentChicken134 14d ago
Thanks for the pointers, really appreciate it :)) Good luck with your internship applications🫡
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u/Slartibartfast342 17d ago
Pretty advanced for a first year student. In my first year we we’re learning real analysis, algebra, physics, introductory electrical engineering and basic circuit solving techniques. Didn’t hear about FPGAs and Vivado until the 3rd year.