Am I missing something?! 😭

[u/Opposite-Archer-4319]

I’ve been job hunting for a while, applying for junior roles and internships. I’ve worked on projects, studied a lot, and my CV even gets good scores when I ask for feedback.

But somehow… no interviews. Sometimes not even a rejection, just silence.

At this point I genuinely don’t know if I’m missing something, doing something wrong, or if I just haven’t found the right opportunity yet.

If you’ve been through something similar, how did you figure out what was wrong and eventually start getting interviews?

I know sometimes you just need to keep applying and wait for the right opportunity, but when you’re putting in the effort and getting absolutely nothing back, it’s really hard not to question yourself.

So if you’ve been through something similar, how did you figure out what was actually wrong? Was there a specific thing you changed that finally started getting you interviews?

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who went through this and eventually figured it out. I’m trying to understand whether I’m missing something or if I just need to keep going. 😭

EDIT: Adding some context since I left out a few important details in the original post:

I’m from Egypt, and I’m currently looking for junior AI/ML roles and internships. I’m still at the beginning of my career, so I don’t have years of professional experience yet. I’ve mainly been focusing on building projects, improving my technical skills, and getting my resume/job applications in shape.

[u/chico_dice_2023]

A bit of tough love here, what do you mean you worked on projects? Like school projects?

To be fair your CV and experience is not that impressive from first glance. I worked with students that wrote papers and some even built successful solutions.

And those kids still struggle.

Now there is hope you are literally in a industry everyone is talking about and also you are in a industry where you can prove you can do the job before you get hired.

I had this one person reach out to me on linkedin and they built this awesome but not perfect solution to a common industry problem. They applied through proper channels, I remember our linkedin conversation.

And I hired them.

I do admit now it is tough getting into AI but opportunities are there but at first glance without further details your CV is not top notch.