#Help with not getting interviews for entry level jobs?

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celest obsidian
undone pier
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@celest obsidian Hey Neil sorry for the late response.

Just going through the resume, I feel like you need to be a little bit more specific about the things you did.
For example: Integrated dashboard into website using ReactJS - I feel like this doesn't give the recruiters a clear picture as to what you did - maybe you could rephrase it like this.

Integrated a dashboard that displays customer's electricity usage information built using Javascript to the company's website on a separate page by adding a new GNB menu by using React's "integrate_dashboard" library.

You don't need to add many points if you think the resume is going to get too long, but be specific and clear on the points and make sure to let your recruiter know that you really know about the things that you've built

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The key is to give this impression - "this guy knows what he's talking about", "This guy actually knows the details" They wouldn't want to spend time in an interview with someone who's likely to not be able to explain in a lot of detail what they've built.

If you have a porfolio, or screenshots of the stuff you've built it would be nice to include a url or pdf if they allow attachments too

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But I'd like to encourage you by saying don't worry, you're already doing a good job by asking for advice and not giving up knocking on them company doors! 🙂 . Keep iterating & improving and the door will eventually open

wanton sonnet
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for u just to ignore it

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@undone pier Lets follow directions please

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@celest obsidian same with you

undone pier
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ok I'll do so in the future 🙂

celest obsidian
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sorry about that, will do

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question: if threads are self contained -- why does it matter?

wanton sonnet
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keeping things on topic

livid oak
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I had a 60% no response rate from companies

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So just keep chugging. You can also work remote as well, and live in Seattle 🙂

fresh hill
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Ill be logging my new applications thanks to you haha

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Op id say its cuz youre not a cs guy

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But you should shoot cvs like a machine gun

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Left and right

livid oak
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Internship ya

radiant ether
wanton sonnet
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60% no response rate is 40% response rate which is very high

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abnormally high

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average cs major is probably getting around 10% response rate

radiant ether
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just looked back at my spreadsheet for last year

gusty badge
radiant ether
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I only recorded 30 companies, heard back from 11, 2 were immediate rejects, 5 rejects after coding, 2 ghost after coding round, 2 offers.

livid oak
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And OA type stuff was around 20ish

fresh hill
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People in my class are absolute missing links, about 70% of them. Have no projects, learn nothing etc.

livid oak
golden sail
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This world needs more like you

celest obsidian
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I'm currently a senior studying engineering. I pivoted to software my sophomore year and was able to get an internship with a good company. However, I'm having trouble getting interviews, even when I feel like I'm likely to be a good candidate. I'm specifically applying to new-grad roles. Is it because my major isn't Computer Science? I posted my resume in resume-review in case that's the problem.

knotty pewter
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Out of curiosity, are you an international student? Are the jobs you're applying to local or in another state?

celest obsidian
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No not international. Most of the jobs are in another state/city (Seattle, where I want to move).

knotty pewter
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For my internship, I have applied to a ton of jobs, like hundreds. And I only got maybe 10% reply rate. All of them were local to me. Did you try applying for local jobs as well?

celest obsidian
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Yeah. My closest big city is Chicago, and I've applied to a bunch there as well. I've started to run low on new-grad jobs to apply to, but I'm guessing more will open up in the fall

wanton sonnet
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have u had ur resume reviewed. If ur not getting ANY interviews then thats usually problem #1

celest obsidian
tough terrace
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Have you applied to any jobs that target new graduates specifically? As in the company has a graduate program or w/e. Seems pretty popular in Sweden where I live.

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If you aren't even getting interviews and you are applying to jobs that target juniors/graduates then it's definitely your resume.

celest obsidian
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Yup, basically all are specifically new-grad positions.

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Sliced couldnt find anything wrong with my resume in particular though :(

undone pier
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Hey Neil, it'd be nice if you could show me your resume, and I can provide some feedback.

I've been an interviewer myself, and I do have a good understanding of what makes candidates stand out 🙂

celest obsidian
wanton sonnet