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[Student] EE + Physics Major, success story! - FPGA - HFT | Got some very helpful feedback for revising my resume -> instant interviews
Posted here 2 months ago for looking for any advice on cutting down my resume and updating the target style - I was met with some very insightful advice.
I was targeting the HFT/ Embedded/ Aerospace industries and was having little luck getting to any interview stages, I was either getting lost in ATS or my resume simply wasnt eganging enough for recruiters to move on - either way, I needed to fix something.
The below takeaways are now reflected in the attached MASTER COPY of my resume, which was then industry tailored, however - the role I landed was actually from a master copy submission which I will elucidate later.
Takeaways;
- Get rid of my ego - I got some good perspective that I hadn't picked up on yet that I was trying to be a showoff in my resume, but not actually communicating what I brought to the table in each of my experiences, I needed to convert my writing style to "What I can do for you".
- Follow the STAR/XYZ method PROPERLY, you can't get away with half-a**ing it, and at that, if you do, you're less likely to get a follow-on reply if you aren't matching the effort that the kind people in the subreddit are putting in 😄.
- My one that helped was to ensure your resume has a hook from the beginning to enourage the recruiter to conitnue reading your resume, for me, this was rewriting my summary and changing up my skills section to be more relevant to the role and more direct.
For the role I landed, I went through four rounds of interviews and finally got through to a dream team of FPGA engineers at a HFT. After speaking to the lead recruiter after getting my offer, she said that my resume stood out from the beginning, and accompanied with my first round interview, I pretty much had the job and needed to just pass the technical interviews to seal the deal. Much thanks to the kind senior redditors here that gave me some awesome constructive criticism.
