What have you guys(2023-2025) done to get past resume screening in CS for internships? (3 Viewers)

[Interdice]

Very few people on uni subs and on r/cseoceniaquestions have actually gotten tech internships, and it seems to be a circlejerk of people saying that the CS field is cooked, which it is. I'm moresoe looking for answers from 2023 onward, cause landing a big tech position 2021 and back was a joke.

Ik that these things help ALOT

1. 70 WAM GO8, 80 WAM other. WAM is a hurdle, so super high WAM, isn't super useful. An Atlassian employee on reddit told me "65 wam is good", and I've heard multiple reports that big tech don't check WAM, but banks/consulting check for 70+. Tho I think 75+ GO8 would be ideal and 70+ would be good tnough

2. Past internship experience. Unfortuntely only UTS/UNSW COOP bros have these.

3. Work experience. Shit where you work for a boss, go on time, work with coworkers. What u do doesn't matter, tho HS tutoring may give a slight advantage.

4. Personal projects. They don't have to super impressive, but can't be cookie cutter projects. Live users are a huge W.

5. Uni tutoring.

6. Society participation, tho work experience is valued more.

7. Certifications(AWS). Aren't super useful or practical, but do show enthusiasm in the field. Only like $100 each, so 3 would be pretty affordable, and would be decent resume padding.

I've heard some "very smart" UNSW grads are putting "fries in the bag", whilst mid students have banking gigs. Big tech seems to be a ????

Atlassian hires 150 candidates. Other Big Tech companies combined hire around ~100. Banks/consulting combined hire ~300-500? Not even gonna entertain quants/SDE. Tho in this market, landing anything is amazing.

How did you guys get past resume screening, what did you do that was unique?

 

[Aeonium]

the reason u dont get any answers is because everyone is gatekeeping (me included) as the j*b market is cooked

 

[Interdice]

You've already got an internship? Damn. If someone has already landed a grad position, they're safe, and can reveal their secrets.

Funny how everyone here has gone from 99 atar, to giving up on landing a position even at a bank lol.

 

[carrotsss]

i feel like it’s hard to tell but i pretty much always make it past resume screening and i think it’s probably a combination of wam, societies/extra curriculars and extra curriculars. I’ve also noticed the banks tend to ask for atar so maybe that’s a factor. making it past resume screening is only half the battle though lol

 

[mandemindiguise]

i feel like it’s hard to tell but i pretty much always make it past resume screening and i think it’s probably a combination of wam, societies/extra curriculars and extra curriculars. I’ve also noticed the banks tend to ask for atar so maybe that’s a factor. making it past resume screening is only half the battle though lol

Why do they ask for atar? Mine isn't all the good

 

[Interdice]

i feel like it’s hard to tell but i pretty much always make it past resume screening and i think it’s probably a combination of wam, societies/extra curriculars and extra curriculars. I’ve also noticed the banks tend to ask for atar so maybe that’s a factor. making it past resume screening is only half the battle though lol

Wtf. I thought atar was supposed to stop mattering after HS. Ru talking about quants, banks such as SIG, Jane Street? No I'm talking about MQ bank/NAB.

I'm aware. Then we got leetcode, system design and behavioral. But I can beat the average CS major in behavioral. Leetcode's are mediums, I should be able to get em in 4 months. No clue about system design, but probably not too hard.

 

[Interdice]

Why do they ask for atar? Mine isn't all the good

My cousin got an atar same time as me. Upon receiving it, she cried for days. My atar was 12 points lower than hers XD XD.

Fuck English Standard. Fuck the transgender socially progressive faggot Billy Elliot. Thanks alot for tanking my atar! Learnt nothing useful from the movie, except the world "poof", which I think is a pretty good casual slur against homosexuals. Half the conflicts in the texts could be solved, if the white parents gave the belt to their white kids. The white kids would then start acting NORMAL. It's why you don't see Asian/Indian/Arab faggots, cause their parents beat the shit out of them, if they show any sign of being a faggot. And now these fucking faggots infect our school and try to pedophile our children damn

EDIT: Meant 18 points, not 12. Godbless disadvantaged areas bs schemes

 

[Socialism]

glad you edited out that bit... i can't belive you almost left that statement in! It was really making your message look bad!

 

[carrotsss]

Why do they ask for atar? Mine isn't all the good

no clue

 

[carrotsss]

Wtf. I thought atar was supposed to stop mattering after HS. Ru talking about quants, banks such as SIG, Jane Street? No I'm talking about MQ bank/NAB.

I'm aware. Then we got leetcode, system design and behavioral. But I can beat the average CS major in behavioral. Leetcode's are mediums, I should be able to get em in 4 months. No clue about system design, but probably not too hard.

banks are the only ones I’ve seen ask for ATAR, but most of them do

for quants I got the vibe they only really cared about being beyond a certain wam marker, and then beyond that it’s just how well you do on OAs and interviews, which is pretty much just raw problem solving skills, imo a lot (not all) of it is inherent skills

 

[Interdice]

banks are the only ones I’ve seen ask for ATAR, but most of them do

for quants I got the vibe they only really cared about being beyond a certain wam marker, and then beyond that it’s just how well you do on OAs and interviews, which is pretty much just raw problem solving skills, imo a lot (not all) of it is inherent skills

Fucking hell. That's actually cruel. SWE at banks is boring shit anyway, and the pay is crap. Why are they even asking for atar?

Also gl with quant. Damn i wish I had the inherent intelligence.