Reddit Experience · 2026 Q1 · USA

F1 student graduating in May — 1,500+ applications, almost no callbacks. Can someone please give honest resume feedback?

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Hey everyone, I’m an F-1 international student in the US, currently in the last semester of my MS in Computer Science, and I’ll be graduating in May. I’ve applied to somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000

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Hey everyone, I’m an F-1 international student in the US, currently in the last semester of my MS in Computer Science, and I’ll be graduating in May. I’ve applied to somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 jobs at this point, and I’m barely getting any responses. It’s honestly been really discouraging, and I feel like I need outside perspective because clearly something is not working. On paper, I thought my profile was at least decent: I have a 4.0 GPA in my MS CS program, around 3 years of prior software engineering experience at Bank of America, and I’m currently working as a Graduate Research Assistant on AI/retrieval-related work. But despite that, I’m still not seeing results. I’m mainly applying for software engineering, backend, and ML/AI-related roles. If anyone here is willing to review my resume, I’d really appreciate honest feedback especially if there’s something obvious that recruiters might not like, or if my resume feels too unfocused or too dense or badly positioned. Please be blunt if needed. I really want to fix this. Thank you. https://preview.redd.it/6rg4mtf7larg1.png?width=665&format=png&auto=webp&s=d32c24d5ada6f26966c37f0e99d5edcd4f7b2b8a
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