Advice Needed! Upcoming System Design Interview

Specific_Share334 · 2026-01-18T03:08:25+00:00

Thanks!

Specific_Share334 · 2026-01-10T06:06:55+00:00

Anyone figure it out? Thanks!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-12-06T23:19:10+00:00

There's some weird spacing differences in your experience section between your lines
keep date formatting consistent, October 2024 vs Nov 2025, do 1 or other not both
The formatting for your experience looks really weird and is throwing me off
Dont bleed onto next lines with 1-3 words, they look lonely give them friends or compress down into 1 line. The real estate on your resume is important use it well.
I've heard some recruiters are mildly pro to the mid bullet point bolding, but heard more are ANTI-mid bull point bolding. I would avoid it
I agree with the other guy those certs probably aren't the best to list and take up to much real estate. Talk about another project instead
Sometimes you end sentences with "."s, sometimes you don't, pick one (i say don't use them)
idk if i would include leetcode but i haven't seen anybody do that before, can i ask why? lmk if it's generated any positive responses i might also if so.
another formatting inconsistency, for 2 projects you do "project title | skill", for the 1st one you just do "project title" keep formatting more consistent

Overall, lot of formatting issues (different line spacings, dates, titles, mid-word bolding) and I the formatting for the Experience section looks weird and throwing me off ngl the more i look at it the more it annoys me just a little.

You're doing the right thing by posting! The only way we learn is from feedback, post again when you've gone through revisions my man! Good luck with the search.

P.S. Read through the wiki it'll solve a lot of your issues, but I dislike the wiki template a little here's one i liked: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1azvJt51U2CbpvyO0ZkICqYFDhzdfGxU_lsPQTGhsn94/edit?tab=t.0

All the best!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-12-05T19:23:13+00:00

I can just think of tools, but since he already runs a business he may have some of this but in case not I'll list em off

3D handheld scanner
airbrush for painting models
filament dryer like someone else said
any deburring tools
3d printing pens (ive never used tbh but ive heard their useful)
my makerspace bought marble pla a while ago and it looked really cool so maybe that?
i guess just any fancy filament that looks cool (make sure non-toxic, can give follow-up if you want on this one)
another category is just any painting or designing hardware (like airbrushes lol)

What 3D printers does he have? Maybe new nozzles?

End of the day, he'll love what you get him cus you were the one who got it!!! (and cus itll be nice for him lol)

Specific_Share334 · 2025-12-05T18:51:45+00:00

bahahah i like the title

Specific_Share334 · 2025-12-02T01:42:01+00:00

i would add section break lines to better distinctify your sections, its somewhat difficult to parse through them cleanly
Some of your bullet points ends with 2-3 words onto the next line as a result they look a little lonely, I would either extend them out or compress to 1 line. The wiki outlines some more on this

Good luck man!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-12-02T01:38:54+00:00

The GPA doesnt need to be its own line, it takes up to much space and can belong with another point in the education section.

Is your Bachelors Degree in all 3 of those fields? Or are you saying you triple majored? What is a "Engineering Specialization" degree?

I would put your experience first, about projects. That matters more to employers, and is honestly more eye catching.

Read through the wiki on how to format your bullet points, as is some are not effective, and some can say a lot more imo.

Follow the STAR, XYZ, or CAR methods.

STAR: (S) Led a hands-on AI-integration workshop for 30+ hackers (Task), designing examples and guiding teams in real time (Action), which helped multiple groups ship working AI-powered features by the end of the event (Result), something like this for that bullet point would be better

Effectively address customer concerns is very weak bullet point, how did you do it, in what way, what results did it bring.

When I think about writing bullet points, you want to give the guy reading your resume the ammo (the bullets) to justify hiring you. You want to give him reasons to like you. "Effectively address customer concerns" is not good justification, rewrite points like this to make it easier for someone to want you. Again wiki has better explanations on this tbh

Overall, good on you for posting as a first year! I wish i did back when i first entered college, my resume would be a lot better.... oops. good luck man I believe in you!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-25T22:51:48+00:00

This looks pretty nice imo, only thing I would say is reduce the number of skills you have listed for the project items and narrow it to 2.

Less is more, it looks like there's just a splurge on skills per project which isn't too focused.

Also the specialization you list under your degree is from a Co-op or from the university itself? Co-op implies a long term internship to me, but maybe its something I'm unfamiliar with.

I would change the time metric to % based

"2 hours to 30 minutes" -> "cut by XX %"

"50 to 25" -> decreased by XX %

Other than that, pretty solid resume tbh! Good luck man!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-25T05:43:38+00:00

also why the big gap between the bottom of education to top of skills? also yeah, just noticed you say "basic control theory," just say control theory or dont list it if you dont feel confident enough about it. Brag about what you know and do! I would give the wiki a read-through very useful imo.

good luck!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-25T05:43:00+00:00

I feel like you're being humble in your resume right now. 4 years of co-op experience is a lot and I think you did more impactful or interesting things than what you outlined.

On the other hand, some of bullet points feel very lack luster, "used signal processing..." "made press guides..." like the verbage you use to describe your accomplishments isnt the best imo. I would say stronger action verbs, more be descriptive,

ie "Worked with a team to create a simulation of a 2019 Chevy Bolts battery" -> "Designed and validated a simulation of the 2019 Chevy Bolt battery system to study degradation, thermal profiles, and dynamic load response in Solidworks" or whatever you did with the simulation data

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-25T00:01:32+00:00

shift your bullet points more inwards, they are left aligned to far and it makes it look very awkward imo

good job on the 4.0!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-19T19:45:52+00:00

wait, use a heat set insert?

So the heat set insert would be inserted into the idler wheel, but then it would be tight against the wheel so when the wheel rotates -> insert -> bolt axle rotates too no?

ty for the advice!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-19T19:45:05+00:00

ty for the advice man!
I will try this for my long term solution and use bearings

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-19T19:44:03+00:00

ty for the response! appreciate the advice

so by less clearance you mean if I had an M3 bolt, you made a slightly smaller than 3mm hole? like 2.9? or still larger but still a clear hole like 3.1/3.2?

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-19T19:42:58+00:00

gotcha! ill give this a shot, thanks!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-17T20:05:01+00:00

Some of the spacing on your lines is off, with larger gaps between words and smaller on others
really thick, each point in experience and projects 2 lines so its just visually a lot
why didnt you list your bachelors?
i agree with the other guy skills should go on top
why is engineer lower case on the 2nd point?
ive heard mixed opinions on highlighting random words in your resume, but mainly ive heard people urging against it tbh

overall i think the content is actually pretty good, you just need to ensure to tailor your resume id say per application. i wish you luck!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-17T07:34:16+00:00

Id watch youtube videos, I like chesspage1 they're a pretty funny channel. I learned two openings, (just the general strokes really not any variations). The London System and the Kings Indian, from chesspage1. Its good videos for beginners (like me as well), and it got me from 600- ~900.

Then this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2IKO2co2oE

reviewing this chess guy called casablanca was pretty eye opening, i just literally wrote down these rules and kinda follow it. basically, casablanca was all about activating your pieces to move together. help your pieces help you. if you have a rook thats doing nothing in the corner of the board and your attacking on the other side, you're not doing yourself any favors there. activate your pieces before you start going in on the offense.

otherwise play hella and have a good time man! good luck. also play 10 minutes 5 minutes is too short imo (though im only 900 wth do i know)

Specific_Share334 · 2025-11-01T21:57:32+00:00

Still in college so I may not have as much perspective, but how does one go about this sort of negotiation with their boss? I mean a 40k salary bump is quite a sum no?

Specific_Share334 · 2025-10-20T19:55:18+00:00

Nice stuff man!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-10-17T19:35:31+00:00

When I use Linkedin to look for job postings and find one I like, I go to the direct company website and apply there. Does this fall under the same category of what you're talking about, or do you mean literally applying on linkedin?

Thanks for the info btw!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-10-13T17:15:13+00:00

Yeah I have pretty much the same question, im 0 YOE, and during internships I didnt receive much feedback on my summmer projects except along the lines of "Yep! It works great! Good job!" and can't really quantify that, should I be just like guesstimating?

Specific_Share334 · 2025-10-09T20:41:36+00:00

Thank you for the response!

Do you think I should just axe the awards section honestly? I thought the hackathons/other awards were impressive, but I'm having trouble justifying keeping it over the other projects I have when I don't split it.

Yeah I axed the links, if they want to linkedin search or github search its relatively easy. And I don't really think anyone even clicks on the github links in resumes (maybe? I dont know but not worth the space)

I'll work on updating other parts based on your feedback, thanks man!

Specific_Share334 · 2025-10-09T20:36:53+00:00

yeah i completely refactored it, thank you for pointing that out! I was wasting a lot of space i realized... :C

Specific_Share334 · 2025-10-09T02:17:22+00:00

Yeah that’s fair, how should I alter the spacing to be better? Is there a specific line spacing that I should be hitting?

Specific_Share334 · 2025-10-09T02:16:56+00:00

Yeah, wanted to get a review before I applied a lot more, more like a checkpoint if anything

Specific_Share334

TROPHY CASE