Hi Leetcode community — I’m looking for some urgent constructive, concrete feedback on my resume. I need to quickly switch jobs - ideally to a higher paying one (or even slightly higher) - I have a bunch of important personal reasons, that I really need to take care of, and with that in mind, plus to take care of some other related important things, it is **very essential** for me to get a new job. I’m early-career (recent  CSE grad (2024)) and currently working as a Software Engineer building agentic AI integrations, integrating API services, and also doing web scraping, at a NAM startup. Please help me out 🙏.

I had already done a lot of Leetcode during my uni days, and even after that - most recently perhaps just about 5-6 months ago. And now I'm back doing it again. I would say that I am atleast good enough here. Though I will probably have to fix my communication skills a bit. Been following the grind 169 list for now. With that aside -

**ANY ADVICE, ANY CRITICISM, ANY TIPS/GUIDELINES TO GET MORE CALLBACKS AND INTERVIEWS, ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED 🙏.**

* A few quick context points:
   * Total experience: 1.2 YOE (full time) + 16 months of internship experience across 3 companies. Current job: \~6.5 months (open-source agentic AI + AI integrations startup).
   * Previous full-time role: \~7 months (enterprise software / cloud services (A globally known giant and you've probably heard of them)).
   * Most recent internship before that: \~8 months (R&D / medical devices and consumer electronics (A globally known giant and you've probably heard of them)).

P.S: I have already been told that one page resumes are the best for people with < 5 YOE - I am just providing my 2 page resume here (which contsins e so that people may kindly scrutinize it and provide guidance.

I have shared the images of the 1 page version, the 2 page version, and the long version of my resume that I have used previously (and actually had some success with) can be found [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDT9bRF5yddLpy2MoieK1VIqwtgdlhv2/view?usp=sharing). 

Also for anyone thinking that the skills section might be bloated - again I am sorry but I just kept everything for now so that people can scrutinize it. As for my proficiency in the skills I have mentioned under each heading - it can be taken to be *roughly* in descending order from left to right of how proficient I am in them.

**Roles I am targeting:** Software Engineer 1, Software Developer 1, Backend Engineer/Full-stack Engineer (product based/finance/banks etc.).

Regarding some of my recent application experiences - There are companies like Capital One, Dell, and Ford, who have something in their system that automatically rejects you!!!!

How do I know this:

1. For Capital One - appeared for their OA (for an SWE 1 position), in which I successfully solved **ALL** the questions, and still got a mail saying that my result wasn't satisfactory ???? What more was I supposed to do - solve more than the number of questions on the OA????
2. For Dell - applied after 6:45 pm → pretty sure there wasn't any HR/recruiter going through applications at that point of time. Got a rejection email in about 20 minutes.
3. For Ford - same experience as Dell.

P.S: The roles that I had applied to at the 3 companies mentioned above were all based in India, so it's not like I was looking for Visa sponsorship.

There are 3 other major companies that I had applied to previously, got shortlisted for the OAs (they're not companies that send OA link to candidates without shortlisting them; in 2 of them the recruiter called me and told me to complete the OA within 3 days at most), then the interview, but unfortunately I was rejected after round 2 in all 3. This was around 5 months back, and even before that. Well this is different problem and I hope to overcome it with enough practice. Now the *surprising thing* here is that - I had actually *used my long resume to apply* to these 3 companies (+ a lot many others (\~30-40 I think, which weren't as fruitful)), and gotten callbacks for the OAs, which I cleared and then the interviews). So my main concern here is that:  My long resume had *something* that actually made the ATS select it. All 3 companies are very large companies (you've probably heard of them and use them on some regular/periodic basis), so I can't imagine them having human recruiters from the first step who read through the resumes, and if they do, then:

* Either they're very diligent and dedicated to reading resumes
* OR they just saw and read through my large resume → felt impressed, and decided to shortlist me.

The short resume, as most people point out, should be the ideal one, but getting callbacks has been a pain.

But what even is happening currently with some of these companies? What more should I be doing? Lie on my resume? Make up more numbers? Increase/decrease the tech stack? Put different projects on my resume (I know for roles like Data Analyst/Data Scientist/related roles it helps to put projects that exhibit one's knowledge with the tools and software mentioned in the job posting - but what about general SWE/SDE 1 roles)?

**What kind of guidance I’m specifically looking for**

1. Clarity & impact — do bullets clearly convey what I did and the impact?
2. Prioritization — is the order right (experience → projects → education / or switch)?
3. Metrics — are the metrics (e.g., “90+ integrations in 3 months”, “1400+ GitHub stars”) presented credibly and professionally? Any suggestions to tone/word those?
4. **⚠️ (VERY IMPORTANT)** Tenure handling — short stints (6–8 months) — how could I present these so they don’t look like job-hopping? (months vs years, combining, extra context)
5. ATS / keywords — is skills/tech section ATS-friendly? Are there missing keywords I should add for SDE / ML roles?
6. Projects — are these described at the right depth? Which ones should be shortened / expanded?
7. One-page vs two-page — is the length appropriate for an early-career candidate?
8. Anything that is confusing / redundant / overpromising.

***In addition to the points that I have mentioned and/or inquired about, if there's any other advice at all, that you think could be helpful for me, please do share 🙏. I'll be extremely grateful for the same. Please feel free to ask me any questions that you might have of your own, that can enable you to guide me better. Once again, thank you for reading my post, and I'll be sincerely grateful for any kind of help/guidance that you all can provide.***

*TL;DR: Need to switch urgently into SWE 1/SDE 1/related roles. YOE: 1.2 Years (full time) + 16 months internship experience across 3 companies. 2024 CSE Grad from India, currently working remotely for an early stage NA based OSS.*

Good at Leetcode but not getting shortlisted for interviews at present. Where am I even going wrong? 22M, 1.2 YOE, in need of urgent guidance.