How I Landed 3 Engineering Jobs Before College Graduation 

3.81 in electrical engineering are you serious!

Wow 3.81 GPA !!!!!

Let me share how I landed 3 offers with a shit GPA. I was enjoying college too much, and over estimated my studying abilities. I thought that could pass by without much effort. Everything changed when I landed in academic probation. I was holding onto each semester, hoping I would be able to boost my GPA, or get the boot from engineering. The first and biggest thing that helped me, was getting an internship. You might be wondering how the Heck I managed to land an internship with a shit GPA (and no, I did not have people who hooked me up). I did it by taking initiative. I never had any luck at my school's career fair and I was sad that my friends were all landing internships and I wasn't. So I decided to take things into my own hands. I went out and cold called every local company who could use a mechanical engineer and discussed what I wanted from them (the old school method). If there were signs of interest, I would literally come into their office dressed up with my resume when they opened. One of my key point was that i was in it for the experience and wanted to learn and shadow them and wouldn't mind doing it for free. The head engineer at one of the companies I visited gave me a chance. He told me that he liked how I took the initiative and how no one searches for a job the old fashion way like how I did, so he took the chance and gave me an internship. That led to 2 additional internships else where and ultimately allowed me to have 3 offers. I graduated with a 3.1 for those wondering. As long as you meet the minimum req. You'll be fine. The key is to physically go network in person. I've done some recruiting myself for my current company and as long as you meet minimum requirements, all that matters is whether or not I like you and what value you could bring to the company. You gotta learn to be a people's person. Another Huge help are national organizations career fairs. SWE, NSBE, SHPE, and SASE are all worth the trip. They will literally give you an interview on the spot and and offer too. Ive always been pretty successful at all the national conference i went too. A must at these events is to attend their little networking events. This is where they will automatically sign you up for interviews if they like you before the actual career fair even takes place. (They don't tell you this ahead of time. This is from personal experience and people I've talked too.) Hope you found this information helpful. I know it was tough and scary having to figure it all out on my own.

The best engineering channel so far in RU-vid. :)

You are legit the realest engineer. I've seen every video of yours. I'm glad you started showing yourself because it adds more depth to your sincerity. You have definitely helped me. I'll start giving you some donations to keep up this info for those in need, like me. Maybe you can hire me one day. All I can say is that you have been my virtual mentor.

Internships and experience are EVERYTHING. Companies would rather hire someone with a 3.0 GPA with experience, then someone with a 4.0 with no experience. No degree is safe anymore, you need something that sets you apart from people. Networking with people, experience, projects, are way more important now a days then GPA

Correction 3.0+ is EVERYTHING. So it definately is a factor.

This is amazing! Still a sophomore in high school but gonna take all of this in consideration lol. No harm in knowing ahead of time and be prepare!

Thank you so much for this! You don’t know how many lives your channel is helping! I’m really grateful!

You are awesome.

You have given me hope in finding a job !!

Great video! This was almost my exact experience nearly 2 decades ago when I was in a likewise situation. Big thumbs up from me.

man bro, you are inspirational to so many.

Great video! I never thought to include relevant course work in the education section of my resume.

This has been the most informative video I’ve ever listened to

3.81!!!, You're King!. Thanks for this video.

These are great videos for our future decision. Keep the great videos up

You one of the genuine guys in RU-vid. No one interacts at this remarkable level to help people. you showed almost your full resume..... Your content is relatable and understandable by common people like me . people like me will share this video to my friends and so on. If you just continue to approach people at their level... Your channel will rocket to 1M within a year. You make videos from public's point of view which is quite rare and unique.... I hope that the success graph increases here on and never quit making videos like this as your style of presentation is quite endangered. Thank You

I 100% agree with what you said. Over the past 18 months or so, I applied so many times I've lost count. I kept getting rejection after rejection, some were my fault completely (messed up some applications and interviews) and some were because of the pandemic. But I kept applying - even for the ones I didn't feel like I was qualified for. Always the youngest person in the room. Finally, I landed a job at a great company that is going to put me through my degree all while giving me experience of working as an engineer in multiple different departments. They've got the nicest recruiters I've ever met despite being a pretty huge company that works globally with some of the biggest companies in the agriculture and construction industry. It still feels unreal to think about it, but I made it. And once again, the video is extremely accurate. You should put as much information about the sort of hardware and software you can use as well as the sort of projects you did, as reasonably can.

really I done know how I can appreciate to u for ur great motivation, thanks a lot we need more awesome people like u.

Men I’m graduating next year and watching your videos give me hope in the most difficult moments of my times as a undergrad student 👨‍🎓 thank you for your content.

I enjoy this format much more! Keep up the good work :-)

This is definitely one of the most realistic videos that describe what it is like to search for an engineering job

Hello Mr zach. I am really inspired by your video. Thank you. Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾♥️

Bro, your videos are so informative and helpful! Thank you so much brother! You're amazing!👑❤

Your channel helped me gain the confidence to study electrical engineering at Uni. Thank you.

Looking sharp, great video as always

YESSS! THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR

Oh man @majorprep you are a life saver! Your videos are so helpful to me, a sophmore in high school considering many STEM jobs! A huge help to me and I am sharing your channel with all of my friends considering STEM! Thank you so much!

that was a great and informative video. thanks!

I enjoy your videos so much more now. I learn while getting some eye-candy.

I like your honesty.

"Looks pretty advanced but I had no clue what I was doing." I felt that.

Thanks dude, very helpful info !

I remember how painful it was to create my first CV - included every shit such as classes I took, projects I did and internships. Now the problems is what to leave from the CV after 6 years in Industry :)

Watching your video right after coming from school makes my day. Good video bro.

Great Vid!

I did the same lux meter with Wilson. That was a beastly project.

Good shit man an EE fits in well at the defense contractors NGC, RTX, Lockheed, etc.. i think you were also fortunate to attend school in California. I'm stuck here in Chicago where the market sucks for EE. EE's thrive in Texas and California for electronics roles. Michigan is great for Automotive.

Thank you Zach Star

3.81 GPA...DAAAAAAAMN!

great video, i am a computer engineering student who has three offers and i started applying in jan. before May 2018 graduation. there are a lot of companies who will never response with a yes or a no. a lot of NOs and a few interviews. i have no intership engineering exp. but still managed to land a sw engineering job if your a lower level student really focus on the projects and don’t forget to document everything for later reference.

That's funny. I'm an electrical engineering major trying to go to Cal Poly. I have a 4.0 gpa and got put on the waitlist. I can't make an appeal until I'm denied. Guess my chances of going to the school I've been hoping for is out the window because I need to make decisions on living right now if I don't get in. This channel has really helped guide me through the last few years, so thank you.

I love your videos!

Great video! I'm really thankful for all the effort you put in your videos, you help me a lot! If you have the time to do it, could you talk about nuclear engineering? Greetings from Argentina!

I have an engineering degree and passed the FE exam in electrical engineering. My GPA was 3.45. I did everything this guy did and more, and I never got a sign that a real human ever even looked at my resume. I graduated in 2015. Getting an engineering degree was the worst financial mistake of my life, even worse than randomly giving away half of my net worth because I had given up on ever accomplishing anything in life. If you want to go work in a warehouse, go work your butt off and get into debt getting an engineering degree.

Thanks for this. Sometimes it enrages me the internships some people get; like one chick who got an internship with GM all because she knew a guy working there. One of her first jobs was to read and revise documents, and she said she hates reading. Lots of people with great jobs hate to read. How ironic.

Engineering majors should not be worried about getting a job! Theology majors on the other hand...

Thanks mate, I got an interview.

very informative

How did you get a 3.81 GPA while majoring in electrical engineering?

I'm really glad I'm at RIT, they setup Co-op's while you are there so you make a ton of connections at big companies

You are awesome

I just moved to Canada to study Applied Energy Management-Renewable Energy, a graduate certificate. I am a graduate of electrical engineering specialising in power systems. Seriously, I have been scared about getting a Job. But you said something that lifted my spirit and gave me hope.

Great video. Your high GPA route seems like what I'd want to go for

Respect!

I hear back from so many job applications but always fail the online assessments even after trying to studying for them

I’m graduating in May and have been freaking out about not having a job soon after but you have giving me hope. I have been applying to many places but no responses yet I’ll keep trying. Awesome video thanks!!

You are the best

I remember researching entry pay and then being asked once by a small business owner/manager how much pay I was looking for. I said something like around 60k, he laughed and then asked if I would accept around 30k. I said no, and he said thanks and have a good day. Dude had a baaaad attitude to go with it.

Working for an aerospace company is my dream!

I enjoy your videos because they’re very informative and i have a interest in engineering. However is engineering technology a good field to go in?? I’m interested in Mechanical engineering technology at my university because it seems more hands on which is something I do and i like the concepts of it.

So even if you have an engineering degree, you still need to do tons of work to get a job. Imagine how hard it is for the "impractical" majors. Jeez

Hello major prep, great video as always but do you think you can make a video on software engineering?? I would really appreciate it. Thanks

This video literally saved me, i needed this resume example, thank you so much, i am a junior at Purdue right now in EE and am really worried about getting internship this summer cause my resume feels so flat

Hi, so I'm a junior EE major, I noticed on your resume you included what seemed like your senior design project. If I'm a junior and I've done my junior labs such as Buck and Boost Converters, Analog Pulse forming circuits, and other small labs related to my Electrical Engineering Junior Lab course am I able to include those like you did? Also does the resume need to be one page long it could it be longer? I'm trying to apply for internships for the summer and some of them have deadlines soon and I would like to make my resume better by including projects I've done. Thanks in advance!

3.81GPA wow good for you I had a 3.62GPA in Biomedical engineering But as you said it didn't really matter after all, I'm working with people who barley passed and they have a higher salary than me

Thank you

I like this brute force method of applying lol for my situation I have no way other way. My only choice is to apply!

career fairs are a really great place to get a job.

I am 15 and got an internship at a cnc shop and I make parts I designed in Cad

Do a cover letter video

"Literally anything that will give me money" yes, yes, every human in exsistence

A junior trying to get my first internship and I am frightened

Oh my gosh! Why am I just finding out about this channel?! 😅 thank you for the video! I am going to start my junior year after two weeks for Electrical. I do have questions, when is a good time to take the FE exam? They have made it mandatory and I have to take it. Also when do I have to start applying for next summer internship? Thanks 🙂

Thanks for the resume upload and permission to use the format. I do have two questions, though, as my resume is kind of void, imo. 1) If you're still a sophomore level with not a lot of experience or relevant coursework in the specific field you're aiming for, could you still put previous coursework and future coursework (classes you plan on taking)? 2) I have some experience in research with a group and a professor, but would you put jobs you've held/currently hold even if they're irrelevant?

I just put "negotiable" for salary on apps

Can you make a video on going to grad school vs getting a job right after finishing undergrad ?

This guy literally said I don’t think I did much, then said first thing I did was apply A LOT

Well i haven't started college yet...

Any advice or tips for the interview process? It makes me nervous..

Hey - Thanks for the video. I'm in my 3rd year now, and will be doing internship soon. My concern is: What do you do when you get 3 job offers? My interpretation of this is that they all come at different times, sometimes within a range of months, so do you keep all of the companies waiting, or what? Thank you if anyone knows what I mean, and can answer

Did you make a cover letter for each job application?

he makes my resume look like crap lol. Wish i was his level!

Same story but wondering how to manage time and where to start?

I enjoy technology and want to build it. Like computers, phones, t.v.'s or solar panels. But I can't figure out which major would be best for me. Does anyone have any advice.

finally see your face

3.8 and getting 3 interviews out of 100 applications, and that was in 2018....

I love you Zach star you are the best. No homo

Can you talk about how to get an internship or share a resume without experience?

It’s interesting even with 3.81and a few internships you received rejections, networking and luck really seems to trump all wouldn’t you say?

Should we mention that we have not yet graduated in our cover letter?

You just list Assembly language without describing the target architectures?

Can you do this COVID-19 edition

tbh you should be more specific about the whole job thing.. after all most jobs (EVEN JOBS FOR STUDENTS!!!) require some kind of experience before you can start working

Hi everyone, hope you have a nice day! I have one quick question. I owned a flipflop phone(s) since 2009, until 2 years go, I got an lg phone. I use it nothing more than 10 minutes a week, I've downloadeded facebook for nothing longer than a week. Plus, I've never owned a computer. But have had some experience from the schools computers. And I don't know any programming languages. Anyways, I'm currently a HS senior, and I want to study Software Engineering. Do you think I could make it through? And become a skilled Software engineer?

You are cool

so he was top 10% and got GOVT gig ... ya no sh!t !!!

Where do you work now?

Robotics fresh graduates please any openings