Sample Computer Science Résumé

Your résumé is a document that captures who you are, your experiences, your skills, and your education. It is your brand, and you will use it to market yourself for internships, jobs, scholarships, and professional memberships to name just a few. Your résumé is always a work in progress. As you add new education, experiences, and skills to your résumé, you will also remove items that are no longer relevant. As your marketing tool, it is not a record of everything you’ve ever done, but is a customized document that tells the reader why you are a perfect fit for the opportunity. The best résumés, and the ones that get an interview, are never generic.

Résumé Review

Once you have created your résumé, drop in to the Internships and Career Services office so that we can review your résumé. Once your résumé is final, upload it to Handshake, complete your Handshake profile, and make your profile viewable by employers.

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Sample Résumé

Your Name

your phone number | first.last@wsu.edu | linkedin.com/first-last | your GitHub info

Summary of Qualifications

  • Thorough understanding of Software Engineering design principles through coursework and projects
  • Strong Mathematical background and ability to model real world problems
  • Constant desire to learn more and understand how and why things work the way they do as demonstrated in Projects
  • Motivated and highly competitive inclination to succeed in any environment or at any task as shown in Projects
  • Programming Languages used: R, C#, C, C++, Python, Swift, Java

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Minor in Mathematics; GPA 3.5

Washington State University, Pullman, WA;
President’s Honor Roll

Expected May, 2020

  • Relevant Coursework: Systems Programming, Data Science, Networking, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Principles of Optimization and Linear Programming, Statistics for Scientists and Engineers and Differential Equations.
Running Start Program – completed 50 transferable credits while in high school

Clark Community College, Vancouver, WA

Skills

R, C#, C, C++, Python, Swift, Java; attention to detail and strong work ethic as shown in “Other Experience.” Experience with classroom and research laboratories, computer modeling, Excel, and AutoCAD.

Projects

Drone Defense, Personal group project

2017-2018

  • Fabricated a drone that uses pepper spray, stun gun, and other non-lethal methods of apprehending criminals or intruders and incorporates the OpenCV project for facial and object recognition
  • Build off existing open source software to create unique AI and onboard intelligence ensuring functionality in the event of lost connectivity
  • Design the casing/frame of the drone using SolidWorks design software
  • Built a rough proof-of-concept drone and started designing a ground control station in C# using Visual Studio by integrating flight control, orientation, altitude and similar factors to achieve flight
Ext2 File system Implementation, WSU class project

2018

  • Wrote a program that ran from the console and simulated a UNIX terminal with limited ext2FS functionality; functions implemented included read, write, symlink, ls, mkdir, rmdir, touch, cat, link and unlink.

Awards and Experiences

  • Awards: Rebel Alliance Scholarship, WSU Boeing Scholar, 1st Place team at PretendHacks 2018
  • Organizations: WSU IEEE, Association for Computing Machinery, Gamer Club, Senator WSU Associated Students
  • Community Service: Pullman Senior Center – assist members with computer issues
  • Experiences: 2017 CodeMsh developer conference

Other Experience

Framer/General Laborer, Watkins Construction, Vancouver, WA

Jun 2016 – Sept 2017

  • Devoted, not just mind, but body to the task
  • Success in this role due to meticulous attention to detail
Freezer Stocker/General Laborer, Minute Mart, Vancouver, WA

July 2015 – August 2015

  • Strong work ethic allowed for time to help others on the team ● Rewarded for work ethic through an increase in wages and duties

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