Be as mean as you want. ROAST MY RESUME. Pursuing IB (2026 SA).

I would break all the links and take out your project links. They look at your resume for 5 seconds and aren’t going to be clicking on links. When your resume gets printed, it’ll look weird and the links will be underlined and some bankers get upset with that.

Make sure all of your bulkets go the full line and not 1.5 or 1.3. It makes your resume have less white space and look more full.

Don’t bold random things like skills or parts of bullets.

Every experience should start with a verb. Don’t start with will. Every past experience should start with a verb in the past tense. Current experiences can be either present or past. Just make sure it’s the same for all the bullets for that experience.

Don’t talk about the skills you’ll develop in an experience talk about what you did and your accomplishments.

I don’t like pipes or the | for the skills and experiences section. I like commas better.

Some dates are abbreviated (sep) and some aren’t (march). Make sure it’s consistent. I like writing them out entirely bc it takes up more white space.

Need to rename bottom section to skills, interest, and certifications if you are including all 3. Also seperate out skills and certifications. Make them seperate lines.

Don’t say excel and PowerPoint just say Microsoft office suite.

TBH haven’t worked a day in IB. Just what I’ve heard/my experience. Curious what other people think.

How are you recruiting for SA 26 but graduating Dec 26?

It is a good starting point but there is a lot of room for improvement as the previous comments explain.

Two general points of my own;

• Replace "Offer Accepted". Your bullets there make claims you can't prove and I wanted to stop reading, just list the team and keep it short.
  • Ex: "Incoming 12-week Summer 2025 Internship at Investment Bank ABC in the Equity Research department covering Healthcare"
  • List the date as "Summer 2025", "Expected ABC-XYZ" or "TBD".
• I sincerely dislike your writing style. I'm sure you can do better. Occasionally you write non-standard abbreviations not in common use, random things are bold, continuous word repetition. At the moment it looks incomplete and gives me an impression of poor writing skills.

Hi there, thanks for sharing this. Not a bad first draft. However, as a resume writer and someone who has over 12 years of recruiting experience, I see a few issues with your resume that would prevent me from giving you a call for an interview. 

1. You are missing a Summary - without a summary, I am unable to determine what position/opportunity you are applying for and what your background is. I don't know what skills you have (until later), it's taking me too long already to know if you're a fit for the specific position. Recruiters only take about 6 seconds to read a resume, as an FYI so how you present and format things is important.
2. After you create your Summary, move your skills up from the bottom so everything is in one view on the first page. 
3. "Finance Experience" - I would recommend simply saying "Work Experience" Or "Professional Experience."
4. I am not sure I understand the significance of including "Offer Accepted" on the resume for the Microsoft and PWC internships. I also always recommend not including a position on your resume, internship or not until you actually begin the position, because unless you've done it, it's never happened/invalid. It's not actual experience and is not going to be considered. So, honestly, I would remove these two. You can include them in your cover letter if you want to provide more context. 
5. Remove the link that says "Projects Done." This is not written in a way that is grammatically correct. The correct term should be "Completed Projects" or "Project Experience." You should also expand on this section and create a specific section for it. 
6. Your bullets need to show impact. I see what you've done: "Analyzed, Led, Shadowed..." but, what did these efforts contribute to? What did you achieve?
7. I would shorten the leadership experience and may change this to section to "Volunteer Experience" or "Volunteer & Leadership Experience." 
8. If you don't include your GPA, this may be taken as a red flag.

Hopefully, the feedback helps! Good luck :)

Hey, I also go to UC Santa Cruz! Anyways you basically doxed yourself.

Advice:
1. I would remove certificates
2. Everything should be one color
3. Course codes do not matter because only you know what they mean
4. No links
5. Don't make it "Expected Dec/2026 make it December, 2026"
6. You write October as "Oct", but April as April??? 
 

I didn't put my GPA as I have a 3.3. I know it's unrealistic for IB but that will not stop me from trying to break in. 

You posted your resume before and like other people there said, it's not the GPA that is unrealistic for IB but your attitude.

Because you are only aiming for BB/EB with a non-target and 3.3 GPA. You gotta diversify with regional boutiques and MMs if you really want IB.

If you just want a prestige contest for the first job out of school, then of course it is unrealistic.