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Stripe•
0 years experience
Matthew Rodriguez
Recent Graduate → Junior Software Engineer
LandedStripe•Junior Software Engineer•$145,000 + $50,000 sign-on
55 → 82
Resume Score
2 → 8
Interviews
75 minutes
Time to Improve
Background
Industry
None (New Graduate)
Experience
0 years
Location
Chicago, IL
The Challenge
Before Resume Scorer
Applications80
Interviews2
Interview Rate2.5%
Timeline6 months
Main Pain Points
- No professional work experience
- Projects looked like homework assignments, not real software
- Missing collaboration and version control examples
- Resume didn't show engineering potential
The Solution
1
Projects
Before
Built a todo app and weather widget for school projects
After
Developed full-stack e-commerce platform with Docker deployment, 500+ users, open-sourced with 200+ GitHub stars
Impact
Showed real-world engineering, not classroom projects
2
Collaboration
Before
Individual course projects
After
Contributed to 3 open source projects, participated in 2 hackathons (1st place), led coding study group (20 members)
Impact
Demonstrated collaboration and community involvement
3
Skills Presentation
Before
Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Web Development
After
Built real projects with: React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Git workflows—production-ready stack
Impact
Positioned as ready to contribute from day one
The Results
After Resume Scorer
Applications25
Interviews8
Interview Rate32%
Timeframe4 weeks
Interview Rate Increase
+1180%
Increased from 2.5% to 32%
Landed Job
Stripe•Junior Software Engineer•$145,000 + $50,000 sign-on
"With zero experience, I thought I had no chance. Resume Scorer helped me frame my projects and contributions to show engineering potential. Now I'm a Junior Engineer at Stripe!"
— Matthew Rodriguez, Junior Software Engineer at Stripe
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