Resume & Application
The CS New Grad Resume Playbook for 2026: ATS-Friendly Templates + the 4 Sections That Move Recruiters
If you've sent 200, 400, 800 applications as a CS new grad and converted under 5% to interviews, the bottleneck is almost never effort. It's the resume. Applicant Tracking Systems silently drop most candidates before any human looks, and recruiters give the resumes that survive a six-to-ten second scan. This guide is the full playbook for what passes ATS in 2026, how to list internships when you have one or zero, how to put projects, GitHub, LeetCode, and GPA on a CS new-grad resume, and how to dial back stretched experience without burning bridges. Written for the new grad who needs the resume that opens the screen, not the resume that wins design awards.
Alex Chen ·
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