I talk to grads who rewrite their resume every weekend and still walk out of interviews with nothing.

The resume got you in the room. The room is where you lose.

Hiring managers are not grading your life. They are answering three questions in 30 minutes:

1. Can this person do the work in 90 days?

2. Will they make my life easier or harder?

3. Would I look stupid if I hired them?

Most grads fail #3. They ramble. They answer a different question. They talk about "we" instead of what they owned. They sound like they want a job, not this job.

Fix that before you send another application:

• 60-second intro: who you are, one result, why this role.

• Six STAR stories. One page. Numbers or consequences, not vibes.

• After every "I did X," add: "If I did it again, I'd..."

If you cannot name a result, you are not ready to interview. Go get one this week — a project, a shift, a campus org, something you can point at.

Then practice out loud until it is boring. Boring is what gets offers.