I'm currently in my final year and have almost completed my degree, I'm just waiting for my convocation.
During campus placements, I was ineligible for many companies because my 10th grade score was only 60%. Despite continuously learning and improving my technical skills, this became a major barrier.
In 2025, I lost focus on placements and shifted my attention toward building a faceless YouTube channel. While that decision taught me many valuable skills related to content creation, marketing, automation, and consistency, I neglected campus placements, off campus applications and internships. Looking back, I realize that was a mistake.
Over the past few months, I've been actively applying for roles such as AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Engineer, Generative AI Engineer and Data Scientist through LinkedIn, Indeed, Internshala, and Naukri. Unfortunately, I haven't received responses or interview opportunities from any companies.
What confuses me is that some of my friends have already secured jobs. I know many of them personally they don't even know coding even they tell they are using chatgpt for there work and I genuinely believe I have invested significant time learning AI, machine learning and development skills. However, I'm not even getting shortlisted, which makes me wonder if I'm doing something fundamentally wrong.
My family has invested everything in my education and at this point, I'm struggling to secure even an internship. It's becoming emotionally difficult and I feel like I'm letting them down.
I need serious guidance on how to move forward and improve my chances of getting a job as quickly as possible. Should I start cold emailing recruiters and founders? How should I ask for referrals effectively? What strategies are working in the current AI/ML job market for fresh graduates?
I've already shared my resume. I'm also currently building a RAG pipeline that allows users to interact with YouTube videos using AI, and I'll be adding that project to my resume within the next couple of days.
Beyond resume feedback, I would really appreciate honest advice on what I should do next to break into the AI/ML industry and secure interviews.
