Physics student graduating in May here. When I talked to my career advisor about my resume, she asked about what 'projects' I had done. When I told her I couldn't really think of anything she looked at me like I had killed someone.
So what are some impressive sounding but unverifiable 'projects' I can lie about to get my resume past HR? I actually am a good student who understands the material and can speak confidently about it, so I'm not worried about the actual interview.
>>8724392
>So Anon, tell us more about this project you did.
I wouldn't make anything up. Just list some of the more interesting assignments you did in class as 'projects' if you're going to list anything. Probably won't matter all that much either way. Nobody's undergrad projects are that impressive.
>>8724392
you coulda, ya know, do some projects.
All you got to do is apply yourself for a bit and boom you got a project
>>8724416
I disagree.
Making an oscilloscope or building a robot that sorts coloured materials is very impressive I would say.
(This is ~25 years ago)
>>8724392
Do you not have to take a research/lab/project class? Not a physics major but at my university there are 2-3 classes like this. You can also take it multiple times as they go over different material/allow you to research multiple topics.
>>8724392
Are you an undergrad graduating or a phd graduating?
Undergrads can't get hired anyway, but preferrably if you wanna go somewhere good you need to be engaged in some research project
>>8725559
>electrical engineering
:/
>>8724392
make an atom smasher or do something with fluids or some shit
get in touch with a grad student and have them help
Make some oobleck lul.
If you are graduating in physics you will never get a job in anything anyway so it doesn't really matter
Who the heck cares - just tell something like
"I wrote a partial deferential equation based FDTD, nodal mesh-FEM-supported digital platform for the simulation of hydrogen eigenstated by computing the stationary schroedinger equation in k-domain" or some shit, then take out a piece of paper and start actually writing out all the eqauations. HR people will phase out and let you through...