Internship resume example

An internship resume is read by someone who knows you have little work experience. What they look for is evidence you can learn fast and finish things. Here is a complete example for a computer science student applying for a software engineering internship, with projects doing the work a job history would.

Noah’s internship resume in the Blueprint template: outlined purple section cards for profile, experience, skills, projects, education and languages

The example

Noah’s internship resume, designed in the Blueprint template in purple. Noga CV has 34 templates, each in every colour; switch at any time and your content follows.

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Noah Fischer

Computer Science Student

[email protected] · (555) 010-7745 · Pittsburgh, PA

Summary

Third-year computer science student looking for a summer 2027 software engineering internship. Built and shipped two projects in TypeScript and Python, including a course-planning web app used by about 600 students. Comfortable with Git, code reviews and working in a small team.

Experience

Teaching Assistant, Intro to Programming

Allegheny State University · Jan 2026 – Present · Part-time

  • Run two weekly lab sections of 25 students and hold office hours on Python and debugging.
  • Grade weekly assignments against a rubric and return written feedback within five days.

IT Help Desk Assistant

Allegheny State University Library · Sep 2024 – Dec 2025 · Part-time

  • Solved about 20 student tickets a shift: Wi-Fi, printing, password resets and laptop setup.
  • Wrote five how-to guides for the help desk wiki that cut repeat printing questions.

Projects

CoursePlanner

Co-creator · Sep 2025 · TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL

Web app that builds clash-free class schedules from the public course catalog; used by about 600 students in its first semester.

Bus alert bot

Solo project · Mar 2025 – May 2025 · Python, REST APIs, Twilio

Python service that texts riders when their bus is five minutes away, using the city’s open transit data.

Skills

  • Python
  • Java
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • SQL
  • Git and GitHub
  • Linux
  • Unit testing
  • German (intermediate)

Education

B.S. Computer Science

Allegheny State University · 2024 – May 2028 (expected) · GPA 3.7 · Courses: Data Structures, Algorithms, Databases, Software Engineering

The person, employers and schools in this example are fictional.

How to write your internship resume

  1. Put education near the top

    For an internship, your degree, expected graduation date, GPA (if 3.0 or higher) and relevant courses are the first thing a recruiter checks.

  2. Treat projects like jobs

    Give each project a name, your role, the tools you used and a result: users, speed, a grade or a prize. Link to the code or a demo if you can.

  3. Keep campus jobs, and find the relevant part

    A help desk or teaching job shows you can explain technical things and handle a queue. Lead each bullet with that, not with the duty list.

  4. Match the internship’s keywords

    Read the posting and use its words for skills you really have, such as Python, SQL or Agile. Many companies screen internship applications with software first.

  5. Say when you are available

    Name the season and year you want, for example “summer 2027”, so the reader can match you to the right program.

Questions

What do I put on an internship resume with no experience?

Your education, relevant courses, class or personal projects, campus jobs, volunteering, clubs and skills. Describe projects the way you would describe a job: what you built, with what, and what happened.

Should I include my GPA on an internship resume?

Include it if it is 3.0 or higher, or if the posting asks for it. If your major GPA is higher than your overall GPA, you can show that instead and label it.

How long should an internship resume be?

One page. Recruiters at career fairs and in internship programs read hundreds of resumes, and a single focused page is what they expect from a student.

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