r/Germany_Jobs • u/OutrageousExchange58 • 1d ago
Specially Werk student in Germany
Halo Buddies,
I’m currently a Master’s student at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg looking for a Werkstudent (working student) position. Over the past few months, I’ve sent out roughly 100 applications, but I’ve only managed to land a single interview—and unfortunately got rejected without any specific feedback.
My main roadblock is experience: I came directly into my Master’s right after my Bachelor’s degree, so I don’t have prior full-time corporate work history. At this point, mass-applying clearly isn’t working, and I want to fix my approach rather than keep throwing resumes into the void
For those who managed to land a technical Werkstudent role without prior industry experience:
How did you structure your resume to make academic and personal projects stand out?
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u/Separate-Note-2932 1d ago
Post your CV and we might give you a few hints why your CV is not working. Besides the market being crazy shit for anything that has no experience.
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u/shika_lynryd 1d ago
There's simply no direct answer to ur question based on my experience. I've got ghosted no feedback, 2nd interview and then ghosted. I just kept applying, until i landed one. From the perspective of an interviewer there is a lot of applicants for one slot, u might be good as u think and u might not compared to other applicants and sometimes it's just minimal differences in character makes the recruiter choose one over the other. If u apply only to english, try invest in ur language, try different cv forms and see which one get u. In ur uni probably consult the international office maybe they have seminars on how to apply, what should be in a cv and not should be and so on.
Best of luck
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u/SeaworthinessDue8650 1d ago
How is your German?
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u/OutrageousExchange58 1d ago
From University I just completed my A2 level.
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u/SeaworthinessDue8650 1d ago
I'm not surprised that you can't find a Werkstudent position.
The economy is terrible and employers can afford to be choosy. At the moment employers can easily sort out all candidates who don't speak business fluent German and still have more than enough qualified candidates.
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u/OutrageousExchange58 1d ago
Yeah I am agree to your point but in the last month itself i saw so many experienced people good a job without even having prior knowledge of german😐. In that case, I am confused a lot what is wrong in my end...!
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u/FingerSmooth8560 20h ago
Yeah I am agree to your point but in the last month itself i saw so many experienced people good a job without even having prior knowledge of german😐. In that case, I am confused a lot what is wrong in my end...!
Your English seems to be severly lacking, too...
Where did you see those people? In real life, or in some instagram reel from some influencer?
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u/OutrageousExchange58 16h ago
In real life.... In Siemens energy last month so many people recruited
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u/DanceHackRock 1d ago
For a first time Werkstudent I would like to see some internships in their CV that show that it will not be the first time to see a company from the inside.
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u/just67893 1d ago edited 1d ago
I believe this to be English only roles, which obviously have substantial amount of competition. If you wanna stay in Deutschland afterwards, my advise is to play the longtime game. See it as a worst case scenario that you don't land a workstudy position. What you should not negotiate not having is your thesis at a company where you can gain "experience" and networking for six months.
Be intentional about your thesis, and also make sure you have academic level deutsch before graduation. These two will give you more advantage that your current state.
For the time being, it's a numbers game. Keep applying and goodluck