As someone who escaped that hellhole a while back the secret is networking.

I’m a very introverted person who hates small talk and showing off, so it was miserable, but all of the interviews I got, except for one, out of my 250-350 applications were solely from networking. I started going through my contacts and shit, and I was looking at who I knew in the field, or might have connections in it. Worked wonders.

The unfortunate reality is that you need to be personable first, and knowledgeable second. They’re both important, but you can’t get in the door without the first. Try to find a common ground with the interviewer or whoever you talk to at the fair, it will boost your chances 1000x

a “social butterfly” is someone who bounces around a lot, interacting with many people but connecting deeply with none.

Your generation needs to be careful using that term as the gold standard for social skills. It’s not entirely a good thing.

I hope you aren’t paying to much for school. A college degree is important but I see a pot of people get the degree and fall on there face.

What I would recommend is to do a practice interview with a career coach. Most universities have a career center.

Also have related hobby type stuff you can point to if you don’t have a not of experience. Be ready to learn and enjoy what you do.

Not that it really matters to speak other languages, but it does help.

I know that a lot of German companies constantly need new personell and have a lot of engineering firms (I believe you study /have studied engineering)