Why will no one hire me?

I just had to interview a small group of engineers for a position. Our two strongest candidates (based on resume) wound up being two of our worst in interviews - they did not show any real passion or enthusiasm for the job, had done little outside of their classes, and could not really demonstrate that (despite stellar grades) they had learned or retained anything in their classes. The one we wound up hiring had a mediocre resume, but he actually understood the material and had demonstrated that outside of the narrow bounds of his coursework. Just goes to show that a great resume isn’t everything.