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Resume and Interview Tips

Resume Tips

  • Things to Note
    • Don’t be too creative
      • reason being is that the interviewer goes through multiple resumes a day and they should all be the same format to make it easy for them to read and assess
    • Don’t be afraid to list your accomplishments
      • Feel free to list your teams accomplishments because they are important but also include some things that you did to improve technology or business imacts
    • Don’t just list your responsiblities but use the STAR method instead
      • ex. not using STAR method
      • ex. Using using STAR method
  • Things to maybe include in your resume
    • Proficient vs familiar with section
      • alt-text
    • Include links to your sites such as
      • github, personal portfolio website, personal blog site
    • Include skills developement section
      • skills development
    • Include numbers where you can and applicable and imporant enough
      • including number

STAR method

  • S. Situation
  • T. Task
  • A. Action
  • R. Result

  • star diagram

Keep the tone consistent

  • If your a software engineer, at the end of reading your resume you should know “Hey he/she is a software engineer”
  • Or if you’re into ML then they should be able to know you are into ML

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