This content originally appeared on Level Up Coding - Medium and was authored by Aparajita Rana
Hello There! I hope you are doing well. Today, let’s dive into what works on my resume and how it got me interviews with all of FAANG. Make sure to check out this article’s predecessor here! At the bottom of this post I included the resume I applied with but make sure to read through all the tips so you can curate a resume perfect for you.
The Basics:
So clean slate — let’s say you are creating a resume from scratch, here is the bare minimum you should be including:
- Name, Major, & College/Program attended
- Point of Contact (Email and Phone Number)
- Recent, relevant work experience (Most recent at the top)
- Citizenship Status
- Coding Languages (*for Software Engineers)
- Projects (*for Software Engineers)
- ATS-friendly format (https://www.jobscan.co/, super super important)
I created my own resume “template” using Google Drawings to customize my margins and ensure I could fit all I wanted into one page. I also prefer and checked the PDF version of my resume was ATS friendly and the correct information about me was being read. If you don’t have the time or feel like you can’t get the resume to look as neat as you want, check out Canva for a great variety of templates. If you don’t have personal projects yet use ones from classes that you were more passionate about. You can be questioned about anything on your resume so make sure you are confident in everything you list.
The Nice to Haves:
- Keep consistent formatting (2022 vs ’22, ending bullets with ‘.’ or nothing, what is bolded/italicized and what is not).
- Search up your role and the best keywords to include in your resume to optimize it.
- Make your bullets measurable or quantified (estimate if you don’t know the exact statistic, STEM people love numbers and percentages).
- Use strong action verbs at the start of each bullet, I like the list compiled by Harvard here.
- Balance out your white space, too much and too little looks bad on the eye.
While I categorized these as “nice to haves” these should definitely be included or worked on at least on the resume you submit to your dream company!
The Finishing Touches:
- Make sure all links and contact information is up to date and working. (I got my resume reviewed by someone at Facebook once and my website was down… yoikes)
- Have as many fresh eyes see it as possible, see what they remember and stuck out to them, and edit accordingly.
- Customize resumes using keywords from the desired role in sub-bullets. (Ex: Take specific qualifications you have that match the posting and include them into the bullets you have under related experience)
- Include awards! I think awards are a great way to showcase your value and that you are passionate about what you do.
- If you are struggling to cut down on things, think about what you can talk about most and add things “cut” onto your LinkedIn!
My Resume:
And now the moment we have been waiting for, the resume I used that got me interviews at all of FAANG (except Apple lol):
And that’s a wrap! Thank you so so much for reading through this. If you have any additional advice or strongly agree or disagree with anything here feel free to drop it in the comments below!
If this article was helpful in any sense I’d really appreciate a follow to help me reach my 100 follower goal by the end of March :)
Best of Luck!
Aparajita Rana
The resume that got me interviews with all FAANG companies (New Grad, SWE) was originally published in Level Up Coding on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
This content originally appeared on Level Up Coding - Medium and was authored by Aparajita Rana
Aparajita Rana | Sciencx (2022-03-15T13:21:21+00:00) The resume that got me interviews with all FAANG companies (New Grad, SWE). Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/03/15/the-resume-that-got-me-interviews-with-all-faang-companies-new-grad-swe/
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