Out of the 2k resumes I read, I passed about 50 to my talent partner to screen. I interviewed about 40 of them. I passed about half along to the next phase. I hired 2.
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1) FOR THE LOVE OF PETE, avoid applying via LinkedIn if your profile is just a list of job titles and dates. I got about 10 (out of 2k) resumes that were like this. I probably got another ~40 that were just really poorly formatted - bullet points into block text.
2) Please attach your resume. I'm not kidding - I got a couple of cover letters with no resume or LinkedIn attached.
3) Tell me the impact of what you did. I got a lot of resumes that talked a lot about customer interviews and A/B testing, as well as grooming backlogs.
4) Tell me what kind of technology you worked on. There were those that just sent me summary of impact, but no description as to what technology was delivered. Was it a front end feature? Back end technology? Server-side? Client side? Web-based? Desktop or mobile native?
5) Don't be disappointed with a no if you're applying for a senior position and you have zero or little applicable experience. Unfortunately, about 20% of the applicants fell into this bucket. Admire the chutzpah. I can't hire on it, though.
6) Not all technical experience is equivalent. There were some people I had to pass on because their experience wasn't quite at the depth or in the area of expertise I was looking for.
7) Tell me how long you've been in the position. I saw some people basically try to stretch the truth into claiming they had a lot more experience than they had by combining two different titles into one larger chunk of time. I was not impressed.
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1) FOR THE LOVE OF PETE, avoid applying via LinkedIn if your profile is just a list of job titles and dates. I got about 10 (out of 2k) resumes that were like this. I probably got another ~40 that were just really poorly formatted - bullet points into block text.
3) Tell me the impact of what you did. I got a lot of resumes that talked a lot about customer interviews and A/B testing, as well as grooming backlogs.