I think it's better to look at the market for your profile and decide what to add in the title. And it's not lying. From what I know different companies use dif

I think it's better to look at the market for your profile and decide what to add in the title. And it's not lying. From what I know different companies use different job description/hierarchies. I have seen companies use: Software Engineer Software Consultant Technical Consultant Associate Engineer Associate Consultant Member of Technical Staff Software Development Engineer to name a few, which effectively have the same job profile/description. Then there is the trend of adding "2" to the job role. This helps stoke people's ego by making them believe they have progressed in a new designation but it is confusing. The "Software Development Engineer 2" can be equivalent to a Senior Engineer in another company. Then there is confusing titles like "Staff Engineer", specially in semiconductor companies, which to an untrained recruiter is equivalent to the "Member of Technical Staff". In my personal opinion, recruiters should stop looking at the titles and talk to candidates before rejecting any one.