> If anything, a standard format would at least allow people to classify themselves/others correctly and without ambiguity. Except it doesn't, because a lot of

> If anything, a standard format would at least allow people to classify themselves/others correctly and without ambiguity. Except it doesn't, because a lot of things in life doesn't fit in that boxes that well. You might not have experience in node.js, but in JS and some of the node.js-alike server side VMs. Even just a "degree in computer science" can mean many things. Furthermore you might have something which for the position is "equivalent", like a "master of science in cognitive systems with a specialization on AI" which contained a lot of CS courses, and maybe also some pr-axis experience. Or you just started working as a programming free lancer with 16. Or ... Furthermore a resume is quite individualistic, beyond just the raw content it contains. How that content is represented can sometimes give you hints, about what kind of questions you want to ask during an interview. I have seen a bunch of standardized forms for resumes some companies opted into, they _always_ caused endless problems.