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I put as little as humanly possible on my CV to reduce the chance of getting asked about stuff I have pretty much completely forgotten about. I hate preparing
by doix 4y ago
I put as little as humanly possible on my CV to reduce the chance of getting asked about stuff I have pretty much completely forgotten about.
I hate preparing for interviews and don't want to brush on my past. For example, I spent a year writing an LLVM backend for a DSP but I'm pretty sure I couldn't write more than a fizzbuzz in C++ now. Nor do I remember much about LLVM. I don't want to come across an LLVM enthusiast and have him start grilling me on details I have long forgotten.
I try to write just enough to get an interview, anymore information makes you more likely to fail your interview in my book. Plus writing less makes you mysterious ;p.
- bilsbie 4y agoWould they think you’re inexperienced though?
- mmcdermott 4y agoMost resumes I see have both a skills section and some sort of work history section. You can keep advertised skills focused while still listing past projects and work if you use a format that makes a similar distinction.
- the_only_law 4y agoMy problem is the skills section isn't going to match up with the experience section, most of my technical knowledge came from just screwing around and trying to hack/fix stuff. Most of my professional career could be described more as "code-monkey if that". Last job search was depressing. I wanted to actually stick with it, and find me a job I actually wanted (as opposed to the same thing I've been doing for years + some more money). However nearly every job I applied to I got ATS screened out of, meanwhile the recruiters kept coming to me with more money for similar crappy jobs and I folded. Well either that or recruiters that never even read my resume spam me. I've been getting spam for RoR positions, I haven't touched ruby since 1.9 ad have never had professional experience with it.
- leaflets2 4y agoWhat is ATS? ... Aha, applicant tracking software? So you got rejected automatically by a machine? How annoying. I could slightly understand if some people write whatever in their CVs if they're trying to get past the machines
- leaflets2 4y agoWhat about: "LLVM (year 1970, mostly forgotten now)" -- a good judgement impression and showing the recruiter that you can (re)learn such things should you want to?