I Hire Software Developers. Your Resume Is The Reason You’re Not Getting Interviews

Did you ever apply for that software job and not hear anything back? Maybe you did hear back, but you stopped reading after “We are sorry to let you know that…”.

Perhaps you are in the process right now and want to do whatever you can to get your foot in the door and secure an interview.

What do you need to do? How can you make sure you don’t repeat the same mistakes when nobody even tells you what mistakes you made?

I’ve been hiring software engineers and developers for over 15 years. I’ve read through 1,000’s of resumes and I will share with you some key do’s and don’ts that will greatly enhance your chances of getting an interview.

1. Your goal — make it as easy as possible to be chosen for interview

You have a huge influence over whether you get chosen for interview. It’s not random chance. It’s all about how you present yourself on a few pieces of paper. It’s about making it as easy as possible for the hiring manager to choose you.

Each advertised job will typically attract hundreds of applications. It takes a lot of time and effort to read all these applications and unfortunately the majority of them are pretty poor. This is…