Episode 121
How To Write A Resume Big-Tech Recruiters Can't Ignore
I still have the exact one-page PDF that got me shortlisted for a Program Manager role at Apple. No skill bars pretending "80% Excel" means anything.
Who this is for
- You are trying to get hired without sounding like everybody else in the pile.
- You would rather hear Naman Pandey's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.
Key takeaways
- Write A Resume Big-Tech Recruiters Can't Ignore
- At 1:00 a.m. on a cold November night, I uploaded this resume onto Apple's career site. Woah, that rhymed. Okay, didn't...
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At 1:00 a.m. on a cold November night, I uploaded this resume onto Apple's career site. Woah, that rhymed. Okay, didn't plan on that. I was half asleep, but awake enough to fully expect it to go
awake enough to fully expect it to go into a database and for me to never hear about it ever again. 9 days later, a recruiter emailed me. That is the resume that got me shortlisted for the program
that got me shortlisted for the program manager role at Apple. I did not get the job and will go into why towards the end. I think that's somewhat besides the point of this video, but definitely do stick around
video, but definitely do stick around for that learning because it's important. But, this resume did its one job. It got somebody at Apple to stop scrolling and revert back to me. So, I pulled it apart line by
to me. So, I pulled it apart line by line and turned it into the closest thing I have to a resume almanac. I get DMs practically every day on LinkedIn around people requesting me to do their
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I still have the exact one-page PDF that got me shortlisted for a Program Manager role at Apple. No skill bars pretending "80% Excel" means anything. And here's the part the chapters give away early: I didn't get the job. (We get into why at , and it's the most useful thirty seconds in here.) So this episode is me pulling that resume apart, line by line.
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