What Google recruiters look for in a technical resume

Re:What Google recruiters look for in a technical resume by 1MoreThing on Thursday February 04, 2021 @07:34PM (#26031585)

It tells me that you didn't bother paying attention to the spellcheck in your writing tool, probably didn't take the time to carefully re-read a document for errors, and likely had no one else look at your resume for feedback.

None of those are things I'm looking for in an engineer on my team. I want an engineer who uses their tools to make their work more efficient, who pays attention to details, and believes feedback is a way to improve the quality of their work.

Source: am a FAANG-adjacent hiring manager.

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Re:What Google recruiters look for in a technical resume by Traster on Thursday February 04, 2021 @07:38PM (#26031632)

How many 9's do you expect out of my proof reader. Because that's what is happening at Google. It isn't that people aren't proof reading their CVs, it's that mistakes slip through sometimes, and if you're at Google, receiving thousands of CVs per day that 'sometimes' is all the time. But that doesn't mean you should expect 5 9s out of your candidaes.

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