Hiring
Writing a listing a fresher will actually apply to
Two thirds of the listings we see ask a fresher for three years of experience. Here is what to write instead.
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A first CV is judged in about six seconds. These are the five things that decide how those six seconds go.
Most first CVs are not bad. They are unreadable in six seconds, which on a busy listing is the same thing.
A recruiter opening fifty applications is answering one question: is this person applying for the role I posted? Say so in the first line.
A list of twenty technologies reads as a list of things you have heard of. Six you can answer questions about is a stronger claim than twenty you cannot.
If it is on the CV, it is on the interview.
Every hiring manager, eventually
You can check any of this against a real listing on the internships page.
Two thirds of the listings we see ask a fresher for three years of experience. Here is what to write instead.
Interviews for a first job are more predictable than they feel. Seven questions cover most of an hour.