A complete guide on making resume for Software roles.

The resume should be of one page.

A good website to make resume is overleaf

Choose a simple resume template. Avoid using colourful ones.

This is a good template but you are free to choose any template of your choice: Click Here

These are the major sections of resume in sequence:

1. Education
2. Experience
3. Projects
4. Achievements
5. Skills
6. Course Work (optional)
7. Position of Responsibility (Optional)

Write optional sections if and only if you have lot of empty spaces after writing 1 to 5

Let's discuss each section:

1. Education:

• Write college, degree, branch.
• Mention CGPA if it is >=7 otherwise skip.

• Write graduation year (like 2020-2024).

• (Optional) Write class 12 School, board, %tage and only write passing year (like 2020).
• Don't write class 10.

2. Experience:

• Mention Internship, Freelancing here.
• Don't write non-tech experience.
• Highlight achievements and responsibilities.
• Try to use numbers as much as possible.
  Ex: Implemented automated scaling, reducing infrastructure costs during low-traffic periods by 25%

3. Projects:

• Mention at least 3 projects, of which 2 are good.
• Write 3-5 bullet points on each project.
• Start your sentence with action verbs (like Built, Developed, Implemented).
• Don't give full stop(.) after each bullet point.
• Write in 3rd person. Don't use I, We.
• Highlight tech-stack, libraries of your projects in bold letters.
• Try to use full breadth of page means start your sentence from left and finish it on as right as possible i.e., minimise the black space on right.
• Give GitHub, live link, video link for each project
• The first bullet point of each project should be on what you have made. This point is non-technical that simply tells about your project.
• Rest of points, explain on how you implemented each feature using certain libraries.
• Use chatgpt to structure your sentences.

4. Achievements:

• This section can be above projects if you have really good achievements (like higher expert, CM on CF).
• Write CP ratings and your best rankings in different contests.
• Mention if you performed good in any hackathons.
• Don't write non-tech/ irrelevant achievements here (like won easy writing competition).
• Use 3rd person and don't use I, We.
• Mention JEE Ranks on top, but if your rank was not good then don't write it.

5. Skills:

• Categorize this section into different sub-sections like Programming Languages, Frameworks/Libraries, Databases, DevOps etc
• Mention only those skills for which you have proof of work i.e., the ones you have mentioned in the projects and experience section.

Important Points to Note:

• Don't write an Objective or Summary in the resume (like I'm hardworking, enthusiastic etc).
• Try to bold every tech-stack, and important keywords in the resume.
• Get your resume reviewed with your seniors.