Hello all,

I am a job seeking recent graduate who is currently updating my CV/resume for applying in the Germany job market. It would be really helpful if you guys would review and criticise my resume so that I can update for a better and precise one. Thanks in advance.

by Nervous-Plantain-670

7 comments

  1. Not an expert on CVs, but I think there’s way too much useless information.

  2. The Grade / GPA line might be confusing to recruiters, e.g. in the USA a GPA of 1.81 would be terrible.

    I am a software engineer with a bias against webdev and to me the CV looks suspicious. There’s your actual academic work for your Bachelor/Master which is fairly empty. No exciting school projects? Then there’s a whole lot of padding with the Coursera / Udacity classes.

    You listed Java as the first language, so my questions as an interviewer would be Java-focused. Since you call out patterns and SOLID, I would probably also grill you on those, e.g. what are the pros and cons of Open/Closed object design? Basically be prepared to back up any specific skills you list. Design patterns used to be a big thing 10 years ago but lately I see a lot fewer resumes listing that or candidates mentioning it.

  3. This is activity focused. Now turn it into an impact focused resume. Don’t just tell us what you did but why that was important and what impact it had.

    Photo format is outdated (at least in my world)

    The list on the left is long and unstructured. What’s the point of listing these? Maybe bucket them by category and sort A-Z. Maybe lead with the implication of those qualifications.

  4. I prefer CVs that are a single column. Your CV has two columns of data. The contact info goes at the top. Also state your german language knowledge via the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages standard – instead of “intermediate.”

  6. A bit sloppy.

    You have “Master’s Degree”, but “Bachelor’s degree”.

    For some reason, some of the bullet point lists have things bolded within the bullet points, while others don’t.

    Some bullet points have full stops at the end. Others don’t, with no logical reason I can see.

  7. Two pages for someone without real work experiemce is way too muxh, your cv will end in the trash. Drop the details, on the work experience as intern, is onlt worth mention your degrees and theschools, no neednto expand on that.

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