Get the Right Experience

If you have completed your education from a reputed college or you have worked for a reputed company then it will help you a lot otherwise you can boost your resume with some projects and participation in hackathons. 

1. You can build some mobile apps and web apps, or you can also include your ML project. Honestly, it doesn’t matter that much what you’re building as long as you’re building something. You should have a good command of at least one programming language such as Java, Python, Ruby on Rails, C++, etc.

2. Instead of building 5-6 tiny projects (you can build initially but that won’t showcase enough experience), build some big projects which you are most proud of especially when you have no programming background. Doing a project is important to get enough experience and to showcase that you have built something.

3. Participate in hackathons or open-source projects. If you are a college student participate in ACM-ICPC or Google Summer of Code. Participating in these competitions helps a lot in applying for dream companies.

4. Build a website/portfolio and show your experience. A lot of people have a question that where they can find some project ideas or what kind of project they can build. Check open source and it has a plethora of projects which you can build. You can also contribute to some existing open-source projects. Contribution to open-source showcase that you can work in a team.

A lot of students and professionals, like you, have a dream to get into big tech companies like Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix, and Google. However, if you’re not able to get your resume shortlisted – no matter how hard you worked or how much experience you have – still you’re not receiving calls for interviews. 

Have you wondered what’s the reason behind it?

What went wrong with your resume? 

Did you write something wrong in the resume to be rejected? 

These might be some of the questions you must be wondering when you don’t hear back from the recruiters. In this article, we’ll go through 20+ tips on how to get your resume shortlisted for top tech companies.

There might be a lot of reasons why your resume not getting shortlisted for these big tech companies. We are going to share some tips and some mistakes that most people do in their resumes. 

First, you need to understand that these companies get lakhs or millions of resumes every day which are scanned by the Application Tracking System (ATS). An applicant tracking system (ATS) is an element of human resources software that allows employers to organize a large number of resumes. Recruiters and hiring managers can use keywords to search their applicant tracking systems (ATS) for well-matched candidates. You can increase your chances of catching a recruiter’s attention by optimizing your resume keywords and making sure your resume sections are easily identified by the ATS.

For example “Java Developer“, the ATS considers the keyword Java and it will scan all the resumes that will have this word included and the same goes for the other profile. The rest of the resume gets filtered out and after that, these resumes get into the hands of the recruiter for the further process. 

Now we are going to discuss three sections that will help you to get your resume shortlisted in these tech companies. 

To write a good resume, you will need to focus on the main facts of your professional bio. Therefore, your professional bio should look like this:

• Position
• Contact details
• Work experience
• Education
• Professional skills
• Achievements and Certification
• Recommendations
• Additional information