Necessary Checks Before Submission

16. Whether there are grammatical errors in it. Ask a friend to read your resume before submitting it or use the online spell checker. Don’t submit it without proofreading it thrice.

17. The description of the present place of work should contain the verbs of the present tense: work, design, manage. Descriptions of previous jobs should contain verbs in the past tense.

18. The entire resume should have one style of narration, the same applies to abbreviations – if you used abbreviations somewhere, then use them throughout the text (although it is better to abandon abbreviations and write the names in full).

19. The resume format should be easy to read (large margins, no small print, but not too large print, sufficient line spacing, etc.).

20. Use good-quality white paper for the printed version.

21. Always save your resume in pdf format and send your resume in pdf format to companies.

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