At my last two companies, I interviewed developers from all levels, intern to lead. The advice I'm going to share here is directed toward the interview loop, so it may be somewhat different than what you're used to seeing since most of the standard advice is about getting an interview in the first place.
First tip: Keep your resume to a single page unless you're a special case. If you're a special case, still keep your resume to a single page. I am going to read your resume, but I will only read the first page.
Second tip: What do I want to see on that first page? I want to see how you brought business impact to the last three companies you worked at. You have about ten minutes and maybe thirty lines to show off your proudest best-of-the-best achievements. Please don't waste them with any of the all too common throwaway statements like:
"Designed and implemented features."
"Fixed bugs."
"Deployed releases."
Here is a template you can follow, which I got from Lazlo Bock's book Work Rules (he was the head of people at Google):
Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z]
A good example bullet point on your resume is something like:
"Increased customer acquisition 15% as measured by new account registrations by redesigning the account sign-up page flow."
Third tip: Follow business impact with the technical details and name the tools, frameworks, libraries, etc. that were used. Don't include anything you aren't prepared to talk about with details. The business context and impact is more important than the technical details because that's what determines whether or not your solution was good or not.
When we talk about your technical solution in its business context, I will hear how you think, and find out what constraints you had to work in and how you balanced making a business impact within those constraints, through the application of said technology.
Final tip: If your resume was awesome and your in-person was awesome, then that is when I will go back to my desk and look at your professional site, GitHub or whatever else you may have linked from your resume.
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At my last two companies, I interviewed developers from all levels, intern to lead. The advice I'm going to share here is directed toward the interview loop, so it may be somewhat different than what you're used to seeing since most of the standard advice is about getting an interview in the first place.
First tip: Keep your resume to a single page unless you're a special case. If you're a special case, still keep your resume to a single page. I am going to read your resume, but I will only read the first page.
Second tip: What do I want to see on that first page? I want to see how you brought business impact to the last three companies you worked at. You have about ten minutes and maybe thirty lines to show off your proudest best-of-the-best achievements. Please don't waste them with any of the all too common throwaway statements like:
Here is a template you can follow, which I got from Lazlo Bock's book Work Rules (he was the head of people at Google):
A good example bullet point on your resume is something like:
Third tip: Follow business impact with the technical details and name the tools, frameworks, libraries, etc. that were used. Don't include anything you aren't prepared to talk about with details. The business context and impact is more important than the technical details because that's what determines whether or not your solution was good or not.
When we talk about your technical solution in its business context, I will hear how you think, and find out what constraints you had to work in and how you balanced making a business impact within those constraints, through the application of said technology.
Final tip: If your resume was awesome and your in-person was awesome, then that is when I will go back to my desk and look at your professional site, GitHub or whatever else you may have linked from your resume.