[vanuatu]

as someone who has done 100+ first round interviews for SWE, including new grad

zero signal: resume & cover letter. applicants will mass-apply with ai-tuned resumes that happen to perfectly match our listing

medium signal: top 15 school / top N internship experience / built something with paying users

highest signal: personal referrals

[kajman]

> zero signal: resume & cover letter. applicants will mass-apply with ai-tuned resumes that happen to perfectly match our listing

How often do you interview candidates with bad or mediocre resumes, though? My impression is that a perfectly tuned (and almost certainly dishonest) resume is just table stakes now.

[vanuatu]

not very often which is why its zero signal

in rare occasions it might go the other way around, like someone who has so much experience they dont need a pretty resume because their work speaks for itself

New grads are the biggest offenders of the resume slop

[tayo42]

Refferal make sense, but all of mine ended with rejections. Clearly I'm not a moron since I'm getting reffered by ex coworkers and still ill even get an automated rejection...