| > My resume is a disaster because I'm bad at writing them. Make it one page. Stick to things they actually care about. Yes, this means tailoring it to each opportunity. This also means leaving things out... that's okay, I remember in my last resume leaving off some ancient Java experience from college that didn't seem relevant at the time. It became a pleasant surprise for them when they discovered that I knew more than was on the page and we started discussing the usage of JAD. Your goal is no typos, no informal/slang language and one, neatly written page. It should look neat, clean and uniform. You should imagine that they have a spreadsheet or checklist (they do) that matches the ad. You want to help them check off as many boxes as possible as easily as possible. Then help them do the same thing in the interview. When you don't know, discuss what you'd do to find out. Show them what you've learned in the past and how you've figured out problems before that look like problems they're having now. In my last interview, they started asking me what I knew about REST and I started describing the last RESTful interface I'd made. Things went very well from there. I hope this helps. |