What REALLY Happens When Aspiring Developers Lie on Their Resume
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There's SO much conflicting advice out there around how to best and accurately represent your skills and projects as a junior developer. I brought on an old boss of mine who lost count of the number of resumes he's reviewed and software engineers that he's hired. Needless to say, he's been in the game for a while. I can attest that Scott has always looked out for software engineers that have crossed his path, but he's also very honest. Without knowing his views around the topic before I invited him on, because of his honesty, I thought he'd be a great hiring manager to answer questions about how to best represent yourself as an aspiring software engineer. Enjoy!
Questions/Topics:
0:00 - Scott's background as a hiring manager
2:58 - How to represent job gaps and how hiring managers see them
7:24 - How to represent your personal projects
14:39 - What personal projects really stood out to you and how do you come up with project ideas?
24:26 - How do you best represent your skills on your resume?
27:32 - What happens when you discover that the candidate lied or stretched the truth too far?
33:21 - Different resumes, Applying out of state, Cover letters
40:30 - Numerator is hiring
Host/Guest:
Don Hansen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/donthedeveloper
Scott Ferguson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottferg
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