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Don't know how does it work in India, but change the layout, completely. How did you get an internship at GS with this layout?
Look at some of the templates here on WSO.
Hello Patrick,
The way placements work in India is that a profile sheet is sent by a B-School to recruiters with details/accomplishments of all the students in that course. Then the recruiter shortlists some folks, comes on campus, does a few rounds of group discussions and tests (elimination rounds) followed by a few rounds of interviews.
This is the standard CV format for my B-School, would be helpful if you elaborate where you think the problem is in the layout.
Why GS selected me, well getting into my B-School was difficult, and my UG course was commerce so I was more comfortable with finance than my engineering peers. Some luck, some timing advantage, perhaps.
Maybe its different resume format in India but look up WSO you will see how different it is. And if you're interested in US firms and working in the US I would highly recommend you change it for such uses.
Btw, I'm not saying you're not good, I'm saying if you are looking for an internship in Europe or US, this is not the right template! I would go for something more classical.. I took some minutes before getting the right information.. it's plenty of Resume with more American layout here..
I wouldn't have even gone on to see you were at GS before I dinged you for that layout
Good Lord, is it that horrible! Will have to talk to my school to change the format on popular demand from the WSO community...
Any review on the content?
I think make it a little more clear in the job titles that you were an intern or summer analyst, bullets look pretty good. Try not to use the same beginnings, change "was part of" to "member of" or something for one of those. I wouldn't make certain words bold either, or write "9 months" or the duration of assignment outside of just the dates.
Reading this was like a maze. I think it's been said many times over but the format needs to be more clear and concise. The reason being, people will take about 5-10 seconds on your resume and will completely base their judgement on that. Seeing your resume made it so I was fixated on the format not the actual content.
Indian student studying in UK here
Well I understood where you anon colleges you attended right from your project activities and from the entire resume. In no way I am an expert but I have posted a similar one in WSO and from the entire criticism I have received for post, I think you have to spice it up to make it look like you were the team leader ( but don't write shit which you didn't do just to spice it up ), for example "Extensively read" in the GS summer intern section can be substituted as something punch-y like Researched which makes it look like you did some real job rather than just going through it. The template doesn't look organized to me ( or its just different from what I see on everyday basis ).
Try to be specific about your GS summer internship or summer analyst just like what it is said by guggroth93. The probability of an Indian banker dude seeing this profile here will be less than qualifying JEE, so good luck with that. The best thing I could say is that there will be EY TAS veteran who went to Investment Banking after getting a CFA while working at EY. IBs in India loves CA peeps but a decent MBA can substitute that. So the best bet will be networking with people who worked with EY and now working at the place you want to work.
Good Luck
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