3K applications 0 interviews. please help!!
Can you guys please roast my resume and tell me and help me with it? I applied to more than 3000 job applications and 0 interview! I am applying in NYC as an Investment Analyst, Financial Analyst, asset management and credit analyst.
3k wtf
bad quality isn't readable, upload it somewhere else and share the link
Hey, is there some place you can recommend me to upload? I’m not sure, i genuinely appreciate the help!
imgur and share the link. Make the word/pdf to a png and upload it there for max quality
here is the link: https://imgur.com/gallery/resume-MssDTzm
thank you very much!!!!
You mention SQL/Python like 60x
Maybe start by fixing that. Also add English under languages. Stating “fluent” is more appealing to the eye than “spoken & written”
Thank you for checking it out!! is there something else I should edit?
make dates / periods consistent
make sentences longer/reach end of page
relevant skills --> projects?
languages/programming without dots, at the beggining of the page
BMCC = teacher assistant/university? If professional exp, down to prof exp
5 vs 4 vs 2 points on 3 differents roles, make them consistent. Decide how many points and use in all the same # of points
education is below the line
slow day fr
mind you that I did not read your actual sentences, but I'm sure there is also work to be done there
Thank you very much, I appreciate it!
gpa should be 3.60 or 3.6X/4.00 or 3.6/4.0
Is there something else you think i should edit?
3K is mad lol. That’s like 8 applications a day for a year straight
That’s what exactly i’m doing and still not a single interview…
same
Think the biggest reason for 0 interview is the poor format: random white spaces, inconsistency, etc. There's also a ton of repetition, grammar issues, and bad sentence structures.
Why is Education below the line when everything else is above?
Assisted in building financial models for 3 potential investments valued between $3 million and $15 million, including valuation analysis (DCF and ROI) under the guidance of senior analysts
Prepared 3 M&A investment pitch decks including valuation analysis (DCF), financial modeling and market research to support strategic recommendations
Ik they are for different purposes, but still. You need to be a lot more specific. What market research? HC? Tech? Consumer? What potential investment? Debt? Buyouts? Add-ons?
Are you actually familiar with everything that you are mentioning? Also, literally, everyone knows how to use functions like what ifs, etc. You don't specify them.
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It's a bit better. I would say the overall resume lacks attention to detail. Like I've said, pretty much everything could be re-written/reformatted.
I'm just going to comment on your education section, but the same thing applies to the rest.
- get rid of (CUNY); you don't need to abbreviate it again.
- B.A. in Econ...
- GPA, instead of cum. GPA
- You repeated Relevant Coursework twice
- Clubs: Finacial...
- You don't need two lines of coursework, waste of space
- Spell out BMCC
- Is there a grade for it? Put ur GPA on it
- Did u do anything else school-related? Put it on there
Frankly, computer skills are not the most wanted for the roles you're applying. And you should rewrite all your bullet points. WSO also has resume review/edit. GL
Thank you very much! I appreciate all help a lot! I just used WSO Resume template. would you mind just giving it a quick and let me know what do you think of the format now if it's better or not?
https://imgur.com/gallery/resume-ICi2vGs
I appreciate it a lot!
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Are you mass applying to "Easy Apply" jobs? I'm guilty of doing that. Only have gotten like ~5 interview invites of the 1K random 'Easy Apply' ones I've applied to. Funny enough, might be getting to an offer stage from an 'Easy Apply' job soon. On the other hand, have had about ~20 interviews from the ~300 job applications where I tailor made a cover letter for the job posting. But I would like to caveat, I'm a recent T20 MBA grad with ~5 years of experience.
I see you're also a '23 grad. I feel really bad for any recent graduates, the job market is absolutely brutal. Cousin of mine recently graduated and started up a LLC doing contract work (not sure how she's doing financially but it's smart if she had trouble getting a job she wanted).
I am actually applying to everything, easy apply jobs included. I am 24' grad but winter semester so basically February 2024. I hope it turns it well for you and congratulations on your MBA!!
Wow.. do you have any recommendations for me? I appreciate your expertise a lot! I also just edit it the format of my resume, would you mind take a Quick Look at it and tell me your take on the format please?
I appreciate it a lot!
https://imgur.com/gallery/resume-ICi2vGs
https://imgur.com/a/f1N891i
I'm not the greatest at giving resume advice honestly but I would share it with a mentor of yours IRL.
I recently changed my resume template to how a mentor sets up his. Got multiple interviews since. Before that, I was barely getting an interview a month.
Good luck!
Man, sorry to say, but 3,000 applications and no traction whatsoever either means (i) you’re doing something wrong, or (ii) you apply to entirely unachievable/wrong jobs for your profile, like exclusively.
Reminds me of Einstein’s definition of insanity, to be honest, but bad jokes aside: you received tangible feedback from junior and (supposedly) senior people on the forum and half of the stuff isn’t implemented in your latest draft.
For example, why is the language section incomplete? Second/third bullet often has different indentation than first bullet. Repetitions like “relevant coursework” (listed twice, consecutively). Do what we tell every intern: print out your deliverables — this one being a one-pager CV. People expect this to be (mostly) without such basic flaws.
Also a lot of somewhat random stuff on there and almost impossible to screen some coherent story here — a cover letter tying your story together and outlining your reasoning behind applying seems essential.
My two cents. Fingers crossed.
Hey- thanks for your reply! My 2nd draft the one i posted was just a draft to make sure the template/format is correct, i still didn’t edit the sentences. Thank you for your feedback! I will finish it by tonight and will post it here, would love to get your feedback on it!
Appreciate the help!!
stghtfrwrd, I just finished editing my resume. would you mind to take a quick look at it please? Also, I am applying to Investment Analyst roles, Financial Analyst, Credit Analyst, Asset Management Analyst, FP&A and Corporate Finance. Do you think these are the right fit? Can you recommend me which roles would fit my resume please? I appreciate all the help!
https://imgur.com/a/0QfVMlv
Dude this resume still blows and there are major formatting issues and consistency errors throughout the entire thing. You have a huge deficiency in attention to detail. The whole thing screams young and immature and people just don’t want to deal with that. “B.A.” up top with “Associate of Arts” below, with a major of “Economic” no less. That’s just one example. People also told you that mentioning vlookup and pivot tables as “advanced Excel functions” (they’re not) isn’t a good look and yet you haven’t changed it.
I understand that English is probably your second or third language, but after the large amounts of feedback you’ve received in this thread already, that’s no longer an excuse. You need to spend way more time figuring out how to write a resume people want to read. Formatting aside, your job descriptions suck. Your experiences are basically meaningless to the reader.
CUNY must have a career center. Have you even been? Bc there’s no shot you went and came out with a resume this bad. Come on bro be more self-sufficient. If you had time to apply to 3000 positions (a number that in and of itself is laughably high and suggests naïveté) then you have plenty of time to write a better resume
Hey, so went through it another time — the formatting and structure are better now. But how can there still be these typos or simply missing words without which the sentence has no meaning? I thought you printed it out and went through it 10-20-30 times to ensure it finally works?!
example 1: Associate of Arts in Economic(s)
example 2: “[…] to study the ways digitization and data intensity that has altered […]” — makes no sense. Do you mean “which have altered” or perhaps the sentence has a completely different meaning?
example 3: “conducted market research on 15 real estate and construction [objects/opportunities/whatever]”
Side note: these valuations of 0.5 to 3.75m look less appealing than you think. I would just write “several small- and mid-cap opportunities“ or similar, which is already a stretch but reads better than 3 to 15m. To put things into perspective: 3 to 15m is the fee on mid- to large cap deals.
Someone else pointed it out already. If this was the 3rd or 4th iteration I‘d receive from an intern (not to mention full-time hire, for which you are applying), we’d have a more fundamental conversation about diligence and the approach towards editing/reviewing yourself…
I think you need a lot more exposure — perhaps via internships (East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, whatever) — and you need to rethink/rebuild your approach from ground up. Doing 3k applications shows a level of resilience, but this quality of resume after unlimited review time, twenty million CV templates online and all the advice here, shows a complete lack of diligence and ability to critically assess / draw the right conclusions. I have my doubts that a role in S&T or anything principal-related is the right fit, at least for now. Try to get an internship with a small/regional boutique and work your way up — first and foremost via (1) attitude/grit (probably your strong suit) and (2) diligence/reliability (something to quickly and thoroughly work on).
Fingers crossed for your application process — to give an honest heads-up, won’t review it for a third time.
Not only are you not fixing the blatant errors others are (repeatedly) pointing out, somehow the formatting is getting even worse 🤣
Instead of being an asshole, you can help. If not do not bother commenting Gen
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