PLEASE DESTROY MY RESUME
2nd year college. Trying to make it more finance focused.
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1. Formatting: Dont use that format, use this instead. Follow it and don't change anything about the template in the link.
2. Headline: Get rid of that "Investor, Data Scientist & Powerlifter". Unnecessary and does not add any value, you should talk about it in your interests section. You might get laughed at tbh if you keep it.
3. Class XII & Class X: Don't dedicate that much space for talking about specific classes imo. Your gpa says enough about your academic capabilities. They're also old classes which are little relevant today.
4. Interests: Be more specific - what genre of reading? What cooking influence/country? What's your favorite basket team? What type of painting?
5. Skills: Don't include MS Excel, it's a given in the industry and can make you look amateur. Financial modeling & valuation / Investment research / Data analytics - stating them does not add value, show these skills in your bullet points instead. Some things you should add: Bloomberg Terminal, CapIQ, any other relevant financial data platform
6. Bullet Points: Too descriptive and high-level of what you were doing instead of what you've accomplished and what difference you made. Follow the typical format for bullet points with Action verb, quantifiable result YOU made happen, how you achieved that result. Try to plug relevant keywords in the process as well.
7. Story: Can be pitched, but it seems you're a bit last minute to the game since you only started doing finance-related stuff in 2021. You should try to highlight finance-related relevant info from prior years, maybe your certifications/courses at least (the dates are all blended and make it hard to know when each was done - should be fixed).
Great advice
OP, you seem like a strong candidate and very accomplished, but your resume is the wrong format and reads heavily like an international student. International students have a tough time in recruiting because of the difficulty in getting visas, so you need to make your resume the same format and style as your American peers. Anything that screams "I am definitely from India" will be a negative in the eyes of HR who screens the resumes. Look at some investment banking resume examples (google) and how they structure and word things
- You should have Olympiads at the bottom and condensed to 2-3 lines max
- Work experience needs to be beefed up, at least 40-50% of your resume
- Rework the sections. The format in the first comment is great, although I'd have your sections be Education, Work Experience, Activities and Leadership, Additional Info (Olympiads, interests, etc here)
- Kill anything in future tense "To train" etc. Just say train, or trained. Your bullet points need rewording - again, look at example resumes online for how to do this
Again, you seem like a good candidate but you need a totally new format and really work on bullet points and then repost on WSO for more specific feedback. I'd also recommend your school's career center, a lot of times they will have one on one resume reviews. It's not IB or finance specific but if you fix the format they can definitely help with rewording the bullet points and American-izing it a bit
bro did his resume in excel lmao
Actually this exact format is used in top Indian business schools so I copied it.
Definitely do not use that format. The one Loup-Man sent or something similar is ideal. There are thousands of applicants don't make format a reason your resume isn't read.
This can’t be serious
bro what?????
"Investor, Data Scientist, and Powerlifter" makes you look like a dumbass. Please take that off. You've got some great experience though.
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Don't put your age. Age is an illegal criteria in the US. Take off Investor, Data Scientist, Power Lifter. You are still in school.
Because you have a lot of experience, you need to tailor your resume to each role. Choose the experiences that are most relevant to the role (whether it be internships, research ,etc.) and expand on those roles. Right now it reads like a massive list and is definitely underwhelming when someone is trying to get a takeaway from you after a quick skim. Your resume needs to tell a story that shows a logical path to the reader. Right now I'm reading "Fundamental Research", "Quant Research", "Data Analytics", without much clue what exactly you are going for. Personally I would make a few different versions of your resume based on those buckets I mentioned plus any other careers you can think of.
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