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+65 WSO Public Resume Review System (Free) or WSO Finance Resume Review Service (Paid) 56 3y
0 WSO Hall of Fame: Resume Advice Forum 0 8y
0 Taking organizations off resume and adding more skills + certifications? 4 3d
0 Recommended length of resume for 7-year asso 2 1w
+9 Seeking Advice: I'm cooked. Where to go from here? 2 2w
+49 How to break the cycle of weak brands on resume 8 3w
+10 GPA on Resume 4 3w
0 Resume Tips That Help Candidates Stand Out Faster 1 4w
0 Are Quantifiable Achievements More Important Than Job Duties on a Resume?   1 4w
+1 One Resume Fix That Gets More Interviews 2 1mo
+8 Would having "Boxing Club" be irrelevant for IB internship recruiting 13 1mo
+9 GPA as a transfer 3 2mo
+8 How much does SAT/ACT matter? 8 2mo
+9 Non-Traditional Path to Finance (Casino Ops → MS Financial Management) – Resume Feedback? 2 2mo
+3 F... up my resume as I was the guy she told you not to worry about (roast my resume) 2 2mo
+17 Need Resume Feedback! 5 2mo
0 Can i leave my A level grades off my cv for spring weeks in the UK? I do attend a target uni but i have really bad A level grades. What do i do? 1 2mo
+8 Hundreds of Applications, Almost No Interviews — What Should I Change? 4 2mo
+7 Resume formatting/names 3 3mo
0 Do Metrics Really Make a Resume Stronger? 1 3mo
0 Does Resume Design Actually Matter? 1 3mo
+1 Resume Differences Between U.S. and Argentina for Accounting Roles 1 3mo
+9 Executive Resume Mistakes That Quietly Kill Momentum 1 3mo
+5 Has anyone tried any of the AI Interview Tools for interview before? 5 3mo
0 Roast My Resume 1 4mo
+12 Should I put content creation on my resume? 3 4mo
0 GPA rounding 2 4mo
+9 Rate my CV [FICC Sales] + Finance in Brazil/other countries discussion 1 4mo
+7 Should I put my community college in my resume? 3 5mo
0 ROAST MY RESUMEE (fellowship edition) 2 5mo
+14 Roast my resume 4 6mo
+9 Need help/Roast my resume (Extremely Stressed) 3 6mo
0 SMBC Resume Review Workshop 2026 0 6mo
+7 3.2 from Cornell Dyson - diversity candidate recruiting for IBD 14 6mo
0 Resume Feedback 1 7mo
+14 ROAST MY RESUME 6 7mo
+6 How to Market Deal Experience on Resume for Internship 2 7mo
0 How cooked is my resume? 2 7mo
+4 BRUTAL CV REVIEW 9 7mo
0 Resume Grad Date — 2027 vs 2028? 3 8mo
0 Question about listing GPA on resume 1 8mo
0 I would be grateful for any advice or suggestions to improve my CV. 1 9mo
+7 Be brutal. Princeton student resume advice. Looking for roles in quant, PE, or hedge fund. Feeling late to the game and not landing interviews. 14 9mo
0 Putting numbers in a CV at any cost 1 9mo
+9 OTPP Cover Letter? 6 9mo
+2 roast a non-target dumbass with no future 1 9mo
+18 Title: Transfer Student Resume GPA 4 9mo
+6 Professional Resume Writers 2 9mo
+9 London 2026 FT/OC CV Review 7 9mo
+11 Query: Majors, Internships & Club Recruiting 3 9mo
+9 Which one of those do I put on my CV/LinkedIn 2 9mo
+1 cv review for asset management / IB 2 9mo
+6 Please review/give feedback on my resume — PE, strat fin, corp dev 1 10mo
+10 RX Investment Banking? ROAST MY RESUME 9 10mo
+9 Incoming Freshman - What Should I Put on LinkedIn to Land a Search Fund Internship? 2 10mo
0 Please ROAST my resume (For FT REIB in NYC) 1 10mo
+9 Attempting a return to my career roots 1 10mo
0 Resume Feedback please. 3YoE. Targeting NYC / London roles in IR / IB Strategy. 1 10mo
+5 Resume Advice 12 10mo
+8 Resume Review (2nd) 10 10mo
+12 1600 SAT, cringe to put on resume? 12 10mo
+15 Should I update resume for accepted off cycle internship when recruiting for FT? 3 10mo
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+3 Freshman 3yr grad semi target gunning for any sort of M&A 2 10mo
0 Transfer School on your CV? 1 10mo
0 Update Resume 1 11mo
0 Roast Resume + Remote Internships (more feedback please) 3 11mo
+3 Rising sophomore looking to get brutally honest feedback on his resume 3 11mo
0 International Work Experience on CV 1 11mo
+16 Resume Feedback? Recent Graduate from B1G University having no luck finding any Finance job 6 11mo
+10 How would I add "advised against acquisition" on my resume ? 1 11mo
+3 Small deals on CV 1 11mo
0 not a lot of technicals during internship, what to put?? 1 11mo
0 Critique + Choose My Resume (Class of 2028 targeting NYC IB SA 2027) 3 11mo
0 Non Target SA 2026 (IB/TAS) Am i fucked? [LONDON] 1 11mo
0 Roast my resume as hard as you can 1 12mo
0 Adding banking deals and mandates to resume? 1 1y
0 Cover Letter Review 1 1y
+6 Ongoing Buyside Mandate on Announced Sale Process in CV 3 1y
+7 Derivative Trading on Resume 4 1y
+7 GPA Resume Rounding 3 1y
+12 Resume Recommendations - Senior Analyst Looking to Break into Private Credit/PE/IB/Corp Strategy 3 1y
+22 Can you put deals on your resume where you weren't the lead analyst? 9 1y
+14 Roast My Resume – Trying to Transition Into IB/PE/Private Credit – Do I Even Stand a Chance? 5 1y
+9 Need advice on strengthening high school resume for college applications in the fall 1 1y
+4 Is it ok to put harvard svmp (summer venture in management) on resume under education section for PE recruiting? 15 1y
0 Attach resume in follow up networking emails? 2 1y
0 Anyone else getting a lot more traction than usual? 3 1y
+4 Roast My Resume/Next Step 6 1y
0 It would be really dope if some folks gave me resume feedback. 1 1y
0 Adding qualifiers to interests section? (golf handicap/chess elo etc) 2 1y
0 Please critique my resume 1 1y
0 Roast my resume (2026 IB SA/Spring week) 2 1y
0 Resume Roast - Freshman Semi-Target 1 1y
0 Fuck me over - go hard on my CV all feedback appreciated! 1 1y
0 Resume Review for Consulting Recruiting 2 1y
+15 Oncycle 2025 Resume Format 9 1y
+16 Value of a BB stint on your resume? 2 1y
+20 BEST 5 Investment Banking Resume Interests I’ve Seen When Interviewing Candidates 10 1y
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