Poll of the Day > An engineer created a fake resume that got a 90% callback rate

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https://digg.com/humor/link/an-engineer-created-a-fake-resume-it-gave-them-a-90-callback-rate-KW0PjWRh25

A software engineer was having issues applying for jobs, so they decided to create an entirely fake resume for their job application.

The fake resume they originally started with was fairly innocuous it had fake bullet points detailing various achievements, and the only fishy thing about the resume was that all the hyperlinks rickrolled you. That resume ended up getting a 90 percent callback rate from companies including Notion, Airbnb and more. So the engineer decided to go more creative.

This time they added choice details to their resume that should raise a recruiter's eyebrows if they actually read the resume.

Here are some choice parts of the resume, including "Team coffee maker ensured team of six was fully caffeinated with Antarctican coffee beans ground to 14 nm particles" and "Phi Beta Phi - fraternity record for most vodka shots in one night."

And yes, this resume still got a 90 percent callback rate.



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"Spread Herpes STD to 60% of intern team".

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It's almost like this process is utter bullshit

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KJ StErOiDs posted...

"Spread Herpes STD to 60% of intern team".

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Employer: So she puts out? She's hired!

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I'm sure that the name on the resume signaling being female and a minority had nothing to do w/ the call back rate...

And yeah, computers are processing these resumes, so I'm not surprised at all that it could be gamed like this.

Would love to see the original not-crazy-for-lulz version, so people could all use it as a template to get past the AI-gate and get looked at by a human.

EDIT: Reddit topic the user posted this in:

https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/qhg5jo/this_resume_got_me_an_interview/

People don't know what the absolute hell engineers do most of the time, much less HR.

Shocker, it is almost like they care about the technologies and don't actually read your resume until you go in for an interview. Anybody who is a recruiter will tell you that.

Hell, I won't post it, but my resume is just a list of every technology I have used in my career and maybe one or two sentences about each job responsability. Nobody who reads literally hundreds of resumes cares about anything else.

So yea, not surprised on the call-back rate since they list things like Node.js, Hadoop, big data, blockchains, etc. That is the stuff companies are looking for.

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SilentSeph posted...

Employer: So she puts out? She's hired!

Yeah, definably sounds like a good future Blizzard employee

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Putting that B.S. to good use!

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"If it looks stupid but it works, then it ain't stupid"

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Seems kinda stupid that it only uses half the page?

Maybe they DID read it and these are the things that companies value nowadays.

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I remember the days that we didnt have these fancy hyperlink thingies on resumes, and we were HAPPY, /oldladymode

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streamofthesky posted...

I'm sure that the name on the resume signaling being female and a minority had nothing to do w/ the call back rate...

I'm sure it did. My sister gets very few callbacks in her field when she goes by her first name, which is "urban" sounding. That drastically changes when she goes by her middle name, Marie.

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streamofthesky posted...

I'm sure that the name on the resume signaling being female and a minority had nothing to do w/ the call back rate...

And yeah, computers are processing these resumes, so I'm not surprised at all that it could be gamed like this.

Would love to see the original not-crazy-for-lulz version, so people could all use it as a template to get past the AI-gate and get looked at by a human.

EDIT: Reddit topic the user posted this in:

https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/qhg5jo/this_resume_got_me_an_interview/

And this is why I protested the removal of Robert E Lees statue. Sure he was a confederate. But he was also an Asian American!

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