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The resume that got a software engineer a $300,000 job at Google.
1-page. Well-formatted.
Introduction
My name is Alex Nguyen and I previously worked as a software engineer at Amazon and Microsoft before joining Google.
Above is the resume I used to apply to Google and land an exciting $300,000 offer.
It’s the resume I like to share working with candidates who are applying for software engineering roles.
But before digging into resume strategies that worked for me, let’s first talk about the elephants in the room.
Dude. You worked at Amazon and Microsoft.
Yes, I do have those experiences on my resume. But before Microsoft, I just had Amazon. Before Amazon it was just an empty resume with some side projects.
The experience helps, but nobody starts off having experience. For anyone starting off, the only way to stand out is by having a clean-cut resume.
Having experience helps, but knowing how to present and convey that experience is even better.
You must’ve had referrals, internal connections, or cheated.
It is true that referrals help when applying to any company. But when applying to really large tech companies, referrals are so often that they are treated exactly the same as a cold application.
I didn’t even have a referral. Just an application.
If it’s hard to believe, understand that around 40% of all jobs are found through referrals. That means 60% are found without one.
Cold applications work, it’s just about how to make them work.
And when you cold apply, all you get to cold apply with is your resume.
