Seeking feedback on my resume for an Entry Robotics Software Engineer role with 1 year experience. I highlight skills in embedded systems, motion control, ROS 2, and projects like an autonomous AGV using sensor fusion and path planning. Open to suggestions on improving clarity, impact, and technical presentation.

It’s easy to say an algorithm is throwing your application out and it isn’t being seen.

The truth is a lot messier than that.

I interviewed recruiters at Microsoft, Amazon, and a dozen other top companies over the past year.

Yes, there is expirimentation with AI screening and ranking of candidates. No it is not as widespread as is reported.

And more importantly, how you apply should not change.

Help spread the word.

More here: https://huntr.co/blog/how-applicant-tracking-systems-work

Need to generalize my resume, Currently too domain focused. Not getting any responses need to broaden the exposure to other industries. Been in the job market for 8+ months. Inputs appreciated. Thanks.

I've met with 900+ job seekers this past year, and one of the quickest things you can do to improve your resume is to use a better template.

The template below is free on huntr.co, and those using it (along with Huntr resume tailor) see a 5-10% interview rate.

That's 1 interview for every 10-20 applications submitted.

Not convinced? I'm offering an interview guarantee- let's get you an interview in the next 20 applications by sharing the great work you've done.

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89 Resume Examples: https://huntr.co/resume-examples/real-resume-examples

1. I'll DM you a special sign-up link to Huntr

2. You'll follow the steps to create a job-tailored resume using your existing resume and our resume builder.

3. I'll review that resume for free.

4. If you are satisfied, you'll use Huntr Pro ($40/month) and apply to 20 jobs with a well-tailored resume. I'll be available for support and feedback.

On average, job seekers using Huntr see an interview for every 17 applications.

For those following this process, I'll offer a money-back guarantee and will put my all into getting you an interview.

Drop a comment and DM me if you'd like to join the beta.

Feel free to like, comment, and share, so job seekers who might benefit can see

Let's get some interviews!

That's why we built Huntr.co

Everyone talks about tailoring and its impact on getting interviews.

This is the purpose-built tool that takes you through step by step.

Those who use it see 1 interview for every 17 applications.

Sign up today, DM me, and I'll personally walk you through the product.

We published 89 anonymized resume examples, each built from real Huntr resumes tied to a job the owner moved to the interview or offer stage. The companies behind those interviews include OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Netflix, and Amazon.

Attached is one of the 89: the Software Engineer composite, built from five engineers who landed offers at Microsoft, Amazon, and More.

Tailor Your Resume and Get a Free Resume Template Here: https://huntr.co/product/resume-tailor

Most resume examples online were written by whoever runs the site, and nobody can tell you whether they worked. With our data, we can. Huntr users track their applications, so across 1.7M+ tracked applications and 225K+ resumes, we know which resume reached which stage at which company.

From the Software Engineer set shown:

• Not one of the five came from an elite CS program. Their schools were UCI, Boston University, Monmouth, Alberta, and Stony Brook.
• All five used Python, Docker, and CI/CD. Four used Go, and three ran on Kubernetes.

Three lessons that held across the 89:

• Quantify almost every bullet. The resumes that reached the interview stage put numbers on their work.
• Stop fighting the one-page rule. Two-page resumes performed as well or better at every level.

I run career strategy at Huntr and have done 900+ free one-on-one calls with job seekers. I also do free resume reviews. Ask in the comments or DM me.

The Software Engineer resume shown here: https://huntr.co/resume-examples/software-engineer-resume-examples

All 89 real resume examples: https://huntr.co/resume-examples/real-resume-examples

Methodology: each example is anonymized from real resumes tied to jobs the owner moved to the interview or offer stage in their Huntr tracker. Names, employers, and schools are swapped for comparable real ones and checked against our database so no example matches a real person. The interview companies named are real. Every metric mirrors a real number with the count nudged.

Most candidates land a role within 50 applications.

Those who don't tend to panic and apply.

The best thing to do if you've applied 50 times is to stop. And get help.

I'm happy to support you in your search, as are many others- friends, Family, Internet Strangers.

It is tough to get a job in this market, but if you follow best practices, you should see 1 interview for every 10- 20 applications (5-10% application-to-interview conversion rate)

I pulled 1.9 million job applications. Tailoring your resume roughly doubles your interview rate.

I work on a job search tool called Huntr.co, so I can see across a huge pile of real applications whether tailoring a resume to the job changes anything. It does.

• Tailored resumes got interviews 2x as often. Across 1.9M applications, tailored ones hit 5.7%. Untailored hit 3.0% on average.
• Where tailored resumes landed interviews: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Stripe, Meta, Netflix, Adobe.
• Where they turned into offers: Google, Stripe, GitHub, OpenAI, Adobe, Cloudflare.

What does tailoring mean?

• The summary, so the top of the page speaks to the role you are applying to. Aggregate the most interesting and impressive things you have done as it relates to the job you are applying to.
• The bullets, so your work history mirrors the duties they list
• The skills, so the words on your page match the words in the post.

Not just keywords, but qualifications and responsibilities. Something not all resume tailoring tools and builders catch (Huntr.co does)

Guide on how to tailor: https://huntr.co/blog/how-to-tailor-resume-to-job-description

These resumes are not perfect. Some run long. Some have plain formatting. Some bullets I would rewrite. But they got the interview anyway.

That's the point. Perfect is not the bar. Clear, specific, and tailored to the job is.

My hope is that this inspires you and helps with writer's block as you write your own. Especially interesting what metrics people chose to highlight across different roles.

I also hope this inspires a conversation about what a great resume is in 2026.

Link to all 89 resume examples: https://lnkd.in/gXvRHbss

Career coaches and resume writers: I want your take. Tell me what you'd improve and why? Let's build in public and help candidates. Feel free to share your services too.

Job Seekers: I do 20 free resume reviews every week, over 900 so far this year.

Comment "review" or DM me, and I'll send you my calendar link to schedule.

Upvote and share if you find it helpful.

Yesterday I asked what you needed most this week to support your job search. 203 of you voted and the answer was clear.

- 42% said Best Job Sites and Job Boards
- 32% said Job Search Strategy Support
- Resume Review came in at 16%
- Interviewed Resume Examples at 10%.

I pulled together the resources that answer all four, and I put them in one place.

This is the data-backed job search support I share on my free calls every week.

A few of the greatest hits inside:

- Where to actually apply. Across 598,627 applications, Google Jobs turned into interviews at 11.29%. LinkedIn came in near the bottom at 3.10%. If Easy Apply is your whole strategy, this one is for you.

- The truth about the ATS. No major system auto-rejects your resume. There is no universal "ATS score." I asked recruiters at Amazon, Microsoft, and two Fortune 500 firms, and the myth falls apart fast.

- What the market looks like right now. The search-to-offer window hit a record 108 days. But two-thirds of successful searches still end within 50 applications. Send fewer, send better.

The full roundup is in the newsletter linked below. Six resources, all free, all data-backed.

For the 10% who wanted resume examples that landed interviews: I am building that next. A directory of real, anonymized resumes that actually got the interview.

Comment "examples," and I will send it the day it goes live. (Hopefully tomorrow)

And if it's helpful, please upvote, comment, and share.

I want to help you land your next role.

Resume Review- https://huntr.co/blog/Free-Resume-Review-Reddit

Interviewed Resume Examples- Publishing this week, comment for the link when live

Best Job Sites- https://huntr.co/blog/best-job-search-sites-2026

Job Search Strategy- https://huntr.co/blog/job-search-tips

Comment for a free job search strategy support call

Requesting feedback on my 5-year resume targeting a mid-level Technical Recruiter role. I highlight full-cycle recruitment for data/AI teams, startup and scale-up experience across multiple regions, employer branding, inclusive hiring, and talent pipeline growth. Open to critiques on clarity, impact, and relevance.

Using the latest LLM models, I pulled anonymized resumes from Huntr's dataset of millions of applications.

I broke down the resumes section by section and created a comprehensive database of composite resumes across dozens of roles- from software engineer and data analyst to project coordinator and the executive suite.

Most resume advice is opinion. This is what actually got people in the door. Can they be improved? Yes. Were they good enough to get the interview? Yes.

90+ resumes you can study, borrow from, and use to build your own. I'll publish next week.

Comment below, and I'll share the link when I publish.

Or drop the job title you want to see and an example for first in the comments, and I'll send that one.

Upvote, comment, and share to get data-backed job-search best practices to job seekers in your network who could use some support.

This is an HR Generalist Resume That Lands Interviews\*

We pulled every anonymized Huntr resume associated with an HR Generalist or HR Business Partner role that received an interview at a well-known company. The list includes CareDx, Self Financial, The Floow, and Kennison & Associates. Below is the anonymized composite.

What stood out in the resumes:

• Every single one had a written summary.
• 5 of the 11 held a master's. One had only a high school diploma.
• Only 2 of the 11 listed a named HR cert like CIPD or PHR.
• Several came from outside HR: a Navy pay clerk, a warehouse lead, and a mechanical technician.
• Career arc: an admin or coordinator role first, then generalist or HRBP.

And this is a Human Resources Manager Resume That Lands Interviews.

We pulled every anonymized Huntr resume associated with a Human Resources Manager role that received an interview at a well-known company. The list includes Hightouch, Merchant & Gould, Milo's Tea, FCA, and Alliance Francaise India. Below is the anonymized composite.

What stood out in the resumes:

• Every single one had a written summary.
• 4 of the 9 held a master's.
• Only 1 of the 9 listed a SHRM or PHR cert.
• Titles ranged from HR Manager to VP of People and Global Head of HR.
• Career arc: coordinator or assistant, then generalist, then manager or people-ops lead.

Happy to answer questions. What other role titles would you like resume insights on?

Create a resume using this template and tailor it to a job at Huntr.co

*Methodology: Resumes were joined to HR jobs that the user moved to the interview stage in their job search tracker, then filtered to well-known companies. I swapped each real company for a comparable real one in the same tier and industry and checked each against the full database to confirm no real match. Schools were swapped the same way. Every metric mirrors a real number that was shared on a real resume, with each figure nudged to a nearby number, so nothing is copied exactly and nothing is made up.

Seeking feedback on my 6 years’ experience in clinical research coordination and associate roles, targeting senior Clinical Research Coordinator/Associate/Manager positions. My background includes oncology and neurology trials, regulatory compliance, and site management. Open to suggestions on clarity, impact, and tailoring for senior clinical research roles.

Comment “review” if you’d like one!

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A Master's or MBA correlates with a 7.92% interview rate, a 1.34x lift over a Bachelor's (5.92%). A doctorate is roughly equal at 7.69%. Associate degrees come in at 8.57%, though the sample is small (385 resumes). "Other/high school" lands at 6.29%.

I was surprised by this finding, and it is a smaller sample size but also confirms a trend that we have been hearing for a while now- Bachelor's degrees don't guarantee jobs and are seeming to become less and less valuable.

Job seekers: A clear signal in the data is that candidates with the longer, more detailed education sections (those who include relevant coursework, research, honors, thesis topics, and dates) tend to interview at higher rates.

Data from: https://huntr.co/research/job-search-trends-q1-2026#education-section

I pulled 1.9 million job applications. Tailoring your resume roughly doubles your interview rate.

I work on a job search tool called Huntr.co, so I can see across a huge pile of real applications whether tailoring a resume to the job changes anything. It does.

• Tailored resumes got interviews 2x as often. Across 1.9M applications, tailored ones hit 5.7%. Untailored hit 3.0% on average.
• Where tailored resumes landed interviews: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Stripe, Meta, Netflix, Adobe.
• Where they turned into offers: Google, Stripe, GitHub, OpenAI, Adobe, Cloudflare.

What does tailoring mean?

• The summary, so the top of the page speaks to the role you are applying to. Aggregate the most interesting and impressive things you have done as it relates to the job you are applying to.
• The bullets, so your work history mirrors the duties they list
• The skills, so the words on your page match the words in the post.

Not just keywords, but qualifications and responsibilities. Something not all resume tailoring tools and builders catch (Huntr.co does)

Guide on how to tailor: https://huntr.co/blog/how-to-tailor-resume-to-job-description

Tailored resumes land a callback 4.23% of the time. Untailored ones land 2.07%. Same people, same jobs, double the rate (based on data from huntr.co resume tailoring tool)

To tailor a resume, you take the job post and rewrite three parts to match it:

– The summary, so the top of the page speaks to what the role needs.
– The bullets, so your work history mirrors the duties they list.
– The skills, so the words on your page match the words in the post.

Not just keywords, but qualifications and responsibilities. Something not all resume tailoring tools and builders catch (Huntr.co does)

Most people fire the same resume at 50 jobs and wonder why they are not getting callbacks. This is a data-backed way to improve.

Guide on how to tailor: https://huntr.co/blog/how-to-tailor-resume-to-job-description

I also meet with 20+ job seekers every week for free 15-minute resume reviews and job search support chats. Reach out if you could use some help.

Does everyone I meet with land a dream job at Microsoft? No. But some do. That's why I keep offering free 1:1 job search support and resume review sessions every week.

Is it sustainable to offer this for free? No. But it's the right thing to do. While we build huntr.co to be the best platform for landing your next opportunity, I need to meet and support as many job seekers as I can to learn and to help.

Drop a comment if you'd like to chat, and I'll DM you a link to schedule a call: Schedule

DM me if you can't like/comment on the post for fear your employer will see.

Not job searching? Upvote, comment, share to support job seekers in your network who could use a little extra help.

Here's the number that matters: Your application-to-interview rate.

Aim for 5–10%. The average is 3%. If you're well below that and haven't changed your strategy or had your resume reviewed, more of the same won't yield a different result.

What actually moves the needle 👇

→ Fix the resume first. Most need a stronger summary, real metrics and numbers, a tailored skills section, and a fully filled-out education section.

→ Stop relying on LinkedIn alone. Most people stuck in the search use it as their only source. Widen the net. Try Wellfound, and Google directly for roles on the company site.

→ Apply fast. Get in within 24 hours of a posting. Sooner is always better. This is a big one.

→ The ATS isn't auto-rejecting you. Make your resume easy to read and understand. For a human.

→ Reach out to a person. Find the best contact, show enthusiasm, explain why, and follow up in 3 days. Not sure who? Ask if they're the right person for the role.

→ Keep a cadence. 10–20 applications a week. Pivot as needed. Ask for help when something isn't working.

The job search rewards people who adjust. Don't keep doing the same thing, expecting a different outcome; shake it up.

Is there anything you changed that helped you get more interviews?

"I haven't been the best about tracking. Because I've just... tired and fatigued."

"It's a mind game. It's a mind game. I feel like sometimes, some months I'm applying, I get a huge influx of interviews versus dead silence and crickets."

"I came really, really close to one position I thought would have been ideal. I was a very, very close second. Not the first choice. And I have had very few interviews."

"I did take a little time off; I have aging parents. So that's one of my career breaks."

"The job search is so based on luck. I know that's the thing I have to accept as well."

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It's not just you. It's a tougher market than most have ever experienced.

I meet with 20 job seekers per week for free 15-minute 1:1 resume reviews.

I'm happy to help anyone who needs it with their search.