This RESUME got me 15+ software engineering interviews | OPENAI, META, AMAZON & NETFLIX
This resume got me interview calls from 15+ companies, including OpenAI, Meta, Amazon, Pinterest, and Databricks.
But here’s the truth most people miss:
It wasn’t the design.
It wasn’t fancy formatting.
And it definitely wasn’t luck.
What worked was strategy.
In this video, I break down my actual resume line by line and explain the exact framework I used to structure every section so you can stop guessing and start building a resume that recruiters actually read.
🚀 What you’ll learn in this video
✅ Why one-page resumes outperform longer ones
✅ How recruiters scan resumes in ~6 seconds
✅ The exact Action → Tech → Impact formula for work experience
✅ How to quantify impact (even if you’re early in your career)
✅ What to list in education and when it should go last
✅ How to write project descriptions that signal real engineering depth
✅ How ATS systems work (and how to beat them)
✅ Why naming specific technologies matters
✅ Common resume mistakes that silently kill interviews
✅ How to future-proof your resume for today’s AI-driven job market
✅ The exact resume template I used (download linked below)
⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:58 The one-page rule
1:52 Education
2:51 Work experience
4:45 Technical Details
5:31 Projects
6:26 Leadership & Extracurriculars
7:14 Skills
8:16 What I’d improve if I rewrote this today
9:43 Resume template
about me
I’m Maddy, a senior software engineer (prev. at Google), with prior internships at Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, IBM, and Amazon. Sharing my journey here - thanks for watching 🤍
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