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Von nomadicsamiam
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Any stats to determine significance?
Having more 2-page resumes than the other categories combined to begin with gives me pause
What can you even fit into one page resume?
Were all 4 types sent to the same job position?
The difference is only ~1% though. Considering the large number of resumes analyzed, that isn’t really a significant increase.
I’m more surprised that the longer resumes (>2 pages) did nearly as well as the 1 and 2 page resumes.
Still, this is interesting data to see.
If you have enough experience that it doesn’t fit on one page, you are going to be more qualified than someone who doesn’t
I would not hire you for a data analysis role if you jump to this conclusion based on this so-called analysis, regardless of how many pages your resume is.
Does this control for the level of experience for the candidate or role? How do we know this isn’t just the effects of entry-level roles being exceptionally competitive (and thus a lower interview rate), and perhaps their applicants are more likely to have a one-page resume?
There are so many confounding factors here, there’s no way you can come to any meaningful conclusion from that data. Here are just a few off the top of my head:
– People with longer resumes tend to have more experience, more experience usually leads to higher interview rate
– People with longer resumes tend to have PhDs: in addition to experience/education sections, they also have publication/conference/talks sections. They also are typically applying for different roles than people without PhDs. Those roles may naturally have different processes when it comes to filtering candidates and interviews
For example, current CS/ML PhDs are super in demand at tech companies, particularly those with degrees from top schools + with publications in top journals. They probably have longer resumes and probably hear back from companies more often compared to (for example) a new grad SWE with a 1-page resume. But it’s not the resume length that’s driving this discrepancy, it’s literally everything else.
Unless you account for these factors, your analysis is likely incorrect and misleading.
I have a feeling if you controlled this for years of experience it would quite drastically alter the conclusion.
The vast majority of applicants with no experience are going to be making one page resumes which I imagine impacts that interview rate.
You have 6 times the volume of a 2 page resumes over the 1 page resumes and you’re saying one category is **consistently** outperforming another? Lol.
Do you think 4+ pages outperforms the 1 page resumes as well?
If you have 10 years of professional experience, you’ll likely need 2 pages.
3 would be the absolute max but only for very specific industries that would want publications or something similar listed as well. Sometimes that can just be added as an Additional Document in the application though.
I’ve never had a one-page resume.
I think it’s a good rule to be mindful of, but as a developer, even without work experience, projects and skills can easily be most of one page.
Keep it concise, keep it clean, but if you absolutely must use a second page, then it shouldn’t kill your chances