Resume templates by role
18 roles. Each page recommends 4 templates, lists the ATS keywords recruiters actually filter on, and gives you 3 starter bullets you can adapt.
Product manager resumes live or die on outcome bullets. Every line should answer 'what shipped, what moved, and what was the impact?'
Software engineering resumes are read by both ATS parsers and humans in under 11 seconds. Both reward density of impact + the right keyword surface.
Data scientist resumes are scanned for tooling specificity (Python, SQL, PyTorch, Snowflake) AND a clear thread of business outcome. Many resumes do one but not both.
ML engineer resumes need to signal both modelling depth AND production rigor. The split between research scientists and ML engineers is exactly this — one ships, the other doesn't.
Designer resumes have a unique tension: visual polish matters AND the document still has to pass an ATS. Picking a template that does both is half the battle.
Marketing manager resumes reward channel specificity and quantified pipeline impact. Generic 'led marketing campaigns' bullets get filtered out.
Sales resumes are read in two seconds. Quota attainment, deal size, and named customers are the only things that survive the first scan.
BD resumes get filtered for partnership and deal-sourcing signals — distinct from sales. Lead with sourced revenue, named partners, and structured deals.
Finance resumes reward precision and conservative formatting. A multi-column visual template is the wrong choice; Harvard or Atlas are the safe defaults.
Operations resumes reward efficiency-improvement bullets. Every line should name the process, the before, and the after.
Founder resumes are read with skepticism. Conservative format + specific outcomes (revenue, customers, raises) is the only thing that breaks through.
Consulting resumes — for MBB and beyond — reward the action-verb / quantified-impact structure and the conservative single-column format.
PhD candidates transitioning to industry need a hybrid resume — preserve enough research rigor to signal depth, but lead with industry-translatable outcomes.
New grad resumes lead with Education and Projects because those are where the strongest signals live. Job experience hasn't accumulated yet.
Intern resumes are the cleanest form of the new-grad resume — even less work history, even more emphasis on Projects and Coursework.
MBA application resumes reward leadership, impact, and quantified scope. Generic narratives — even strong ones — lose to specific outcomes.
Recruiter resumes get scanned by other recruiters — the ones who know exactly what good bullets look like. Lead with hire counts, funnel metrics, and seniority of placements.
Project manager resumes are distinct from product manager resumes — different keyword set, different bullet patterns, different templates.