📝 Resume Review of the Week: Episode 5

TLDR: Great Content, Hard to Scan

This resume has strong experience. The issue is not quality. It is structure. Recruiters scan resumes in five to seven seconds, and formatting determines what stands out.

🎥 What This Episode Covers

In episode five of Lathanial’s Resume Refresh, Lathanial reviews a student from Ashoka University and focuses on format, consistency, and section organization.

The resume contains impressive experiences, including boot camps, leadership roles, co founder initiatives, and a Deutsche Bank position. The problem is not substance. The problem is clarity.

If a recruiter only looks at your resume for a few seconds, they should immediately understand what is relevant.

Right now, that is difficult.

🧠 The Key Resume Fixes

1. Use a More Conventional Format for US Roles

If you are applying to companies in the United States, a conventional resume structure is more advantageous. Familiar formatting makes it easier for recruiters to process information quickly.

2. Move Experiences Into Stronger Sections

Boot camps and selective programs may be better positioned under leadership or extracurriculars depending on context.

Section placement matters. Recruiters mentally categorize information while scanning.

3. Maintain Bullet Point Consistency

If one experience has five bullet points, others should match in structure. Consistency signals polish and intention.

4. Restructure the Deutsche Bank Experience

The Deutsche Bank role is strong, but the formatting makes it stand out in an inconsistent way. Rather than organizing by project or team, separating intern and full time experiences may improve readability.

5. Create a Separate Awards Section

Awards and recognition can live in their own section instead of being embedded within other roles.

6. Bold Numbers Consistently

If metrics are bolded in one section, they should be bolded everywhere. Selective formatting breaks visual rhythm.

7. Reduce White Space and Extend Lines

Extra spacing between sections takes away from usable real estate. Leadership and extracurricular lines can be expanded slightly to reach the margin.

Recruiters associate tight formatting with attention to detail.

8. Add More Interests

Interests create connection points in interviews. Adding a few more can increase the chance of organic conversation.

🧩 Why This Matters

This resume is already strong.

But when a recruiter scans for five to seven seconds, structure determines clarity. Formatting issues create friction. Friction costs attention.

Consistency, alignment, and conventional formatting make strong experiences easier to recognize.

The goal is not to change the story. It is to improve how fast the story can be understood.

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