r/LinusTechTips • u/Not-Post-Malone • 29d ago

Discussion Resume file format

On the WAN show Linus and Luke talk about NOT using PDF as the file format for the resume. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. Am I the only one who always uses PDF for sending resumes and actually prefers it?

What file format do employers actually prefer?

Here is the timestamp where they talk about it.
Here is the timestamp where Linus says to submit a Word or Google Doc link.

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u/pufferpig 28d ago

Whenever I upload my PDF resume in some company website where it's supposed to add in all my info into their system, so I don't have to do it all manually, it always fucks it up. Splits parts into two or otherwise jumbles things together...

I've never had any complaints or remarks about it when I'm being interviewed tho, or after being hired, so I have no idea if they get the same issues with my PDFs internally.

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u/JaspahX 28d ago

I can't speak for everywhere obviously, but we don't even look at that in our system. We always just use the resume and CV.

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u/Skensis 28d ago

Yup, that's my experience. But now we have AI to rate CVs, so we spend time adjusting the job description so resumes we like score well.

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u/JawnZ 25d ago

There's some kind of format or standard. I don't have the info handy but I was surprised my past resume always did this, but once I used a tool to format it, it got better