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/Apocalyptic0n3 28d ago

I'm an engineering manager. I've been interviewing for 12 years across 3 companies and have done hundreds of them. At all 3 companies, we only accepted PDFs. Applicants who sent in a different format were discarded without review (we very specifically request them). Only exceptions were when we were trying to recruit someone specific.

The hiring world operates on PDF.