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Your Application Checklist: Learn how to tailor your resume, reflect on your strengths, and position yourself as the ideal PM candidate. This guide covers everything from keyword optimization to self-reflection questions.
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📝 Preparing Your Resume
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In tech, it's highly important to tailor your resume to the specific role that you are applying for. Ensure that words in your resume reflect the requirements and/or desired qualifications for the role. To do this, scan your resume for important keywords, and if you don't have them, find ways to embed them into your resume. Having these keywords will be helpful to signal to recruiters that you are indeed a fit for the job.
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💡 Tips for Developing Content
Resume Strategy Checklist
- ✅ Numbers are universal - Driving $80M of incremental revenue or 100K new monthly active users is easy and quick to understand impact. Quantify everything you can.
- ✅ Show your impact - Be the catalyst. Write in terms of what you've specifically accomplished, not what your task was. Use "I led" not "I was responsible for."
- ✅ Less is more - Stick to one page. Blaise Pascal famously wrote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time." Take the time to be concise so every word adds value.
- ✅ Unconventional experience works - Don't limit yourself. If you created an open-source project, then explain why you built it. If you ran online ads for your neighbor's small business, then show the business value of it. Passion projects are one of the highest ROI investments an aspiring PM can pursue.
- ✅ Build honest credibility - Avoid buzzwords. Showing how a seemingly-unrelated experience can be applied to a PM role builds a story. Authenticity matters.
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Pro Tip: We recommend working with CMG and peer advisors throughout the resume drafting process, and to start as early as possible! Get feedback from multiple people.
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📊 PM Resume Keywords + Examples
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🧭 Reflect As You Draft Your Resume
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Deep Reflection Questions: Take time to answer these questions thoughtfully. Your answers will help you craft authentic, compelling resume bullets and interview stories.
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