ADVICE WALKING SOMEONE THROUGH YOUR RESUME

Know how to walk someone through your resume

When someone asks you to “walk me through your resume,” how do you react?

If your first thought is, “I already sent it to you, didn’t you read it?” Do not, under any circumstances, say this out loud.

Take it from me, a person who reads a looooooot of resumes.

The hiring manager or recruiter you’re talking to may or may not have pored over your resume in advance. But that doesn’t matter.

They are NOT asking you to read the resume line by line. Boring.

What they’re really asking is if you can articulate yourself and tell a convincing narrative about your career arc so far.

They ARE hoping you’ll add insight and color to the dry descriptions on the page.

They also want to hear how the experience on your resume maps directly to what you can bring to the role and company in question.

This is a conversation that should elicit a positive, creative, charismatic response. You need to sound clear, concise, articulate and confident in your delivery.

So if you’re getting ready to interview soon, one of the best ways you can prep is to practice walking through your resume with a partner. It’s an elevator pitch no different than selling to a customer.