Weirdest thing you’ve seen on someone’s resume?

Imperial Capital
Banker69

Imperial Capital

Banker69
Apr 24, 2020 124 Comments

I’ve seen some weird ones but someone with 20/20 vision under skills stood out to me.

Anyone else have some good ones?

#resume
#career

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  • Barclays PLC / Other
    Adjusted

    Go to company page Barclays PLC Other

    BIO
    Investment Banking
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    I have seen a 50+ page resume submitted for banking and private equity, as a cold email.
    Apr 24, 2020 11
    • New
      spartan7

      New

      spartan7
      With the solutions?
      May 16, 2020
    • Ag Leader Technology
      Verithanam

      Ag Leader Technology

      Verithanam
      I can't fill 50 pages even if I share about my 25years of life achievements :P
      May 24, 2020
  • Multiple large glamour shots.
    Apr 24, 2020 7
  • Bill.com / Sales
    ohwhy

    Go to company page Bill.com Sales

    ohwhy
    Back in the day I would list my personal interest. One of those listed was coffee, and was told that I got the job interview because of that.
    Apr 24, 2020 3
    • New / Mgmt
      capuccino

      New Mgmt

      PRE
      PwC, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Raytheon
      capuccino
      Yeah I would consider you a cultural fit too. I see why you got the interview
      Apr 27, 2020
    • I used to do the same... with my very first resumes. listed travel, photography, and coffee as my personal interests lol. Nobody ever asked me about these during the interviews though... probably why I didn't include them afterwards
      Apr 29, 2020
  • JMI Equity
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    JMI Equity

    ; DROP TAB
    A kid from Harvard had polo on his resume. Thought "Oh cool, we have a few water polo players here". Nope, turns out it was straight up horse polo.
    Apr 24, 2020 7
    • Rakuten / Ops
      tooQ10

      Go to company page Rakuten Ops

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      Rakuten
      BIO
      Obligatory: YoE 20, TC 43k. Such is life for us non-SWE office monkeys!
      tooQ10
      @Google, that's the exact argument that is used to ban lefties. I'm trying to imagine an argument like this used to ban a race or ethnicity from playing a sport and can't imagine it in this century.
      May 12, 2020
    • Well, left handed folk can play, the just have to use their right hand. That’s like saying tennis is discriminatory because you must have at least one arm to play it.
      May 14, 2020
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    iconstixs

    New

    iconstixs
    I saw every Ivy League school they got into
    Apr 24, 2020 4