1st year Resume Writing Guidelines for Students.pdf

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• From recruitment point of view
–May be used to shortlisting
–First impression –creates a positive influence in the interview
–Helps brand the institute placement process and builds recruiter comfort
• From candidate point of view
–Leads to introspection – it answers questions if and why you are/ can be
relevant for a role
–It is a great tracker – building a good resume requires content. Content
needs work
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Private & Confidential
Why the fuss about resume

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• The only AIM of this document is to learn and internalize how to write resume content
– Understand how each element on your resume needs to be crafted
– Learn to write in crisp detail bringing out the richness of your experience and your key
expertise/skills
• Do not compare the format that is used to explain these examples or semantics like
the name of the section
– All format and structure (section heading [Is it internship, SIP, CIP | PoR versus Leadership|
PoR being part of ECA], way company-designation- timelines are denoted and other such
things) related information is based on the resume format that has been shared or enforced
using a system
– Do not refer to this document for matters in the above bullet
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What to take away from this document

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Some ground rules
• Uniform format for entire batch – Resume is not proof of your creativity, stick to the format given
• One page strictly for the final resume – master CV should be longer. You can have 2/3 versions of
your CV taken out from master CV.
– UNDERSTAND that versions need different content – hence master CV can be longer than 1 page
• Only one level of bullet – do not use sub bullets. Keep bullets as per format (no fancy bullets)
• Strictly NO pronouns - in resume like I, me, my, mine, our, us, we, you, he, she, they, them, their, etc.
• Drop all articles – a, an, the can be left out in resume writing. Helps shorten sentences
• Use action/power verbs to start all bullet points – Conducted, Designed, Organized, Created,
Recommended, Proposed, Concluded, etc. Avoid repeats. Refer to power verbs pdf shared
• Use symbols – ‘>’ ‘<‘ ‘~’ ’&’ ‘$’ ‘₹’ to keep sentences tight and short
• Keep the writing tight & lean – remove all unwanted information and words to convey maximum
information in the least number of words. However, concise doesn’t mean unclear
• Focus on content – Use the format approved by your college
Bear these in mind – READ EACH POINT CAREFULLY THRICE

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Profile Highlights – ONLY if your format allows this section
3 short phrases
Your outstanding
achievements
No behaviors
• 3 short phrases (3-4 words per phrase) to bring out your USP. Limit total length to 1 line max
• NO BEHAVIORAL TRAITS: Don’t say hardworking, creative, friendly, team player etc
• Achievements can be of any nature (extra curriculars are also fine)
• Do not write in great detail or in long sentences
• The idea is to tell 3 top things about you which is ATTRACTIVE TO THE JOB YOU ARE APPLYING FOR
AND WILL SET YOU APART FROM THE OTHER APPLICANTS

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Good Examples
• MKTG: IIM Cul Com Secretary | Star insurance salesman | Part-time DJ with 10K Insta followers
• FIN: MBA Gold medalist | Best finance internship, 2019 | CFA Level 1
• OPS: Manufacturing process efficiency expert | Logistics coordinator in IIM fest | 6 Sigma Green Belt
• CONS/ANLT: NIT Gold medalist | Data Camp hackathon winner | Amazon case study India finalist
Bad Examples
• MKTG: Improved Godrej Sales in Gujarat by 30% | Got new sponsors worth 45L for cultural fest | Best
networker of the batch [What’s wrong – phrases are too long!]
• FIN: 99 percentiler | Good analytical ability with superior number crunching | CFA Level 2 candidate
[What’s wrong – phrases are too long & generic skill mentioned]
• OPS: System mindset driven | 6 Sigma Green Belt certified by KPMG training institute | Logistics
coordinator [What’s wrong – phrases are too long & generic skill set]
• CONS/ANLT: Case competition winner | Best finance internship, 2019 | IIM Cul Com Secretary [What’s
wrong – not the most relevant points!]
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Profile Highlights – Examples

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Academics
• Every row should be only one line. Abbreviate course name/college name if it is too long
• Eg – ECE instead of Electronics & Communication Engineering or MESKK School, Mysore instead of
Mysore Education Society Kishore Kendra School, Mysore
• Consistency in number of digits after decimal point
Degree University/Board Year %/CGPA
MBA Management College of India 2018 - 2020 3.45 / 4.33
BE College of Engineering, Guindy (Mechanical) 2012 - 2016 76.3%
12th PSBB, Mylapore (CBSE) 2012 87.9%
10th PSBB, Mylapore (CBSE) 2010 85.2%
Examples

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Co-curricular and Academic Achievements
• All scholarships/ awards etc should clearly mention the awarding body and the year
• Similar scholarships/awards (like best outgoing in 10th and 12th ) can be merged. Don’t merge
unrelated points
• All bullets to be strictly one line long
• Sometimes just bullets under the academics table (in some formats)
• Director’s gold medal for 1st rank in 1st year MBA, 2020
• Gold Medal by Kotak Salesian School for first position in Standard 10 examination, 2012
• NTSE Scholar and recipient of scholarship for 3 consecutive years, 2007-2010
• Best outgoing student in 10th (2012) and 12th (2014). Bestowed with gold medals
• Scholarship of INR 1L by Jain Higher Education Academy for exemplary performance in 12th Std, 2014
Examples

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Certifications
• 1 line per certification – include who certified and when. Include validity if relevant
• Don’t keep old tech certification like Java etc. (Keep only relevant ones like SQL, R, Python, ITIL, Scrum)
• Nothing too old. BEC certified in English in 2007 is not relevant
• Bad example will have only name - FLIP Certified, Coursera Finance for Managers

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Finance
• Level 1 CFA certified, 2020 by the CFA Institute, USA
• FLIP certified in Analytics for Capital Markets and Basics of Banking & Insurance, 2020
• Certified by Finshiksha in Financial Modelling and Fundamental Business Valuation, 2020
Marketing
• Udemy certified in Consumer Behavior by Johns Hopskins University, 2020
• Google certified in Basics of Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing, 2019
• Facebook University certified in Social Media Management and Marketing, 2019
Operations
• Coursera certified SCM professional from Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick, 2020
• CII certified Logistics and Supply Chain Management Professional, 2020
• Certified in Linear Optimization using Python, Udemy, 2020
Analytics
• Certified in Advanced Python, Udemy, 2020
• Completed Machine Learning Application in BFSI, Swayam, 2020
• Advanced Tableau certified by Salesforce.com, 2020
Consulting
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) by IIBA, 2019
• Completed Management Consulting Techniques, Tools and Frameworks certification, Udemy, 2020
• Advanced Tableau certified by coursera.com, 2020
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• Work context: should summarise your entire work in 1 bullet in non-technical language. Avoid detailed description of a specific
task done in this part. Cover responsibility as a team and as individual. This is frame of reference for recruiter to read remaining
points in work experience description
• DO NOT write project wise
• Don’t write JD points – this is a CV not a JD. You must write what you actually in your job. Be specific
• Awards should be followed by specific achievement that led to the award. Stand alone awards don’t make sense
• Focus on business side of the work (Remember you are in business school and not UG college)
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Work Experience - Guidelines shared with students
Recommended structure and flow (applicable for free-flowing format only)
For each company you have worked, create a set of points like this
Company Name Designation(Last Held when leaving company) mm-yy to mm-yy
• Work Context
• Action 1 & its result/reason
• Award/Achievement/Recommendation 1
• Award/Achievement/Recommendation 2
Write as many as you need
Write as many as you need

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Work Experience – Work Context: Example
Examples Good/Bad
Part of delivery team responsible for development of web and mobile app module for 3 major US Healthcare
clients
Good
Led 20 member sales team for market penetration of Fevicol & FeviKwik in Delhi NCR region Good
Part of team responsible for smooth operation of 3 paper production units of 5 lines each with production
capacity of 20MT per annum at Ballarpur, Maharashtra
Good
Varied experience as Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) solution developer to enable integration of systems
and applications across an enterprise using IBM BPM Middleware Integration technology. [What is wrong! Client
side is missing and the tool is not critical, can come later on. Also too many adjectives]
Bad
Ensured timely completion of cheque truncation process of Pune region consisting of 9 branches [What is wrong!
Very tactical. It is one of things that you do. Also, it already contains the result]
Bad

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Work Ex Quiz: Work Context
Part of team managing routine
operations
Operations where? Use numbers
to show scale
Part of 150-member team managing daily
operations at a 150MT annual output
bauxite mine in Rourkela, Orissa
Performed Functional & Non-Functional
Testing of control system and training
system for a defence client
Control system and training
system of what? Which country?
Responsible for Quality Assurance of
aviation simulator’s control system and
training system for a US defence client
Managed a project worth INR 400 Crore
(4% of KEC Revenue) as a part of an 8-
member team in Malaysia
What project? What part of the
project did you manage?
Managed commissioning of INR 400Cr of
electrical systems in 8X400 MW coal
power plant in Malaysia, in a team of 8
Responsible for Talent Acquisition
activities
Which BU/ sector? What roles?
What part of TA? What country?
Part of 8-member team involved in lateral
recruitment for senior technical managers
for large IT companies in India
What you wrote What’s wrong What it should be
IT IS MADATORY TO WRITE A LINE OF WORK CONTEXT FOR EVERY COMPANY YOU HAVE WORKED IN
Delivered sales of 10CR in Kerala branch
Very generic. Sales of what? Also
sounds more like a result. What
was overall work you had to do
Responsible for annual sales of INR 10Cr
gold loan products to B2C customers in 6
branches in Allepey, Kerala

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Writing the context in the left box
Full context – bullet point in the CV
Operations at 150MT output
bauxite mine in Orissa
QA for defense client’s aviation
simulator
Commissioning of electrical
systems at 8X400 MW
Malaysian power plant
TA for senior managers for
Indian IT majors
Sales of B2C gold loan products
in Allepey, Kerala
Left Box Context
Part of a 150-member team managing daily operations at a 150MT annual output
bauxite mine in Rourkela, Orissa
Responsible for Quality Assurance of aviation simulator’s control system and training
system for a US defence client
Managed commissioning of INR 400Cr of electrical systems in 8X400 MW coal power
plant in Malaysia, in a team of 8
Part of 8-member team involved in lateral recruitment for senior technical managers for
large IT companies in India
Responsible for annual sales of INR 10Cr gold loan products to B2C customers in 6
branches in Allepey, Kerala

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• Don’t list down job responsibilities, instead, focus on how you fulfilled those responsibilities
• Don’t divide your work based on projects within same company, instead divide it based on various
areas of work like consulting, business analysis, sales, marketing, procurement, design,
coordination, team management, development, client interaction, etc
• Maintain Action - Result/Reason format
• Be specific, use numbers. Highlight your technical skills through the work done
• In the examples that follow, look for yellow, grey and blue highlights to understand action,
result/reason and technical skills
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Work Experience – Action & its Result/Reason

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Professional Experience – Action & Impact/Reason - Example
Examples Good/Bad
Implemented integration for Aetna Healthcare Inc., using IBM Message Broker to fetch provider details based
on demography, specialisation, etc.
Good
Developed automated tracker processing service for merchants of Global Payments Inc. to integrate over
cloud using Salesforce.com
Good
Devised breakdown & preventive maintenance schedule of paint shop by conducting root cause analysis.
Reduced downtime by 20%
Good
Mentored 4 newly recruited probationary officers and clerks, designed 3 month on job training schedule,
reducing induction training time ~ 40%
Good
Acquired 30 major corporate clients leading to increased sales of over INR 10 crores in ensuing months.
Updated the leads in sales funnel on Seibel CRM
Good
Maintained > 20 MIS reports on Tableau in Marketing & Operations area for ease of senior management to
track project progress
Good
1)Development and testing
2)Conducting Market Research
3)Downtime Management
4)Client management
Bad
yellow, grey and blue highlights are action, result/reason and technical skills
[What is wrong! Just key words. Don’t show
what you exactly did and what you achieved]

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Work Ex Quiz: Actions and result/reason
Developed a tool using REXX and COBOL
that reduced the debugging process of a
program from 30-40 to 2-3 mins
Which process? What does it do
for the client/ team?
Developed automation tool that reduced
ETL load fail debugging from 30 to 3 mins,
freeing upto 10% of ETL server capacity
Managed Global Employee Referral
Programme to reduce costs
What costs? How did you
reduce?
Popularized Global Employee Referral
programme to increase referrals to 30% of
hiring & reduce cost of hiring by 15%
Daily MIS Report to be submitted to
management for entire Department.
What report? How do they use
this? Did you do any additional
analysis? On what tool?
Created interactive Tableau dashboards
about inventory at site for procurement
head to take daily PO release decisions
Negotiated, analysed and developed new
vendors for new/ongoing projects
Where and how many vendors?
What projects? Vendors for
what? Impact?
Identified 5 new Indian vendors for import
substitution of spring coils for Jhajjar
power plant expansion, reducing cost by
10% and lead time by 25%
Ensured the processing of 1000-2000
records per hour promptly through the
mail notification automation
What records? What is the
improvement?
Automated mail notification for receipt of
payment reconciliation issues of Belgium
unit, increasing ticket processing capacity
by 25%

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• Mention any achievement, awards, certifications(within same company) etc here.
• Add things that you did beyond your regular task (additional work) like training, mentoring, organising an event,
helping your manager, etc
• Example (award) - Received FY16 Q1 ACE team award and FY16 Q3 ACE Individual award, highest honour of
Excellence in Accenture, for closing 15 L1 infrastructure tickets in 3 days for trading application of US BFSI client
• Example (achievement) - Completed automation project for man power reduction, saved approx. 1.5
lacs/month, reduced overall cost of production
• Example (additional work)- Worked at Kakatiya Thermal Power plant as site engineer for 4 months. Executed all
Civil Engineering works and handled Planning and Billing for Additional Coal handling system worth INR 30Cr
• Example (additional work)– Organised company wide cultural event with team of 15 volunteers in Bangalore.
Introduced innovative competitions in dancing, painting & stand up entertainment to increase engagement
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Work Experience – Achievement/Result/Recommendation

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Work Ex Quiz: Result/Achievements/Awards/Recommendations
Improved existing Data model & reduced
server usage; cutting down project cost &
production time significantly
What data model? How did you
improve? Quantify the impact?
Recoded in SAS, product recommendation
model to reduce server usage by 10% and
costs by 15%
Received Rising Star Award for
outstanding performance as part of
Eminence & Excellence Awards
What did you do to get the
award? Be specific
Received Rising Star Award for automating
the defect reporting for the team using
BluePrism, saving 10 hours per week of
manual effort
Identified & recommended suitable
candidates for hiring
What roles? Which sectors? How
many did you recommend?
Identified & recommended 100+ suitable
candidates for 15 types for roles in clients
from IT and E-commerce sectors
Represented product engineering with
program management at audits by
Toyota, PSA for new acquisitions
Very unclear what you did and
why this is an achievement. Be
specific
Selected among 100+ team members to
represent product engineering at meeting
in Japan HQ for onboarding new Korean
vendors for ergonomic seating in cars

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IT
IT Analyst, Infosys Oct 2015 – Sep 2019
• Part of quality assurance team for website & mobile applications for Customer Relationship Management module
for leading US based bond trading company
• Carried out manual, automated & non-functional testing along with defect detection & analysis, besides leading
team of 4 members at offshore
• Provided client with recommendations on kind of test approach (Agile or Waterfall) to adopt while testing
Salesforce application tailored to deal with retail investors
• Helped build Income Tax Calculator feature by recommending highest coverage, reducing defect chances by 70%
• Delivered automation testing frameworks using Selenium & HP UFT. Executed automated tests for 2 years, thus
reducing manual testing effort by 40% & cost incurred by 50%
• Carried out mobile device testing by simulating Samsung & Apple phones & tablets on ‘Browser Stack’
• Received Gems Award & Client Appreciation Letter for delivering HP UFT automation framework for complete set
of test cases to integrate live bond prices into CRM application, in less than 4 months
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Work Experience – Good examples

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Operations
Production Manager, L&T Ltd Oct 2016 – Sep 2019
• Part of team that managed operations of 20,00,000 units a month switchgear and electrical accessories
production plant in Noida. Responsible for R&D & testing of products and technologies of European origin
• Created plans & daily schedules while overseeing daily manufacturing. Led 3 supervisors & 80 workers per shift
• Ensured fair & better production planning & timely delivery of customer orders using SAP, created delivery
schedules & planning depot zone wise. Managed safety FG stock of 15 days within plant
• Recommended creating 2 FG stores in plant to differentiate between export & domestic products. Added ink jet
special mark on export goods to avoid improper delivery of goods
• Analyzed data to increase productivity & reduce rejection, increased productivity 25% (65 to 80 per manpower)
and reduced process rejection by 83% (i.e. from 12.5% to 2.5%) by automation & KAIZENs
• Part of accessories development team started in production Oct-2017, implemented smooth work process for
accessories line, increased productivity by 148% & reduced cost per piece by 65%
• Reduced RM inventory by 14% and FG inventory by 24%, which further reduced inventory days by 45%
• Provided 400+ man-hours technical training to supervisors and workers
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Sales and Marketing
Sales Manager, Blue Star Oct 2017 – Sep 2019
• As first employee for energy, air & water management business selling innovative energy products like
BacComber, ATCS, Sterile Air, Frigitech, etc. grew business from scratch to INR 1.7 Cr in western region
• Front-ended sales of centralized HVAC equipment to industrial, commercial offices & government buildings in
Rest of Maharashtra & Goa
• Involved in cold calling & pitching prospective clients to maximise business opportunities via rigorous follow-up to
achieve revenue of INR 6.43 Cr – 17% YoY increase
• Received Exceptional and Over Achieved Rating for FY16 & FY17 which prompted transfer to central chiller sales
division to handle Rest of Maharashtra and Goa region
• Devised marketing strategy for North & South regions to win first BacComber orders worth INR 0.36 Cr from
global giants like Oracle, Honeywell and Cisco
• Led awareness drives through seminars & trainings for facility, maintenance & project teams of Mahindra group,
RP Goenka group, Aditya Birla Retail, Bharti Airtel, CBRE, Congnizant, Infosys, etc resulting in 2x leads
• Developed training programmes for dealer sales teams on HVAC systems resulting in orders worth INR 2.74 Cr as
against INR 0.85 Cr in previous year
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• There are 3 components to successful explanation of Internship
– Context
– Action
– Result
• First bullet in each internship should be Context
– Write in simple & easy to understand language a summary of your internship. What did you set out to
do?
– It is aim of your internship (Do NOT blindly copy paste project title, change it to make it attractive and
easy to understand)
• Next bullet(s) should be Action
– What are the specific things you did to achieve the above Context/ Aim. Actions, analysis, activities, tools,
frameworks, data etc.
• Last few bullets should be Result
– What are the outcomes, findings, recommendations, projections, results and potential uses of the project
– Worst case include learnings from the project
Recruiter wants to know more about your activities and achievements and not the academic description of the
project. Long sentences about project title, name, description should be avoided
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Internship – Context (Examples)
Examples Good/Bad
Worked on performance analysis of upgraded Giant Meterwave Radio Telescopes at Saharanpur Good
Conducted "Spectral analysis of ocean sensors" to measure the impact of global warming on sea oxygen levels Good
Responsible for overseeing manufacturing of men’s garments, from procuring raw material to finished product Good
Responsible for reducing the cost for conducting Offline examination in private schools, Delhi Good
Coordinated over time duties for the 10 employees and understand the various processes required for manufacturing
of bearing, conveyors and material handling equipment and guide the workers if they face any problem
[What’s wrong – TOO LONG]
Bad
Part of system design project [What’s wrong – OF WHAT, WHERE etc missing] Bad
MATLAB simulation of X-rays [What’s wrong – FOR WHAT, WHY etc missing] Bad

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UG Internships: Context Quiz
Planned in dealing with failures arising in
Oil Rig with prevention techniques and
maintenance procedures that are key
activities, as situations often turn
hazardous and incur heavy loss if not
taken care with appropriate and feasible
methods immediately.
Very verbose. Context details
missing
Part of 8-member team to identify key
reasons for oil rig failure in Mumbai High
Field and devise preventive maintenance
plan
To gain practical experience and improve
business skills in communication, finance,
quantitative analysis, and teamwork.
Very generic. No business
outcome/ context
Part of the trading desk to understand key
intra day trading strategies in the
commodities market
Tracked India’s own guided missile
systems designing and manufacturing by
DRDO, which is making an important
component called satellite roller screw
(an actuator used in missile navigation)
using machinery available with minimal
cost.
Too long. Too technical
Designed navigation components for
DRDO’s guided missile systems, optimizing
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• Upto 2 bullet points on the method adopted – Don’t list/repeat responsibilities given to you by the company. Highlight how you fulfilled
those responsibilities. What did you exactly do?
• Highlight your technical skills, team skills, coordination skills, software/tools used etc through the work done. Use one bullet at a time to
highlight every skill. Don’t mix multiple actions together
How to be be specific
• Use metrics to quantify your work – how much data, how much improvement, how much efficiency, how much accuracy etc
• Use technologies, techniques, frameworks, tools, models etc.
Examples of Action Points
• Designed smart watch outer core, removing costly components & conceptualizing simpler hardware design
• Analysed switchgear assembly division layout using time and motion study for a period of 15 days
• Supervised and crafted the product specifications & upcoming discount schemes to be posted on Instagram and Etsy
• Developed E-commerce portal (Shopping cart without Payment Gateway )on Angular JS and Ruby on Rails for new shoe brand
• Operated simulation software (SysSim) to review administration of networking and signalling protocols for over 10,000 trains
• Analyzed difference in process time between usage of conventional & CNC machines using data of last 2 months
• Tested gesture-to-speech converter on 4 differently abled individuals, achieved 97% accuracy
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UG Internships: Action Quiz
Used my Angular and Node.js for
developing their website
Too technical. Too short.
Customer side missing
Designed login, shopping cart and product
portfolio with infinite scroll pages using
Angular and node.js
Was responsible for giving the
manufacturing orders to the employees
and prioritizing various orders from
customers. Decided the rates of different
sales according to the order size.
No product/ customer size.
Vague action – what did you do?
How did you decide rates? Can
be split into 2 points as well
Used order size, lead time for material,
RM availability and customer delivery date
to prioritize orders and build production
plan for employees
Designed an excel based slab system to
define discounts for larger orders
Analyzed the performance using ratio
analysis, income statements and cash
flow analysis.
How did you do this? What
ratios? How much data?
Used last 5 years statements to compute
profitability, asset turnover and current
ratios for the company and assess
financial health

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Internship – Action (Examples)
Examples Good/Bad
Studied applications of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) [What’s wrong – end use missing!] Bad
Studied applications of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for automation like escalator, automatic switching of
lights & automatic doors
Good
Analysed the cost of procuring Online Test Portal vs Offline examination [What’s wrong – where is cost data
coming from!]
Bad
Analysed cost of procuring Online Test Portal vs Offline examination by costing analysis of offline mode from last 5
years, estimating Moodle customization cost and cost of using SaaS products in student assessment
Good
Enabled targeted search for users [What’s wrong – details of activities missing!] Bad
Enabled targeted search for users using filters like fares, rooms etc. Implemented faster search using indexing in
SQL tables
Good

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August 21
UG Internships: Results Quiz
Developed a system to print remotely
through cloud so that students can print
assignments and notes from anywhere in
the college network.
More of an action point. Add
potential impact?
Delivered cloud based remote printing
system to enable students to print from
anywhere in the network, saving wait time
& crowding and printer stations
Suggested the use of electronic regulator
for optimal operation characteristic with
the existing control system & to conduct
regular employee training.
Quantify the output/ result
Recommended using electronic regulator
in the control system to reduce chances of
failure by 35%
Advised training of senior employees to
improve system usage to 90%
Familiarized with their Quality Assurance
and Customer Complaint Resolution
processes.
This is not an outcome. Explain
something specific that you
learnt
Trained in the use of Service now
application for tracking and streamlining
customer complaints, with an average TAT
of 7.4 hours

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• Last 1-2 bullet points should cover key Result/Recommendation/Findings/Learnings
• Mention specific recommendation/outcome
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Internship – Result (Can be multiple bullet points)
Examples Good/Bad
Achieved 97% accuracy [What’s wrong – too vague!] Bad
Achieved 97% accuracy in voice to text conversion, with potential to use model for audio books
for hearing impaired
Good
Strategized the process for bearings and Acquired Practical knowledge of manufacturing
processes which are used to manufacture jigs and fixtures, conveyors
[What’s wrong – same as context of the project!]
Bad
• Recommended using CNC machines for bearing polish to reduce rejection by customers
• Acquired hands-on practical knowledge of configuring CNC machines for buffing operations
Good

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Siemens Ltd, Gurgaon Summer Intern May 2016– June 2016
• Researched power substations used for energy distribution to understand models for load balancing in Central Grid in India
• Acquired and assessed real time data input and output through substation equipment and virtual gateways for a week
• Modelled the energy flow through the sub-station using MATLAB to understand efficiency of the system during peak times
• Suggested using ARIMA model to better predict peak load and potentially improve efficiency at peak time by 6%
HERE Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. Summer Intern May 2017 – June 2017
• Responsible for processing raw data in cartographic form to create HD Automation Maps for Automated vehicles auto majors
• Created standard worksheet for maps to latlong conversion workflows which resulted in 15% improvement in turnaround metrics
• Analyzed common errors & created best practices which reduced error trends & trained new hires for multiple workflows
Magicpin Operations Intern May 2018 – June 2018
• Responsible for restaurant partner acquisition for West Delhi region for magicpin – offline shopping rewards app
• Handled push SMS campaigns & analyzed responses to build profiles of likely partners using location, cuisine & duration of existence
• Verified 60 clients each day, on-boarded 420 clients in 13 days. Received Pre-Placement Offer to join business development team
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• Cover projects, assignments, submissions completed during MBA program. Understand recruiter has come to
hire you in an MBA college because they want to know what have you learnt in MBA. Focus on MBA projects
• If UG projects, they should be super relevant for the job you are applying for. Hard-core technical projects may
not be of much use at this stage
• Stay relevant to the job applied
• Focus on projects completed recently – Capture Term 1 or 2 projects where there is depth in the study. Capture
Live projects where you have done extensive job
• Minimum 2 projects for people with work experience. Add more if you don’t have a one full page resume
• Minimum 4 projects for freshers. Add more if you don’t have a one full page resume
• Maintain Context – Action – Result Approach
• Be specific, use numbers, names to substantiate your work
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Academic Projects

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Academic Projects
Examples Good/Bad
• Compared print advertisement of XUV500, Creta & Ecosport, interviewed 20 car owners, analysed sales
data to understand importance of segmentation in advertising
• Concluded Mahindra XUV used bold & macho communication to segment the market
Good
• Strategy analysis of TVS Motors (2-wheeler industry). Conducted interviews with marketing team of TVS.
• Crafted global expansion strategy, defined positioning in premium segment after demonstrating capability
to produce BMW bikes
Good
• Analysed delivery time, number of orders fulfilled per day, average distance travelled per delivery to
optimize cost of delivery agents.
• Created new delivery plan with 50% reduction in distance travelled resulting in 20% cost savings
Good
• Study and analysis of organisational design of iNurture using different organizational framework & model Bad
• Project on marketing strategy of HUL’s Lifebuoy in the B2C context Bad
• Managing organisation project: Analysing organisational structure, process and culture of Voolsy networks Bad
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Conducted primary survey of 250
customers to find the factors influencing
customer’s buying behaviour of brands of
shampoo. Analysed the data in excel and
found major factors responsible for
different age groups
Context can have segment of
customer. Did you use a
technique to analyze? What are
the specific factors found?
Conducted factor analysis in Excel on
demographic and SEC data of 250
shampoo users in Nagpur to understand
buying behavior. Identified that response
to dandruff, availability of smaller packs
and endorsement by fashionistas were
key drivers
Cluster analysis to launch a product:
Performed primary research and cluster
analysis is done based on the responses
using SPSS software under the guidance
of Prof.Madhurima
What product? How much
research? Of whom? What did
you find? Prof name not needed
Surveyed 150 potential users of a new IoT
based water bottle. Using cluster analysis
of data on SPSS, identified that coolness
quotient and perceived health benefits
can be used to achieve premium pricing
Conducted financial analysis of Axis Bank
using financial ratios. Prepared detailed
report and recommended ways to
improve financial performance
How did you analyze? How many
years data did you see? What
metrics did you measure? What
are the specific
recommendations?
Analysed business performance of Axis
Bank for last 3 years. Measured health
using financial ratios, asset health, NIM,
cost of capital against industry averages.
Recommended normalizing credit risk and
enhancing employee’s credit analysis skill
Academic Projects: Quiz

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• Worked on mock Android App Development for Excise Dept, Govt of NCT, to avert the sale of illicit liquor. Implemented
‘mLiquorSaleCheck’ using Android Studio IDE framework. Enabled QR code based checking, cross state movement management
and imported stock checking
• Optimized surface roughness of E-Glass fibre composite by adding epoxy resin and Low-profile additives. Modelled the new
material using SubSim software. The new composite can increase efficiency in wind mill, turbines etc by reducing friction
• Attended In-plant training in Integral Coach Factory(ICF) and Wheels India Ltd Chennai. Studied process of diesel locomotive
testing and commissioning. Understood trade-offs between timelines and cost of testing
• Built Python based AI enabled smart chat bot with transaction capabilities, which interprets sales chat on social apps like
WhatsApp, Facebook and helps customer buy products via the platform
• Developed video processing tool using MATLAB to translates hand gestures into alphabets. Used ML algorithms to achieve 93%
accuracy of translation on training dataset
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Academic Projects – UG examples

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• Analyzed consumer behavior for newly launched fruit drinks of Raw Pressery by calling 20 retail & super marts & interviewing 150 customers
in tier 2&3 cities. Formulated retail on-ground branding campaign at regional fairs & retail stores for better visibility
• Analyzed EU & US tea demand and India tea export data for 2010-20 to assess growth prospects for state’s tea estates with Uttarakhand Tea
Board. Recommended seeking export duty waiver in line with Assam teas, branding of high tea of each estate & using professional managers.
• Studied reverse logistics requirement for fashion category in e-commerce in India. Used secondary data about e-commerce &logistics
companies to identify cost drivers. Identified better prediction, deploying time of delivery return & including return charges in certain cases as
opportunities to trim reverse logistics costs
• Comparative analysis of Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. with competitor Bajaj Hindustan using profitability, liquidity ratios, turnover, solvency &
investment ratios from annual reports of last 5 years. Recommended increasing spend on R&D & aggressive distribution to improve turnover
• Strategic analysis of Jyothy laboratories & competitors using balanced scored, internal factor evaluation matrix, external factor evaluation &
BCG matrix. Identified need to increase products in discretionary spend category & greater spend on marketing for brand awareness
• Interviewed 5 delivery executives, 5 consumers & manager of Zomato to understand functioning and reach of Zomato in Warangal. Identified
that lack of communication of corporate strategy’s impact on ground operations can hinder growth
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Academic Projects – MBA examples

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• Maintain variety, 2-4 such initiatives at max. Avoid job related initiatives in this section. Mention timelines
• Don’t write mere responsibilities. Include specific actions that you took, new initiatives and results from your actions
• It should be something significant
• In some formats, this may be clubbed with Extra Curricular Activities
August 21
Positions of Responsibilities/ Leadership Initiatives
Examples Good/Bad
Senior Coordinator, iBank, 2017 – Conducted sector specific sessions for juniors. Pioneered development of hostel library for students
ensuring placement specific material being available at short notice
Good
Organizer, RAMINI-2017, designed 15 posters for all-night classical music concert organized by Chennai SPICMACAY resulting in
highest ever attendance of 500+
Good
Lead Coordinator Inter-NIT Sports league2018; hosted 8 colleges from across India, secured sponsorships worth ₹2 Lacs Good
Academic coordinator, 2018, IIM Udaipur. Work closely with professors and batch to roll out 5 new electives Good
National Service Scheme: Co-organized Sishu Mela for 1000+ underprivileged kids; Organized blood donation camp with footfall of
800+, 2016
Good
1)Secretary, Organizing Committee – Responsible to organize events
2) Member - Placement Council – Responsible to maintain relations with companies
3)Captain, NCC Dehradun Wing
Bad
yellow and blue highlights are Action and Result
[What is wrong! Just key words.
Don’t show what you exactly did
and what you achieved]

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August 21
POR Quiz
Responsible for fostering and facilitating
an entrepreneurial spirit among the IIM
community
How you did this is missing,
qualify and quantify your efforts,
how do you measure efforts
Conducted 5 startup workshops & 3
webinars with alumni founders to foster
entrepreneurship. Increased club
membership by 20%
Managed the accommodation of
attendees & was assigned as the point of
contact for them for the event
Attendees for what? From
where? How many?
Managed accommodation on campus for
300+ attendees from all over India for the
3 days techno cultural fest of ABC college
Accountable for designing and
procurement of the Official Merchandise
for the batch of 320+ students
What are the number of items,
value of procured items, how
many vendors you dealt with,
any numbers for negotiation?
Designed sweatshirts for 15+ clubs on
campus. Identified new, 20% cheaper
vendor from Ludhiana and procured
customized merchandise worth INR 3L

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• Cover things done in last 5 years, include B-School Competitions, NGO work, sports
etc.
• Maintain variety, avoid too many bullets with similar ones
• One bullet for one activity, don’t merge many in one, unless they are very similar and
makes sense to do so (If you won FY16,17,18 medals in U-19 Badminton, combine)
• Stick to Action – Result format
• Be sure you can talk about what you have written
• If you want to write hobby(ies), only one at a time with clearly specifying your
achievement in that area.
– Do not write points like hobbies include reading, football and politics
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Extra-curricular Activities/ Other Achievements

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August 21
Extracurricular Quiz
Secured Third position among 200+
students in environmental awareness
essay competition
What did you write about?
Which year?
3rd among 200+ in environmental
awareness essay competition for
analyzing farming led deforestation in
Brazil, 2020
Winner of case study conducted by NSIT
Incubation & Innovation center to
promote start-up ideas, 2020
What was the case? What did
you propose
1st prize – B-plan for air ambulance in
crowded Indian cities at NSIT Incubation &
Innovation center event, 2020
Collaborated with MIOT hospital on their
“Health awareness and disease
prevention” initiative
What did you do? What is the
impact? Which year
Collaborated with local hospital to spread
awareness about removing stagnant
water during rains by canvassing
neighborhood and putting up posters,
2021

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August 21
Extra-curricular Activities/ Other Achievements
Examples Good/Bad
Best Incubation Plan for rural e-education venture out of 54 in Pratyarpan ‘18 - Social B-Plan Contest, IIMA Good
Winners of group dance competition in Sanskriti 3.0 conducted at IIM Nagpur amongst 25 teams, 2019 Good
Represented Karnataka in the U-19 bowling team, 2017. Won U-19 series for 1st time ever for the state Good
Regular volunteer(2014-2017) with Make A Difference to provide English & Mathematics support to over 500
underprivileged children
Good
Winner of Best Manager – CFO round, at Christ University, for proposing working capital management plan
for sick steel fabrication SME, 2019
Good
Campus Winner for Amazon ACE 2020 Challenge for proposing strategy for Amazon to increase presence in
NBFC lending space
Good
Winner of Coursera Machine Learning hackathon 2020 for implementing artificial neural network algorithm
to auto classify insurance queries into different support buckets
Good
1)Member, Rotaract Club Delhi
2)Attended a seminar on Stock trading at JLMN College, 2018
3)Volunteer, College Annual Fest
Bad
yellow and blue highlights are contribution and impact
[What is wrong! Just key words.
Don’t show what you exactly
did and what you achieved]

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