Recruiters spend 6–10 seconds on your resume — here's what they actually scan
A 27-year IT hiring consultant breaks down what makes recruiters stop scrolling. Eligibility, recent projects, and clean keywords beat anything decorative.
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A 27-year IT hiring consultant breaks down what makes recruiters stop scrolling. Eligibility, recent projects, and clean keywords beat anything decorative.
Indian tech hiring filters quantitative, logical and verbal tests as round one. Even strong engineers get screened out here. Treat aptitude prep with the same seriousness as DSA.
Beautiful Canva templates often get parsed as blank pages. Skill bars, icons for contact info, and decorative graphics confuse most ATS parsers. Plain wins.
Most candidates who clear aptitude don't get rejected for the wrong answer — they get rejected because their answer wasn't clear. Going three layers deep on fewer topics beats shallow breadth.