We live in a world of cut-throat competition, especially when it comes to jobs. Our CVs thus become one of the most important documents that determine whether we’ll land an interview or not. However, many of these CVs stand out in an unusual way. For instance, desis discussed the hilarious ‘hobbies’ they’ve seen written on resumes like “surfing the net” and “listening to music”.
Recently, a Twitter user shared that she was considering interviewing a job applicant who had mentioned ‘googling’ as one of his top skills.
Got a CV today and the guy literally listed one of his skills as ‘googling’
We’re interviewing him
— Cat McGee (@CatMcGeeCode) July 23, 2021
If he responds then yes! But not just because of googling, his CV was great on top of that haha
— Cat McGee (@CatMcGeeCode) July 23, 2021
People hilariously shared other unusual mentions in CVs:
Another one listed one of the hobbies as ‘Making Love’. pic.twitter.com/CAYGfgi2NW
— Kaka Dubu 🇿🇦🇰🇪 (@Kaka_Dubu) July 24, 2021
My resume says I can juggle. I can’t, I just want to know how closely my interviewer is reading it.
— Nick (@nxcv3) July 23, 2021
Got one where hobby was scrolling Insta reels.
— Amita Karadkhedkar (She/her) (@askaradkhedkar) July 24, 2021
Others were simply left baffled by why the candidate chose to write ‘googling’:
I’m sorry, why would you interview someone who puts that as a skill and not Research as a skill?
— Dr. Elizabeth Craigg (@Peeps1908) July 24, 2021
I once saw a CV in the office which had “Winzip” in the proficiencies section.
Meanwhile I struggle second guessing if I should put or not every valid entry on mine 😅
“Should I even put this third language?, I haven’t spoken it in a while, so maybe not… hmm”
— Miles Parker 🇻🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇪 🇪🇸 (@MilesGParker) July 24, 2021
It’s funny, sometimes I find things googling that other people don’t. I don’t think I’d put it on my CV, though.
— Charlotte Scherping (@charlotte_in_h) July 24, 2021
If other people treat me like I’m Google, can I put that on my resume?
— Nancy Wells (@NancyWellsNYC) July 24, 2021
However, many people including the interviewer herself supported the job applicant, and termed the skill as essential:
Honestly, nah. Obviously depends on the role but saying internet research means nothing unless the job requires it. Googling is more clear and shows some personality, especially if you can do it in a humorous way
— Cat McGee (@CatMcGeeCode) July 24, 2021
Putting ‘googling’ on his CV was funny, but he also proved that he was a self starter and problem solver throughout the rest of his CV. Skill lists should usually be reserved for buzzword packing tbh or listing tools, but anything that goes in there needs to be backed up with xp
— Cat McGee (@CatMcGeeCode) July 24, 2021
You would be surprised how many people can’t proper google.
I am not talking about technical use of browser and google.
I am talking about writing the proper keywords, , excluding some or try and test different phrases
— Catalin Banu (@catalinbanu) July 23, 2021
Honestly I’ve worked with amazing engineers that can’t google shit, once they get stuck they don’t know how to unblock because they don’t know how to google their problem
— Sergio Solo (@ZurceZx) July 23, 2021
Knowing how to look for information on the internet is an incredible valuable skill. I am consistently surprised at the emails I get from customers asking basic questions they could get answers to by a quick Google search.
— Nathaniel C. Carter (@NathanielCCart1) July 24, 2021
In case anyone else need to put googling on their resumé pic.twitter.com/4HKUHwzwB3
— Desperado✨ (@lotuschild252) July 24, 2021
Another user suggested an online test to gauge his ‘googling’ skills:
Now THAT would be an awesome technical interview.
Here are six error messages, you have an hour to Google them and copy and paste the fix into this online form. Good luck. 😂
— Tim Myers (@denvercoder) July 23, 2021
Would you ever mention ‘googling’ in your resume? Tell us.