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Forum Post 6 Answers Resume confusion

Hi, I want to apply for Amazon, India. I have prepared a one page resume for that. When I show this to my friend who is already working in amazon, said resume should have more content and asked me to enlarge it to atleast three pages. He said that he also did the same when he was applying. can anyone tell me is it mandatory to have a resume of 3 pages?

 - ajit August 14, 2013 | Flag |


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can any one from India suggest me what to do on this?

- ajit August 23, 2013 | Flag Reply
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How much experience do you have? A 1-page resume is generally appropriate for out-of-college hires or candidates with only a small amount of industry experience. More experienced candidates will sometimes have longer resumes.

- eugene.yarovoi August 15, 2013 | Flag Reply
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I have just 14 months of industry experience. I thought one page was enough. But want to know will it be sufficient to apply in India since people here generally follow resume of 3 to more pages.

- ajit August 16, 2013 | Flag
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@Eugene

Do you work for Microsoft/Amazon/Google? Could you please guide in preparing for their interviews?

- Murali Mohan August 16, 2013 | Flag
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@ eugene.yarovoi: thank you so much for replying.

- ajit August 18, 2013 | Flag
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It's a bit different in India. In the US, you're right. One-page for most candidates. If you have 10+ years of experience and have held a bunch of jobs, then two pages might make sense.

In India though, longer resumes are normal and sometimes expected.

- Gayle L McDowell August 21, 2013 | Flag




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