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Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by makr17 »

lmm wrote: post #37
andrewingram wrote: post #34

Cute, and very impressive. But I cringe whenever I see a resumé where someone rates each of their skills on a scale. We're all familiar with the idea that true masters are generally the first to admit that they have a lot more to learn.

I'm told that Google asks employees to rate their technology skills on a scale of 1-10. Guido van Rossum puts his Python skills at a 7.

IIRC, they couched it with guidelines...

1 - I've heard of it ... 9 - literally wrote the book ... 10 - invented it

so by that measure guido _should_ have rated himself a 10.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by jgoldsmith »

Besides being a pretty neat way to filter out companies that are willing to put a little bit of extra effort into their hiring process, this is also one of the few appropriate uses I've seen of the Lobster font ;)

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by owenmarshall »

kozhevnikov wrote: post #31
gngeal wrote: post #15

I think this was supposed to be "interactive résumé", as it doesn't seem to have anything to do with power management. But it's definitely cool. :-)

Ladies and gentlemen, Chairman of the Pedantic Society. 'Resume' is acceptable spelling [1], or 'CV' as it's correctly called. [1] http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=resume

Speaking of pedantry...

In the USA a CV is often seen as distinct from a resume. They are used amongst academics and high-skill professionals to show an individuals full career history, with emphasis on education and publications.

It can be interchangeable with a resume, but it may not be.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by Rajiv_N »

While this format may not work for everyone, for a UI person, I think this is an awesome way to apply. Great Job!

How difficult would it be for you to allow printing in a resume format (hidden div with info, activated using the CSS print layout option???) At least then there is the option of printing your resume from this page directly. You might even be able to provide a link in the corner of the page to activate printing. Just an idea. Good Luck!

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by ultimatedelman »

jhspaybar wrote: post #53

Wow. Hit this on mobile. I'm not sure what it looks like on desktop, but on mobile it's amazing. Swipe to move, everything perfectly in place. I too often roll my eyes when someone ranks themselves a "master", but whoa...I actually believe this guy.

took a look on mobile chrome. pretty awful experience, tbh. looks pretty, but i was expecting a swipe to take you to the next step automatically. unfortunately once you get to movement, each swipe is like one tick on the scroll wheel... i couldn't get past the first gate after like 20 swipes, got fed up, and left.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by cyansmoker »

princess3000 wrote: post #116

The lack of imagination here is just staggering. Holy cow. I mean first and foremost you're just getting a link to this directly, who's to say he doesn't also have a RESUME.DOC file that he sends out, including a link to this page? Beyond that, I feel like this guy just might be looking for companies that are willing to take 60 seconds out of looking through a stack of nearly-identical paper resumes to indulge someth…

It took exactly 22 seconds for the 'loading...' message to disappear. After this, I had to read blinking instructions, then keep pressing the down arrow, which doesn't really qualify as "interactive."

As the information was scrolling through my screen, I found it difficult to read but I didn't want to release the down arrow key because I wanted to be done with it.

Just my experience. My 'UX' experience, unfortunately.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by gngeal »

kozhevnikov wrote: post #31
gngeal wrote: post #15

I think this was supposed to be "interactive résumé", as it doesn't seem to have anything to do with power management. But it's definitely cool. :-)

Ladies and gentlemen, Chairman of the Pedantic Society. 'Resume' is acceptable spelling [1], or 'CV' as it's correctly called. [1] http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=resume

What I had in mind was that it would remove the ambiguity. I actually clicked at the link expecting some nifty power management stuff and came away not disappointed only because I enjoyed it.

Re: Interactive Resume

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Post by Pro_bity »

princess3000 wrote: post #116

The lack of imagination here is just staggering. Holy cow. I mean first and foremost you're just getting a link to this directly, who's to say he doesn't also have a RESUME.DOC file that he sends out, including a link to this page? Beyond that, I feel like this guy just might be looking for companies that are willing to take 60 seconds out of looking through a stack of nearly-identical paper resumes to indulge someth…

The fact that this is on the front page of HN and that you are commenting on it says something about the effectiveness of effort.
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