Free Product Manager Resume Review
Get detailed personalized feedback in just 5 minutes to land your dream job
Hey, Paweł here. Welcome to the free edition of The Product Compass!
Every week, I share actionable insights and resources for PMs.
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A standard post will be published on Tuesday, I’m too excited about the early results from my experiment. So, I’m publishing a beta version of a new tool for all subscribers, free subscribers included.
Getting a product manager job in this market might seem tough. It’s common to see 250+ or even 1,000+ product managers applying for a single position, like Product Manager, New Product Area @ Figma.
Out of this, realistically, only 6-8 are invited for interviews.
Every week, I review 2–3 resumes from subscribers in our premium Slack community, and I often see the same mistakes, such as:
Profile pictures,
Personal pronouns (I, me),
No measurable achievements,
Product skills (product discovery) in a separate section,
Not aligning your resume with a specific job description.
While acing your resume doesn't guarantee success, it’s necessary to avoid rejection. About 70% of the resumes I review fail to meet basic expectations, but these issues are easy to fix.
I’ve been thinking about ways to help you all. Over the past few weeks, I created a free tool anyone can use to get detailed, personalized feedback.
You can test it here (in its first iteration, it’s a Google Form):
After submitting your resume (PDF) and a reference job description (e.g., copy and paste it from LinkedIn), you’ll receive detailed, personalized feedback within 5 minutes. Delivered straight to your inbox.
If that doesn’t happen, check your Spam folder.
Below is an example response you can expect (based on my LinkedIn profile exported as a PDF; the actual email was longer):
Hope that helps! 😊
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Doesn't work..keep getting : Hi there!
I'd love to help optimize your resume to align perfectly with the Product Manager role at [...]. To provide you with detailed and specific feedback, could you please share the content of your resume? This way, I can ensure that every aspect aligns with the job requirements and highlight areas for improvement effectively.
Looking forward to assisting you further!
Best regards,
The Product Compass
This is awesome! I'm not affiliated with this product/platform but there's one great one I randomly found recently related to this on Reddit. I kicked the tires on it and it worked really well so I thought I would pass along: https://www.jobs-scout.com/