What position is considered suitable?
According to the job description, there is not much key information that can be insight. Based on limited information, the so-called suitable usually needs to meet the following points: 1. Their core competitiveness has a high degree of matching with the position they are applying for; 2 are interested in the job content of the position, at least not exclusive; 3 the business of the position has good prospects; 4 the work location is acceptable.
It is often encountered in recruitment that the position chosen by the candidate is far from their work experience. Before doing back-end development, the applicant was an algorithm engineer who asked the reason and replied: I am particularly interested in algorithms, and I have taught myself. XXX algorithm. I have taken XXX class and done XXX project. I think I can do it.
This type of applicant ignores an important question: Does their core competence match the job requirements. After all, interest is not the same as ability. Social recruitment is different from school recruitment. It is impossible to spend a lot of time training you?
Regarding working life requirements
Alibaba’s social recruitment positions usually start at P6 (P6 corresponds to senior engineers, P7 corresponds to technical experts, and P8 corresponds to senior experts), while school recruitment for graduates can only be given to P5 (except for special cases). Therefore, social recruitment positions require working years Usually more than 3 years, P7 usually more than 5 years, P8 usually more than 8 years.
In fact, the working life requirement is only an approximate number, which varies from person to person. For excellent applicants, as long as the ability meets the job requirements, the working years can be moderately relaxed. I once successfully pushed an applicant with only 1.5 years of work experience to the P6 position. He has the following attributes: a master's degree in a domestic first-class university, 1.5 years of work experience in a large domestic Internet company, and has participated in larger project development as a core member , A solid foundation and good communication skills.
Requirements for academic qualifications and majors
At present, Ali’s formal positions generally require a bachelor’s degree or above. This requirement is not high. The starting point is to avoid missing outstanding talents due to academic restrictions.
Candidates often ask me whether they can apply for Ali with a college degree or a part-time undergraduate degree. I can’t give an accurate answer to this question. However, as far as I know, a small number of candidates with low academic qualifications but particularly good candidates have also successfully joined Ali. As an applicant, you have to believe one thing: as long as you are good enough, the "world" has no reason not to treat you nicely.
1.2 Resume delivery
All companies in the Ali department (including Taobao, Tmall, Cainiao, Dingding, Ant, etc.) share a recruitment system, and all applicants’ application records will be "recorded". In view of this, do not trade without adequate preparation Submit your resume, otherwise, apart from leaving a "rejected" record, you will not gain much.
Avoid sending resumes continuously
After failing to apply for the X position of A department, I went to apply for the Y position of B department non-stop. This method of continuous submission of resumes is very undesirable, because the Ali department uses the same application system, and the interviewer can see your previous application records. In order to improve efficiency, they will naturally refer to the previous interview evaluation. It is not difficult to imagine that if it is less than a month since your last application, the interviewer has no reason to believe that you will have a "qualitative leap" in such a short period of time. Therefore, do not send resumes continuously, and seriously summarize the failure after being rejected. The reason, and targeted learning, improve yourself, and then fight again.
How to deliver resumes efficiently
. There are usually the following ways to send your resume: 1 Alibaba insider's recommendation; 2 Alibaba recruitment official website; 3 Zhilian, pull hook, hunting and other job search websites.
From the point of view of efficiency, insider recommendation is the best choice. Therefore, if you can get an internal push, try to post your resume through internal push.
2. At first sight: a one-page resume that cannot be ignored
During the recruitment process, I found a common problem with candidates: unqualified resumes are manifested as indulgent and unruly format, missing or unclear key information, lengthy project descriptions, and too much information irrelevant to the job position.
2.1 The life cycle of a resume
Don't think that the resume is just a "stepping stone". In fact, it will accompany you through several key links in the application process: resume evaluation, technical interview, and HR interview.
A high-quality resume helps candidates demonstrate their competence and strengths. At the same time, it can also provide interviewers with "question guidance" (usually interviewers will ask targeted questions based on the content of the resume, with a target). In addition, from The format and content of the resume can also show the expression ability of the candidate.
2.2 What should be included in your resume
A qualified resume must contain the following elements, and at the same time, it should be clearly expressed.
Basic information: name, gender, age, hometown, email address, mobile phone number;
Educational background: starting and ending time, school, major/degree, ranking (optional);
Work experience: start and end time, company, position, brief description of work content;
Project experience: start and end time, project name, project description, my responsibilities, results achieved;
Research experience: start and end time, project name, project description, my responsibilities, research results;
Related skills: language (mainly English), computer, and others;
Awards: more important awards;
2.3 Common problems in resume
About educational background
The most common problem is to "deliberately" avoid the start and end time in order to "package" the internship experience into work experience and increase the number of years of work. This is a very naive idea, don't try it. Reason: In the process of applying for Ali, the resume will be uploaded to the system after the initial evaluation is passed. The system will automatically identify the applicant’s resume information and automatically fill it in the template of the Ali resume system. After that, the information that cannot be automatically filled needs to be uploaded. The person in the resume manually completes it. Among them, personal basic information and academic information cannot be defaulted, and must be clear, so don't try to get through.
About work experience
Frequently asked questions: The position is not clear and the job content is redundant. The position can be described in very concise terms, such as: A brief description of the work content of development engineers, test engineers, product managers, etc., highlight the key points, and avoid writing "long articles" like project experience.
About project experience
Frequently asked questions: The project description is not clear, the essence of a project cannot be described in concise words, the responsibilities in the project are vaguely expressed, is the core developer project leader or just an ordinary role; the project achievements or project highlights are not outstanding? .
As far as social recruitment is concerned, project experience is the most important information. On the one hand, it can reflect the experience and technical depth of the applicant, and on the other hand, it can provide interviewers with "interview question guidance". Usually, technical interviews will ask project-related questions. A proper description of the project experience will not only highlight the applicant's ability, but also avoid placing the applicant at a disadvantage.
What is a disadvantage? The description of the project experience usually stems from "dishonest", and it is impossible to justify it in the professional proposal. Here is a kind of kind reminder: Don't underestimate the level of Alibaba's technical interviewers (the same goes for other companies), the authenticity of the project is hard to show its true shape under the seeming questions of "Lianzhu". The following practices are not advisable:
The project description is exaggerated, for example, 3W QPS is exaggerated to 30W QPS;
Exaggerated project responsibilities, such as non-core R&D personnel, exaggerated core members;
Project achievements are exaggerated, for example, artificially fabricated projects won XXX awards;
Another reason for falling into a disadvantaged situation: In the description of the project experience, or in answering project-related questions, technical keywords that you don’t know are applied. Once the interviewer starts asking questions about this, the candidate can only "jump off with a smile" I dug the pit myself."
About research experience
Some graduate candidates may have published high-quality papers during their studies, such as journal papers indexed by SCI, top international conference papers (usually indexed by EI). If the research results are related to the position you are applying for, even if it is only a "subtle" connection, it can be used as a bonus item, so it may be listed separately.
However, for those candidates who enter the IT field "cross-industry", if the previous research results are not related to the position they are applying for, don't take up too much space. I have interviewed candidates who have transferred from majors in chemistry, botany, physics, entomology, etc., and many of them have excellent papers in terms of quality and quantity. However, these results are usually difficult to correlate with the positions they are applying for. It cannot be used as a competitive advantage. In view of this, it is not recommended to occupy too much space in the limited space of a one-page resume.
About related skills
Relevant skills include but are not limited to: English level, computer level, mathematics, copywriting, and drawing skills. So, which "relevant skills" should be highlighted? Three words: look at the post. The word “relevant” in the related skills refers to the position related to the job. If the applicant has the corresponding expertise, it can naturally be highlighted.
Awards
Particularly outstanding candidates, in the past academic and professional careers usually have "high gold content" award experience, for example, ACM, MCM / ICM (Meritorious Winner and above), corporate awards, honorary titles above the provincial level, school Top awards etc. These awards are recognition of the past experience of the applicant, and as a recruiter, they will naturally pay attention.
It should be noted that there are differences in the awards valued by different positions. Applicants can list the awards according to the attributes of the position.