Resume Testing !!!!???

Recently(some weeks back…),I have read an article which said “ Testers have mistakes in their own resume - and if they are not able to test their own resume then...??!!!!” I don’t remember the article name and by whom? (I really have a bad memory, when I surf through….).

Is there a rule that, once a product is tested, it should not have any defects??????... and is there any process to be followed for "RESUME TESTING"?????

Lets take it in a common pool …

Below were quite some pins that struck me....... when i was about to update my resume...

It is so hard to find fault in your own product !!! resume is our own product and we developed it. even someone can say “you have to test it as if the product(resume) developed to someone else….” But I don’t think that is 100% possible simply because we are humans not TRANSFORMERS!!!...

This is a product(resume) which has millions of opinions/ views and I can bet you that, each person will come up with their own remarks which will be contrast to one another on any resume.

Common remark will be on something like number of pages….. how many pages should your resume have??? (someone will say depends upon your experience!!! – I don’t agree..)
Someone will say, let resume be only of two pages and explain all you have in the interview.. you know what – these resumes will never cross first screening (don’t argue that I got through with two pages – this is my view and it happened with some of India’s top most companies - not to me, but to my friend) I am sure that “Everyone who reads this post will have their own opinion and view on this post” and this is what exactly happens with our resume.

Even you can get your resume reviewed by your mentor/someone who is really great in all perspective or a great tester in resume domain!!!.. :) but I will tell you that unless the guy who is holding your resume thinks “this resume is ok” , your resume can’t sneak through.

It doesn’t mean that you can take a white paper with your best drawing to impress the person, who is going to hold your resume. :)

Spelling mistakes in resume… we can assign this to spell check option but I don’t know who tested this spell check option!!!!!(but according to me, no one will like to see spelling mistakes in your resume that’s for sure…so be aware of that- I don’t know how many spelling mistakes were there in my posts!!!! ).

All the above pins makes testing your resume, a harder task .. and you can tend to do a mistake.

It doesn't mean that "you are a BAD TESTER, simply because you have a mistake in your resume".Humans should do mistakes .......and learn from it...(i think all testers are humans...) and is there a tester? who can say " i have tested it and it will not have any defect"..same happens with your resume.

So don't believe in - Testing your resume is a process with benchmarks and criterias.. if i miss something then they will stamp me as a "BAD TESTER".

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According to me, resume is just a “business card” which will tell something about you and your profession but evaluating a person’s ability with resume is not just right until the recruitment is for resume designing :) – this is to people sitting in interview panel.

So atlast what we have to do to make a perfect resume????
(test it based on six sigma!!! :) so that we get an Oscar/or at least a job for us......????)

My answer will be - I DON’T KNOW…………………….. This is what I ended up with, when I tried to tailor my resume..

I know a person(Old friend-quite older than me), who got rejected in a resume screening process by one of the best company, but got an offer with the same resume from another top company. So the concern is only whether your resume looks good to you or not?....

“STICK TO YOUR OWN WAY, WHATEVER YOU THINK IS RIGHT” and the logic is simple “Fortune favors the bravo”.

All the best……………………for your Oscar/new job.

P.S: Still I haven’t finished my resume updation, "I should have done that instead of spending time in this post ……. :) ”.

Enjoy your day ahead....

Have fun,
Venkat.
All izz well……….

Catch me @kpvenkatesan84@gmail.com

Chennai Super Kings Missing…….

We are only few days away from the start of a grand sporting event/Business event --> Indian Premier League 2010 which will be back in India this year. *Cricket fever catching up in a rapid speed, as sachin scored first ODI 200* and everyone will be eager to catch another masterclass in T20.

From my end, I have decided to book my tickets and cheer my favorite teams(more than one……MI,RCB,DC and CSK!!!!).

I have missed the event twice, last year it was executed out of India and in the first version- just opposite, I am out of India. So this time around,I am not going to miss it.

So what next ?????

I have logged into IPL’s official website http://www.iplt20.com/. I was in a hurry ....so I directly clicked the BUY TICKETS tab which took me to a page with three tabs-->By team, By venue and By date.

Under “By team” tab there was a dropdown box with ”Select Team” as default value.

And as you all know, I am from tamilnadu and I want to select “Chennai super kings” led by a non-tamilian(!!!) but proudly an Indian(MSD).

I dropped the list……

To my surprise………….

The team list doesn’t have my home team Chennai Super kings!!!!!!!!


Second chance -->now “By venue tab” which has “Select Venue” as default option.

And again I dropped the list….

And it again surprised me rather disappointed me.ohhhh….

The list doesn’t contain Chennai- M.A. Chidambaram Stadium!!!!!!!!

And the third chance and this time -->”BY date” and I have selected a date 06th of April 2010(CSK vs Mumbai Indians- wish to see the maestro sachin in action…)

And the system displayed only an message “There is no event schedule in this date”.

So “CSK is missing in all tabs” and where should I book my tickets to see my favorite players and stars!!...

One of my friend pointed out that, in the first IPL edition, the list has CSK and when selected, the system redirected to Chennai Super King’s homepage to book the tickets.
But this time CSK is not in the list…..!!!!!

It may be a decision from Chennai super kings to sell their tickets only through their official website http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/ which has ticket booking option in its homepage.(from my side-I am not going to miss out Sachin,Dravid,Gilly and of course PZ and SRK……)

In my previous post, I have mentioned how important to know the behind screen story of a live product before commenting on it.

Oh… before I forget, I have to admit and stress one thing “ If there is a bug in the product which was not supposed to be and is there in a place which the users are likely to notice - it is not just the tester who is responsible but the whole team that worked on it”. The above is a comment for my previous post by our own veteran tester pradeep.

That is completely true and I think, I might have missed my stress on the above (i.e) the whole team is responsible in my previous post.

So please take a note of that………………..

And who knows, it may be BUSINESS again which might have played a vital role in the above issue..……

Enjoy the crazy cricketing event…..

Cheers,
Venkat.
All izz well…

Catch me @kpvenkatesan84.com