ocean wadi
Thoughts on strategy for my resume? I've gotten three interviews so far. One was a mid-senior role that gave me an offer downleveling me to junior-mid at TOC 130k, thinking of rejecting it. There was one for a senior iOS role. Passed the hiring manager round into the technical screen, where I didn't pass. The other interview is mid-senior level where I passed recruiter screening and am doing the first technical round soon.
hexed valley
Also a returning SWE, glad to see I'm not the only one hopping back in at this unfortunate time.
Quick notes:
No summary. Your experience must speak for itself.
Selected Impact, I've reviewed many resumes and I've never seen this. You want to stand out from the crowd, and I believe you don't want your resume formatting to stand out. I'd remove it, the content is gold, but you've already highlighted it well in your bullet points. It's a waste of space and means nothing in a vacuum.
Not sure if technical skills is still a thing in 2026, and if it is, it goes all the way at the bottom.
Normally, your experience must be the first thing in your resume because it has the strongest signals. With your gap, and recent projects, depending on the quality and depth of these projects, you may want to bring them first. If they were great projects, add waayyy more bullet points to them, maybe bring them on top.
Education should be last (or second-last if you keep skills)
Your resume should end up looking like this:
