{"id":15,"date":"2008-05-20T09:12:19","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dubinko.info\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2008-05-20T09:12:19","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T16:12:19","slug":"the-two-line-cv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubinko.info\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-two-line-cv\/","title":{"rendered":"The two-line CV"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my about page<\/a>, I’ve written my CV in two lines. Why don’t you try it, then link back to here?<\/p>\n

I’ve been known to use this as an interview question, and it’s quite a bit harder than it looks. A clever candidate will turn the paper sideways giving themselves more room to write “two lines”, but that’s not the point. This exercise forces one to really think about their qualifications, skills, and experience; one’s “unique selling proposition”.<\/p>\n

Writing short, as opposed to rambling on, is notoriously difficult. Someone who can do that with their own CV is off to a good start in my book. -m<\/p>\n

P. S. Mark Logic is looking for some high-caliber XML and web folks. Contact me offline if you know anyone looking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my about page, I’ve written my CV in two lines. Why don’t you try it, then link back to here? I’ve been known to use this as an interview question, and it’s quite a bit harder than it looks. A clever candidate will turn the paper sideways giving themselves more room to write “two…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,27,113,30],"tags":[123,116,121,120,117,122,118,119,52,1167,1153],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","category-languages","category-mark-logic","category-writing","tag-career","tag-cv","tag-difficult","tag-experience","tag-line","tag-marklogic","tag-qualification","tag-skill","tag-web","tag-writing","tag-xml"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t