10 Resume Mistakes That Get You Rejected

## Mistakes That Kill Your Application ### 1. Generic Objective Statement ❌ "Seeking a challenging position to utilize my skills" ✅ "Software engineering graduate seeking SDE roles. Skilled in Java, React, and building REST APIs." ### 2. No Quantified Achievements ❌ "Worked on a web application" ✅ "Built a task management app with React, serving 200+ daily active users" ### 3. Irrelevant Personal Information Remove: Date of birth, marital status, father's name, passport number, hobbies like "listening to music" ### 4. Too Long One page. Period. If you're a fresher with a 2-page resume, you're including unnecessary information. ### 5. Poor Formatting Use consistent fonts, spacing, and bullet styles. Messy formatting = rejected in 3 seconds.