Skills section: what to include and what to leave out
30 min · Beginner
The skills section is a short, grouped list of the technologies and subjects you can actually use. Reviewers and screening software read it to check fit in seconds, and interviewers use it as a menu of topics to question you on.
Topics in this lesson
- Grouping skills: languages, frameworks, databases, tools
- List only skills you can be questioned on
- No skill bars or percentage ratings
- Certifications and coursework: when they help
- Matching skills to a job description
Interview questions this lesson answers
- Which programming language are you most comfortable with?
- You listed Java. What is the difference between JDK, JRE and JVM?
- You listed Spring Boot. What does it give you over plain Spring?
- You listed MySQL. What is an index and when would you add one?
- You listed Git. What is the difference between merge and rebase?
- You listed Docker. What is the difference between an image and a container?
- You listed JUnit. What is the difference between a unit test and an integration test?
- Why did you not list soft skills like teamwork?
- Rate yourself in Java out of 10.
- Which skill on your resume is your weakest?
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