# CS resume review worksheet

Free resource from https://tailorlabs.co/resume-review-toolkit
For internships and new-grad applications. Keep this worksheet on your device.

Target job:
Job URL and date:
Top three requirements:

## Repeat for each requirement

Requirement:
Where I did related work (project, course, internship, or job):
What I personally built, tested, investigated, or decided:
Evidence I can explain (artifact, behavior, test, or observed result):
What my teammates did instead:
What remains unknown or is a true gap:
Original bullet:
Revised bullet:
Interview question I can answer about this claim:

## Fictional worked example

Requirement: Build REST APIs and test changes.
Evidence: Implemented FastAPI reservation endpoints using PostgreSQL on a four-person
campus booking project; wrote six integration tests covering reservations and conflicts.
Boundary: A teammate implemented the interface and deployed the app to AWS.

Before: Worked on a full-stack booking application using Python, React, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
After: Built FastAPI reservation endpoints backed by PostgreSQL for a four-person campus
booking project; wrote six integration tests covering successful reservations and booking conflicts.

The numbers belong to this fictional example. Use your own verified facts.
Do not turn a teammate's work into your personal experience.

## Final checks

- Each skill in my bullet has evidence I can explain.
- Dates, titles, ownership, and results remain accurate.
- I have not invented metrics, coverage percentages, users, or production experience.
- The PDF/DOCX has recognizable headings and readable dates.
- Text is selectable and its copied reading order makes sense.
- I checked the employer's requested file format.

Compare wording: https://tailorlabs.co/resume-keyword-matcher
Check the document: https://tailorlabs.co/ats-checker
Neither check predicts interview selection or an employer's ATS decision.