Preparing your CV for job applications in Germany with Advait Valluri

Listen to Advait's tips on how to prepare a great CV for job applications in Germany and read the show notes with sample CV templates!

Dr. Paras Mehta

02 Jun 2021

Your CV is your first impression on recruiters and hiring managers. However, how a CV should look like tends to vary from country to country. Today on the India2Germany podcast, Advait Valluri, gives us his tips and suggestions on what a good CV should look like for job applications in Germany. Advait is a Product Manager in Module Management Chassis, Powertrain and Autonomous Driving at Audi in Germany. For many years, he has been reviewing job applications and CVs, and advising applicants on how to structure their CV to maximize their chances of landing a job.

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Show notes

Some of the topics discussed in this episode:

Importance of CV
Advait's experience with reviewing people’s CV
How should the layout look like? Give the CV a professional look
Plain vs. appealing templates
How long should a CV be?
What should the content be like?
Grammatical pointers
Using scales for languages, skills
Date formatting
Consistency across document
What information should the personal section entail?
Replaces links with aliases
Functioning links for mail addresses
Irrelevant information for the position can be omitted if you’re running out of space
Choose the right size font
Use a professionally shot photograph. No selfies, self-shot photos with poor lighting

CV template

Advait has prepared an anonymised pdf CV template which you can download and use for your job applications. You can download the template in return for a small contribution (2 EUR) to support our blog and podcast.