第八章简历与求职信（英文版）

8.1 英文简历不是中文简历的翻译

很多人把中文简历直接翻译过来——“负责系统维护”、“配合团队完成项目”、“努力学习新技术”。这套表达在中文招聘里也许够用，在英文简历里几乎是淘汰信号。

英文简历的核心逻辑是影响 + 数字。每一条 bullet 都必须回答：你做了什么动作？产生了什么可量化的结果？这一章把这套逻辑拆解成可复制的模板。

8.2 STAR 法则：每条 bullet 的标准结构

STAR = Situation（情境）+ Task（任务）+ Action（行动）+ Result（结果）。简历空间有限，前两项压缩成一句话，重点放在 Action 和 Result。

差	好
Responsible for backend API.	Rebuilt billing API in Go, cutting P95 latency from 800ms to 120ms and saving $200k/yr in vendor costs.
Worked on team of 5.	Led team of 5 engineers to ship checkout v2 in 12 weeks, lifting conversion 18%.
Improved deployment process.	Replaced manual deploy with GitHub Actions pipeline, reducing release cycle from 3 days to 30 minutes across 12 services.
Helped with onboarding.	Authored onboarding playbook used by all new hires (n=18), shrinking ramp time from 6 weeks to 3.

公式

每条 bullet：[Action verb] + [what] + [tool / scale] + [, resulting in / saving / reducing] + [number]。能套这个公式的 bullet 才能进简历。

8.3 Action Verb 200 词清单

简历每条 bullet 用 action verb 开头。下面是按场景分组的高频清单。

领导 / 管理

Led, Directed, Managed, Headed, Oversaw, Coordinated, Spearheaded, Championed, Orchestrated, Mentored, Coached, Supervised, Delegated, Recruited, Hired, Onboarded, Trained, Empowered, Galvanized, Drove.

构建 / 创造

Built, Designed, Architected, Engineered, Developed, Crafted, Shipped, Launched, Released, Rolled out, Authored, Pioneered, Founded, Established, Conceptualized, Prototyped, Implemented, Deployed, Productionized, Scaffolded.

改进 / 优化

Improved, Optimized, Refactored, Streamlined, Accelerated, Reduced, Cut, Slashed, Compressed, Trimmed, Eliminated, Simplified, Standardized, Consolidated, Migrated, Modernized, Hardened, Tuned, Doubled, Halved.

分析 / 调查

Analyzed, Investigated, Diagnosed, Debugged, Audited, Benchmarked, Evaluated, Assessed, Researched, Surveyed, Tracked, Monitored, Profiled, Quantified, Validated, Verified, Measured, Mapped, Modeled, Forecasted.

协作 / 沟通

Partnered, Collaborated, Aligned, Negotiated, Influenced, Persuaded, Pitched, Presented, Advocated, Liaised, Bridged, Synced, Communicated, Documented, Reported, Briefed, Demoed, Trained, Onboarded, Evangelized.

解决 / 推动

Resolved, Unblocked, Untangled, Fixed, Patched, Recovered, Restored, Revived, Salvaged, Mitigated, Contained, De-risked, Prevented, Avoided, Pre-empted, Drove, Pushed, Closed, Wrapped, Delivered.

战略 / 规划

Strategized, Planned, Roadmapped, Scoped, Prioritized, Sequenced, Forecast, Budgeted, Allocated, Resourced, Defined, Articulated, Framed, Set, Charted, Aligned, Guided, Steered, Shaped, Set the direction.

8.4 避免空话清单

下面这些词在英文简历里被认为毫无信息量——所有人都写，意味着不写也不亏。

避免	替换为
Hardworking	Owned X; delivered Y on time
Team player	Partnered with [team]; led [project]
Detail-oriented	Caught X bugs in code review; reduced incidents by N%
Self-motivated	Proposed and shipped X without being asked
Passionate about	Spent X hours on side project Y
Excellent communication skills	Authored X docs read by N+ engineers
Strong leadership	Led team of N; promoted M reports
Synergy / Leverage / Optimize	用具体动词代替
Responsible for	用 action verb（owned, led, built）
Helped with	用 action verb（contributed to, drove, supported）

8.5 完整简历模板（一页 / 工程师版）

LEI WANG
San Francisco, CA · +1 (415) 555-0123 · lei@example.com
linkedin.com/in/leiwang · github.com/leiwang

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
SUMMARY
Senior software engineer with 7 years building high-scale
backend systems. Specialize in payments, distributed databases,
and developer productivity. Comfortable owning end-to-end from
design doc to production rollout.

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
EXPERIENCE

Studio Inc.                                  San Francisco, CA
Senior Software Engineer                       Mar 2022 – Present
  • Led 6-person team to rebuild billing platform in Go,
    cutting P95 latency from 800ms to 120ms and reducing
    vendor cost by $200k/yr.
  • Designed and shipped multi-region failover for Postgres,
    achieving 99.99% uptime through 3 AWS region outages.
  • Mentored 4 junior engineers, 3 of whom were promoted
    within 18 months.

Acme Co.                                     Remote
Software Engineer                              Jul 2019 – Mar 2022
  • Migrated monolith to 14 microservices over 9 months
    with zero customer-facing incidents.
  • Reduced CI build time from 24 min to 4 min by introducing
    Bazel and remote caching, saving 600 engineer-hours/yr.
  • Authored on-call runbook adopted across 3 teams (50+ eng).

Beta Startup (acquired by Acme)              Remote
Software Engineer                              Aug 2017 – Jul 2019
  • Built core ETL pipeline processing 200M events/day.
  • First engineer hire; helped grow team to 12.

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
SKILLS
Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, SQL
Infra:     AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Postgres, Kafka
Tools:     GitHub Actions, Datadog, Sentry, dbt

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
EDUCATION
B.S. Computer Science, Tsinghua University      2013 – 2017

8.6 ATS 优化：让机器先看见

大公司用 ATS（Applicant Tracking System）筛选简历。如果你的简历不符合 ATS 规则，HR 根本看不到。

不要用 PDF 里的图片。ATS 读不到。
不要用花哨字体或两栏布局。Times New Roman / Calibri / Helvetica 即可。
关键词来自 JD。把目标职位 JD 复制到 ChatGPT，让它提取技能关键词，对照简历查漏。
避免 header / footer。某些 ATS 跳过 header 区域。把联系方式放正文。
section 标题用标准词：Experience / Education / Skills / Projects（不要 “My Journey” 之类）。
缩写 + 全称都写。第一次出现时 “Search Engine Optimization (SEO)”，后面用 SEO。

8.7 LinkedIn About Section

LinkedIn “About” 不是简历——是第一人称叙述。它需要个性、声音、好奇心。

I've spent the last 7 years on the unsexy parts of the
internet — billing pipelines, payment retries, the systems
that decide whether your subscription renews quietly or wakes
you up at 3 AM.

Right now I lead a team of 6 at Studio, where we rebuilt our
billing platform from a Ruby monolith into a Go service that
processes $40M/yr at 120ms P95. I care a lot about boring,
durable systems and the engineers who maintain them.

Before Studio I was at Acme, where I shepherded our migration
from monolith to microservices and accidentally became the
on-call training lead.

If you're working on payments, fraud, or developer
productivity — I'd love to swap notes. DMs open.

心法

About 部分的长度：3-4 段。第一段 hook，第二段现在做什么，第三段背景，第四段 call to action。第一句话不要用 I am a passionate engineer who…——所有人都这么写。

8.8 Cover Letter（求职信）

Cover Letter 在 2026 年的科技行业已经不是必需品，但在传统行业、大公司、英国、欧洲仍然广泛使用。结构：

第一段：你为什么写这封信 + 一个让对方多读 30 秒的钩子。
第二段：你的契合度（技能匹配 JD）。
第三段：你为什么这家公司而不是别家。
第四段：CTA + 感谢。

Dear Sarah,

When I read your job posting for a Senior Backend Engineer on
the payments team, I noticed you mentioned the migration off
Stripe Billing as a core 2026 initiative. I just finished
exactly that migration at Studio — moving $40M/yr of recurring
revenue off Stripe Billing onto an in-house engine in Go. I'd
love to bring those scars to your team.

Over the past 7 years I've specialized in payments and
distributed databases. At Studio I led a 6-person team to
rebuild billing, cutting latency 6x and vendor cost by $200k/yr.
Before that, at Acme, I drove the monolith-to-microservices
migration that shipped on time with zero customer incidents.

What draws me to your team specifically is the design philosophy
in your engineering blog post on idempotency keys (the one from
March 2026). I've been preaching that exact pattern for years
and it's rare to find a company that takes it seriously.

I'd welcome the chance to talk in more depth. Available any
time next week — feel free to grab a slot via the calendar
link below, or reply with what works.

Thanks for considering,
Lei

8.9 Cold Email：直接联系招聘经理 / 内推

主动发邮件给招聘经理或公司员工，跳过 ATS。回复率：陌生人 5-10%，有共同点 30%+。

// 找内推（共同点 + 简短）
Subject: Quick ask — Studio referral

Hi Tom,

We met briefly at GopherCon last November (we sat next to each
other at the Postgres talk). Wanted to follow up — saw Studio
is hiring for a Senior Backend Engineer on the payments team
and it looks like a strong fit for what I've been doing the
last 4 years (built and ran a $40M/yr billing pipeline at Acme).

Would you be open to referring me? Happy to share a 1-pager
or my resume. Totally fine if not.

Thanks!
Lei
[linkedin / resume link]

// 直接联系招聘经理
Subject: Senior Backend Engineer — payments team

Hi Sarah,

I noticed you're hiring on the payments team. I lead the
billing rebuild at Studio — Go, ~120ms P95, processes $40M/yr.
Your March blog post on idempotency was exactly the design
we landed on, which is why I'm reaching out.

A 30-min chat if it's a fit? Calendar link below, or reply
with what works.

Resume: [link]

Thanks,
Lei

心法

Cold email 三要素：具体钩子（不是“see your job posting”，是“your March blog post on idempotency”）+ 1-2 句相关经验 + 低门槛 ask（“30-min chat”不是“job interview”）。

8.10 本章小结

每条 bullet：Action verb + 做了什么 + 数字结果。
200 个 action verb 按场景分组背诵。
避免 hardworking / team player / responsible for / helped with。
ATS 优化：纯文本 + 标准 section 标题 + JD 关键词。
LinkedIn About：第一人称、3-4 段、第一句话不要陈词滥调。
Cover letter 在科技行业不必需，传统行业仍然必备。
Cold email：具体钩子 + 短背景 + 低门槛 ask。