Data Scientist Resume Template (India)

Keep it to one page for anyone with under eight years of experience, Indian recruiters spend six to ten seconds on the first pass, so density and clarity beat length. Only go to two pages for staff-plus candidates with patents, publications, or multi-team leadership scope worth detailing. If you're padding to fill a second page, you almost certainly shouldn't.

Yes, as long as the PDF is exported from Word or Google Docs with real, selectable text and standard section headings like Experience and Education. Avoid Canva or design-heavy templates that use tables, columns, and graphics, parsers frequently garble them, dropping your experience entirely. Mirror the job description's keywords naturally in your bullets so the ATS keyword match actually fires.

Lead with the outcome and quantify it. Instead of 'responsible for onboarding', write 'cut onboarding from seven steps to three, lifting activation 22% in six weeks'. Recruiters skim for numbers, revenue, retention, latency, cost, or scale, so every bullet should pair an action with a measurable result, and the top two bullets of each role should be tailored to the job you're applying for.

Skip the photo for tech roles in India unless a posting explicitly asks for one, it adds no signal and can introduce bias. You also don't need date of birth, marital status, or a full address; a city, phone number, email, and LinkedIn URL are enough. Use the reclaimed space for one more quantified achievement instead.

Be brief and honest rather than hiding it. A short, factual line, upskilling, a certification, caregiving, a health break, or freelance work, reassures recruiters far more than an unexplained gap, which invites worst-case assumptions. If you did anything relevant during the break, such as a course or a side project, list it so the time reads as productive.