Resume: A short document — usually one page for students — summarising your education, skills, projects and experience.
Example
Your resume lists your final-year project with its tech stack and what you built, plus your GitHub link.
Why Resume matters for IT interns
It is often the only thing a recruiter sees before deciding to interview you. Keep it specific and honest.
Where you will hear it
You will come across this term while preparing for and attending internship interviews and assessments. If someone uses it and you are not sure what they mean in your project, it is completely fine to ask; every team uses terms a little differently.
Related terms
- Portfolio: A collection of your work that shows your skills — projects, designs, case studies or analyses — often on a…
- Problem Solving: Your ability to understand a problem, break it into smaller parts, find a solution and check that it works.
- Project Discussion: The part of an interview where you explain a project you built — what it does, how you built it, your…
- Strengths: The skills or qualities you are good at, which interviewers often ask you to describe.
- Technical Interview: An interview that checks your technical knowledge and problem-solving — concepts, coding, your projects and…
- Technical Round: One stage of a selection process that focuses on technical skills.
Previous term: REST API | Next term: Retrospective
Related guides
- IT Internship Interview Guide
- HR Interview Questions for IT Internships
- Online Coding Tests for Internships
Frequently asked questions
What is Resume?
A short document — usually one page for students — summarising your education, skills, projects and experience.
What is an example of Resume?
Your resume lists your final-year project with its tech stack and what you built, plus your GitHub link.
Why does Resume matter for IT interns?
It is often the only thing a recruiter sees before deciding to interview you. Keep it specific and honest.
Explore more internship terms
The IT Internship Glossary explains 199 terms you will hear before and during your internship, with simple definitions and real examples.
Browse all 199 terms
About the author
Dhaivat has 16+ years of experience in the IT industry, working on AI and cloud technologies, project delivery, and engineering leadership. He has interviewed and mentored many interns, wrote The Lost Intern, and runs the non-commercial Career Impact Initiative, mentoring students for free.