Originally Posted by
elon
Not disagreeing with you, but I say this because sometimes the thing you add to your resume can be the thing you bring up in your interview that helps you get past the finish line. I know of at least two people who didnt make it the first time, went and volunteered for a DEI org between interviews, and made it the second round. Was this the difference maker? Who knows, but if you have the free time why not use it constructively to broaden the possible responses you can give in your interview.
I would certainly agree with the bold. It’s not a bad thing to add to a resume. It’s just not
necessary in that it’s not what is going to make the difference
in and of itself. Once they send the interview invite, they have decided
they want to hire you, but do the interview to be sure you are a good fit.
The way it was explained to me was that they have a minimum “score” for each area of the process. Each of them essentially pass/fail. If you got the invite, you already met the minimum score, and can’t “pass” anymore than you already did. I just wouldn’t want anyone to put effort solely into broadening your resume when it was something in the interview itself that fell short. That’s where the focus needs to be, on improving the interview skill (assuming that’s where the hiccup was).