Man Lands An Interview After Listing 'Googling' As One Of His Skills On CV, And Now Netizens Are Giving 'Pro' Tips

It is our resumes that actually get us an interview when we apply for a new job. So, naturally the presentation and content of our resumes are very important.

Our skills and experiences have to be in line with the job we are applying for. However, some people may still not know what to add and what not to in their resumes.

An instance of this went viral and it totally got us surprised. A woman named Cat McGee talked about how a man actually added 'googling' as a skill in his CV.

Her tweet said, "Got a CV today and the guy literally listed one of his skills as ¡®googling¡¯."

Got a CV today and the guy literally listed one of his skills as ¡®googling¡¯

We¡¯re interviewing him

¡ª Cat McGee (@CatMcGeeCode) July 23, 2021

Even though this legit seems like a joke if it actually scored someone an interview does it make it an important skill?

The tweet went viral and a lot of people had a lot of views about it. Many shared other instances as well.

It is. The ability to find and verify the right information is a skill. https://t.co/GZFPFpfEYo

¡ª Liam Houghton (@LiamHoughton128) July 26, 2021

My resume says I can juggle. I can't, I just want to know how closely my interviewer is reading it.

¡ª Nick (@nxcv3) July 23, 2021

In case anyone else need to put googling on their resum¨¦ pic.twitter.com/4HKUHwzwB3

¡ª Desperado? (@lotuschild252) July 24, 2021

Googling is an actual skill. There's a lot you can do that people aren't aware of. Ask the candidate what they'd search to find guest posting opportunities.

inurl:"blog" AND intext:"write for us" OR "contribute" AND intext:

¡ª Ed Cravo (@Ed_Cravo) July 24, 2021

You would be surprised how many people can't proper google.

I am not talking about technical use of browser and google.

I am talking about writing the proper keywords, , excluding some or try and test different phrases

¡ª Catalin Banu (@catalinbanu) July 23, 2021

During interview for an investment banking job the MD asked me a brain teaser that required knowing the volume of Mt Fuji. He asked me how I would calculate that. I told him I¡¯d Google it. I got the job.

¡ª Peter Liu ?? (@NewOrleansVC) July 23, 2021

I¡¯m sorry, why would you interview someone who puts that as a skill and not Research as a skill?

¡ª Dr. Elizabeth Craigg (@Peeps1908) July 24, 2021

I once saw a CV in the office which had "Winzip" in the proficiencies section.

Meanwhile I struggle second guessing if I should put or not every valid entry on mine ?

"Should I even put this third language?, I haven't spoken it in a while, so maybe not... hmm"

¡ª Miles Parker ?? ?? ?? ?? (@MilesGParker) July 24, 2021

Now THAT would be an awesome technical interview.

Here are six error messages, you have an hour to Google them and copy and paste the fix into this online form. Good luck. ?

¡ª Tim Myers (@denvercoder) July 23, 2021

Honestly I¡¯ve worked with amazing engineers that can¡¯t google shit, once they get stuck they don¡¯t know how to unblock because they don¡¯t know how to google their problem

¡ª Sergio Solo (@ZurceZx) July 23, 2021

Best one I had was for an admin role. Their 2nd line in her current roles responsibilities as: 'responsible for the procurement, organisation and distribution of business and medical supplies'.

In the interview it turned out to be ordering stationery and topping up first aid kit

¡ª ?????? (@BoXman_Z) July 24, 2021

Till now, the tweet has garnered 13,200 retweets and 1,83,800 likes on the microblogging site. The popular search engine has a lot of dimensions within it that are not explored until one is really well-versed with them.