Why 10/10 CVs still get rejection emails in the Netherlands
Brilliant expats keep failing "culture fit" interviews despite perfect technical scores. It's not your skills — it's your habitus.
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Honest advice on writing CVs that get past the filter, prepping for Dutch interviews, and what hiring managers actually look for — from someone who reads thousands of CVs a year.
Stop saying you “assisted with…”
The saddest CVs aren't the shortest — they're the ones where someone stopped believing in themselves halfway through writing it.
Read the post →180 engineer interviews — what I’m hearing
Patterns from 180 candidate conversations this year — what's working, what's broken, and what engineers actually want next.
Read the post →The waiting is the scary part
That specific silence after you've done everything right and still don't hear back. It's not a verdict on your worth.
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