Developer skills sections in India are screened twice: once by ATS keyword matching, and again by an interviewer who picks items to question you on. Grouping by layer, being honest about depth and linking skills to shipped work matters more here than in most fields, because a live coding round will test anything you list.
Relational database design and SQL
Instead of a scattered language list, the bullet proves one skill with the database used, the exact change made, a measurable before-and-after, and the users who benefited from it.
The hard skills employers screen for first.
Name them exactly as they appear in job descriptions.
Specific to this job — show them with an example, not an adjective.
REST and GraphQL API design, Front-end development with React, Relational database design and SQL, Automated testing, Version control and code review, Cloud deployment, Application security basics, Debugging and performance profiling, Git, GitHub and GitLab, Docker and Kubernetes, AWS Certified Developer – Associate, Jira and Confluence, Postman, VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA and Chrome DevTools, Clarifying vague requirements, Writing readable technical documentation, Estimating effort honestly, Calm incident handling, Mentoring junior developers
Written by the DigitalCVMaker team for developers applying in India. Every example is original — none is copied from a real person’s profile — and each is built around what employers and clients in this field look for: the role, a specialism, and proof you can back up. We revise the page when that changes; the date at the top shows the last update.
Only list skills you can back up with an example in your experience section or at interview.
No. Ratings like “Java 80%” mean nothing to an interviewer and invite tough questions. Instead, group skills into “used in projects” and “familiar with”, and back the first group with a project or internship bullet that shows where you actually applied them.
For freshers and those targeting product companies, yes, write “Data structures and algorithms” with a line of evidence such as problems solved or contest participation. Experienced developers can drop it, since system design and production debugging carry more weight at that stage.
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