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Google•
4 years experience
Justin Chen
Software Tester → Senior QA Engineer
LandedGoogle•Senior QA Engineer•$175,000 + $50,000 equity
63 → 87
Resume Score
2 → 6
Interviews
70 minutes
Time to Improve
Background
Industry
Enterprise Software
Experience
4 years
Location
Mountain View, CA
The Challenge
Before Resume Scorer
Applications35
Interviews2
Interview Rate5.7%
Timeline5 months
Main Pain Points
- Resume showed manual testing, not modern QA engineering
- Missing automation and testing framework experience
- No CI/CD integration examples
- Positioned as tester, not QA engineer
The Solution
1
Modern QA
Before
Manual testing and bug reporting
After
Built test automation frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Appium—90% test coverage, reduced testing time by 70%
Impact
Showed modern QA engineering, not manual testing
2
CI/CD Integration
Before
Reported bugs to JIRA
After
Integrated testing into CI/CD pipeline: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, reduced release cycle from 2 weeks to 1 day
Impact
Demonstrated DevOps and automation integration
3
Testing Strategy
Before
Tested features before release
After
Designed testing strategy: unit, integration, E2E, performance, security testing for 5 product lines
Impact
Showed strategic QA leadership and planning
The Results
After Resume Scorer
Applications20
Interviews6
Interview Rate30%
Timeframe4 weeks
Interview Rate Increase
+426%
Increased from 5.7% to 30%
Landed Job
Google•Senior QA Engineer•$175,000 + $50,000 equity
"I was doing QA engineering work but my resume said manual tester. Resume Scorer helped me highlight the automation, CI/CD, and strategy—that's what Google hired me for."
— Justin Chen, Senior QA Engineer at Google
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