HN: Have you ever dumbed down your resume to get a job?
TLDR: Have you ever dumbed down your resume? Why? How?<p>I recently moved to a new city. I have just 4 years of experience in my field. I believe I have a fantastic skill set. Until recently, I&#x27;ve interviewed 5 times in my field and received job offers for all 5. I&#x27;m 27.<p>In this new city I&#x27;ve sent off my resume to about 15 companies. I&#x27;ve been ignored by most of them that didn&#x27;t have a job opening. 2 told me my experience is great and they&#x27;d like to keep my resume on file. 1 flew me out (before I moved) to interview. 2 had recruiters follow-up with me via phone. And among this, I was also approached by 1 recruiter but I was uninterested due to the low salary and their inability to be flexible with it.<p>I&#x27;m just really frustrated. I&#x27;ve worked hard and have been rewarded accordingly up until now--and a dark part of me thinks that it&#x27;s because my potential supervisor may feel threatened and I&#x27;m not playing &quot;the game&quot; properly. I&#x27;ve checked out the LinkedIn accounts for numerous team members I&#x27;d work with and my potential supervisors and none of them have the skill set I do--or they have vague profiles.<p>For the 1 company that flew me out, I had previously talked on the phone with a recruiter and then the supervisor-of-my-potential-supervisor. I never communicated with my potential supervisor until that day.<p>For 1 of the companies that I had a follow-up with from a recruiter, I discovered that my potential supervisor had the exact same years of experience as me (even though he had a Director title) but appeared to have poorer experience and skills on their LinkedIn.<p>I just don&#x27;t know what to do. I thought my experience was really great and everyone would want me to work at their company, but I&#x27;ve become a bit jaded and frustrated now. So, I&#x27;m considering dumbing down my resume--not lying or anything, just playing down my level of skill--and applying just to see if that works. Thoughts?