Build a Resume That Gets You Into India's Hottest Startups

Templates for product, engineering, and growth roles at Indian startups from seed-stage to unicorn.

Hard truths most candidates miss

• Even fast-moving startups use ATS — Razorpay, Zerodha, and CRED all filter through systems.
• Startups want impact, not job descriptions. Every bullet should show what you built or changed.
• Your resume should be as lean as a startup — one page, no fluff.
• Move fast and format clean — that's the startup resume philosophy.

What to include

• Impact metrics: revenue, users, growth rates
• 0-to-1 building experience
• Cross-functional work and wearing multiple hats
• Speed of execution examples
• Startup-specific tools: Notion, Slack, Linear, Figma

Common mistakes to avoid

• Writing corporate-style job descriptions
• Not highlighting speed and impact
• Missing growth metrics and scale achieved
• Not mentioning startup stage and team size
• Ignoring the 'scrappy builder' narrative

Keywords to use

Growth, Scale, 0-to-1, Product-Market Fit, OKRs, Sprint, Cross-functional, Lean, MVP, A/B Testing, Metrics-driven, Full-stack

Sample bullet points

• Joined as employee #5, built product from MVP to 100K users in 12 months, contributing to Series A raise of $5M
• Led growth experiments achieving 40% month-over-month user growth through referral programs and content marketing
• Wore multiple hats across product, design, and engineering in a 10-person team, shipping 15 features in first quarter
• Built and scaled customer success function from 0 to 5-person team, reducing churn from 8% to 3% monthly

Frequently asked questions