How long do y’all like resume bullets to be? I know to keep them to 1-2 lines and to keep the resume to 1 page but I’m conflicted about how to balance details vs white space. I’m in product and see some resumes with bullets averaging 5-10 words that state “Manage roadmap for $200mm product” while others use ~20 words per bullet and highlight product info, process, or impact in a bit more detail.

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I have been told that bullets can be 2 lines but the second line should be closer to a full line than half a line. So you want to avoid having a 2 line bullet where the second line is like 1/3 of the width of the page.

When in doubt, I try to provide more detail - at the very least it can’t hurt in getting past the resume scanners. Has worked for me so far.

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I would say conciseness is also important so I would maybe not do every bullet as 2 lines. Are there any you can split into 2 different bullets?

That being said, my resume is all bullets of 1 full line or 2 almost full lines, so it does look crowded.

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E.g.
“Managed team of product managers & data scientists”
Vs.
“Managed a growing team of 7+ product managers and data scientists focused on enterprise growth initiatives, with scope spanning xxx, yyy, and zzzz”

Both are less than 2 lines. Both say similar things. The first is more concise while the second gives more specific detail that may be applicable. Thoughts?

That second one is absolutely what you should do

The first one is a weasel sentence that doesn’t tell us anything. There’s no impact, no nothing

Overthinking it.

Mostly one line but still focus on quant results

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