When Linkin Park Meets CV - Aastha, IIM Lucknow

What would happen if our childhood favourite Linkin Park gets into the b-school mode, and changes itself to LinkedIn Park!

Let's hear it straight from the horse's mouth!

In The End: The CV making reprise

(It starts with) Master CV, I don't know why

It doesn't even matter, just makes your brain fry

Keep god-knows-what in mind, they designed this grind, to keep you up in the nighttime

(All I know)

A review slot is a valuable thing

Watch your senior as your life they wring

To make it trickle down to the end of the one-page

For every CV point you pray

(It's such an ordeal)

Didn’t know I was an ordinary Joe, no points to write, I got a big blow

Used 'power verbs' and  'spikes' to put up a decent show

I framed a point, just to watch it go

Running into the second line

And I had realized I never was smart

When I see perfect CVs, eventually compare to them to mine, and I

Had just one POR, I stretched it far

But in the end, verification matters

College certifies, work ex complies

But in the end, my school doesn’t bother

One thing, I don't know why

It doesn't look good, no matter how hard you try

Get the header-footer right, make the margins alright, never figured out how

(I tried so hard)

Despite there being no confidence in me

I dream of being a part of The Big Three

Wonder how I got so much audacity

And look where the resume has gone so far!

Now the CV isn’t the way it was before

I wouldn’t even recognize my own anymore

Never thought what I did back then

Would all come back on the CV in the end

Every line baked and fried and it’s all beautified, CV making’s such an art

Versions I made three, fin, consult and marketing

Each showing a different side of me, (when in reality)

 

I just passed exams, did nothing else at all

But I do have dreams, I hope they don’t shatter

Am such a goofball, amidst CFAs and all,

Let’s not pretend, I’ve been beaten into a batter

 

I had donated blood once

I planted trees back in school

And all this

Is coming handy to fill up the resume

I wrote a blog once, too

Came 3^rd in some quiz at school

But dear companies,

There’s this one thing you should know

 

I am an ordinary GEM, simple life so far,

But in the end, getting here doesn’t matter?

Give me one chance, i can be smart

In the end, it’s just the CV which matters? Or does it…?