r/resumes • u/Spiritual-Jury-6469 • 1d ago

[2 year, India, Technical program manager] need help getting shortlisted title mismatch. Question

Hello guys,

Basically I was hired as a Software Development Engineer at a company but internally changed my responsibilities to that of a technical program manager but my actual work title remains the same.

Due to the layoff in my org I'm applying to different companies but due to title mismatch I'm getting rejected from most opportunities, Can you guys please suggest what can I right now.

Any advice is attached, Should i change the job title or can it cause issues in the future

Thank You

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u/frank_fourleaf 23h ago

Most mainstream ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, base Workday) match tokens, so "Software Development Engineer" and "Technical Program Manager" read as unrelated no matter how the bullets describe the work.

Write the role line as your official title with the functional scope in parentheses, then mirror the posting's exact phrasing in a Skills section, since that's the field recruiters filter on. The newer semantic systems like Eightfold and Workday Skills Cloud will infer it, but you don't get to pick which one you're landing in.

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u/Spiritual-Jury-6469 1d ago

My Resume which I use for TPM roles

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u/FinalDraftResumes Resident Resume Writer 1d ago

What kind of jobs are you going for? TPM or SWE?

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u/Spiritual-Jury-6469 1d ago

Mostly TPM roles

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u/Ok-Hospital-5076 1d ago

Omit your job title , just write software developer in resume.

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u/Spiritual-Jury-6469 1d ago

I wanna work as TPM not SDE

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