On Resume, Structure Your Accomplishments as Stories -- but Tell Them in Reverse Order

You’ve probably heard of a story structure commonly suggested for job-interview responses: Situation —> Action —> Result, sometimes expressed as Challenge —> Action —> Result or Problem —> Action —> Result. Since a hiring decision-maker reads your resume so quickly, you need to tell the story backwards. Grab the reader’s attention by giving away the ending first. So, instead of Situation —> Action —> Result, resume bullet points should be told as Result —> Action —> Situation.