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Role vocabulary

ATS resume keywords for Automotive

These are the 25 terms our scorer checks a Automotive resume against. It is the same list the free check uses, published in full.

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The vocabulary

Coverage is 25 of the 100 points. Sixty percent of this list is full marks, so you do not need all of it, and stuffing every term in is penalised separately.

  • automotive
  • oem
  • tier 1
  • iatf 16949
  • apqp
  • ppap
  • fmea
  • msa
  • spc
  • vehicle
  • powertrain
  • chassis
  • bs vi
  • homologation
  • aggregate
  • line balancing
  • takt time
  • warranty analysis
  • supplier quality
  • 8d
  • why why analysis
  • cost per vehicle
  • assembly line
  • ev
  • battery pack

The eight questions for Automotive

The guided builder asks these, in this order, and turns each answer into a line on the page. Nothing is written that you did not type.

  1. 1.What is the volume of the line or programme you work on?
  2. 2.Which OEMs or tiers have you supplied or worked for?
  3. 3.What is your PPM or defect rate, and where did it start?
  4. 4.How many new part launches or programmes have you handled?
  5. 5.Which quality systems and tools do you work under?
  6. 6.How many suppliers or lines do you own?
  7. 7.How much cost have you taken out per part or per programme?
  8. 8.What is your team size, including contract operators?
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Words are the easy half

A resume can carry every term above and still be rejected, because coverage says what you know and nothing about what you delivered. The heaviest category on the rubric is evidence: how many of your bullets carry an actual figure.

Seven in ten is full marks. Most resumes we see manage two.

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