Hire with us
My Account
“Statement: My dream is to work in F1. I watch it since I was a child“
Why it kills you:
You just told me you’re a spectator. F1 teams don’t hire fans; they hire builders. Listing the sport you’re applying to work in is like applying to be a chef and listing “eating food” as a hobby. It adds zero value and screams “I have no real engineering curiosity.”
The Fix:
Either delete the statement (safe move) or list hands-on, technical, measurable projects.
“Skills: Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.”
Why it kills you:
Let me translate this for you: “I have the baseline computer literacy of a 12-year-old.”
In an F1 factory, if you highlight MS Word as a skill, the recruiter assumes you have nothing better to show. Word is not a tool; it’s a word processor. Excel? Only if you wrote VBA macros or Power Query — otherwise, it’s just a grid. PowerPoint is for presenting, not for engineering. Wasting 3 lines on these generic tools pushes your actual keywords (Python, MATLAB, Catia, ANSYS, Simulink, LapSim) further down the page. In a 7-second scan, the recruiter might miss your only relevant software because you buried it under “Outlook”.
The Fix:
Remove all basic office tools. Only list specialized, job-specific software. If you must mention Excel, specify why: “Excel (VBA automation for data post-processing)”.
Uploading the exact same CV for “Aerodynamics”, “Vehicle Dynamics”, and “Composite Manufacturing” roles.
Why it kills you:
We can smell this from orbit. If you apply for a Composites role and your CV mentions “Electrical Systems” six times, we know you didn’t even read the job spec. It shows zero attention to detail. If you can’t tailor a PDF, it is already speaking about your work ethic. You are probably tired of hearing this but one targeted CV is worth more than a hundred random applications. Quality beats quantity almost every time.
The Fix:
For every single application, at the bare minimum re-order your bullet points so that the top 5 directly mirror the top 5 requirements in the job advert.
“Experience with simulation software and data analysis”
(When the recruiter is searching for: “Python, MATLAB, Simulink, LapSim, ATLAS, Catia V5…”)
Why it kills you:
Let me tell you how F1 recruitment actually works. The HR person doesn’t know the difference between CFD and FEA. They have a checklist provided by the Head of Department. That checklist contains specific nouns: Python, Catia, ANSYS, Simulink, Vehicle Dynamics, Composites…
They Ctrl+F that PDF. If your CV doesn’t contain those exact strings of text, you are deleted in 2 seconds. They don’t infer. They don’t assume. They match.
Worse: many teams use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) that rank your CV based on keyword density. If you wrote “data analysis” but the job asked for “telemetry post-processing”, the ATS gives you 0 points. You never reach a human.
You have the skills, but you buried them in prose or used vague categories like “simulation software” instead of naming the specific tool. The recruiter doesn’t have time to guess. They move to the next CV.
The Fix:
Read the job description like a cheat sheet. Copy the exact software names, methodologies, and skills HR listed (verbatim) and inject them into your CV based on your experience.
A grey wall of text. Same font size everywhere. No clear entry points. No visual breath.
Why it kills you:
The recruiter has 7 seconds and a headache. If your CV looks like a dense academic paper—everything 11pt Arial, black on white, paragraphs stacked like bricks—their eyes bounce around randomly and give up. They don’t read a labyrinth; they abandon it. In F1, clarity is speed. If your CV isn’t instantly navigable, you’re signaling that your thinking is equally messy.
The Fix:
You don’t need a graphic design degree. You need consistent visual rules that guide the recruiter’s eye straight to the good stuff.
Your CV should feel like a pit garage: organized, minimalist, color-coded just enough to find the right tool instantly, and utterly devoid of clutter. Make it look like you respect the recruiter’s time. Because if you don’t, they’ll respect yours by throwing it in the bin.