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CV Format for Job Application in Bangladesh
The order of sections in a CV, what belongs in each, and a complete model.
A CV runs in a fixed order: name and contact details, career objective, academic qualifications newest first, experience, skills, personal details, and references. Everything is factual and in note form rather than in sentences, and the whole document should fit one or two pages.
The format
The order of sections
A CV is read by someone scanning quickly, so its order is fixed by convention rather than by preference. Deviating from it makes a document that is harder to read, and in an exam it loses the structure mark.
The standard order
| # | Section | What goes in it |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name and contact | full name, address, phone, email |
| 2 | Career objective | one or two sentences |
| 3 | Academic qualifications | newest first, with board/university, year and result |
| 4 | Experience or training | newest first; omit if none and move skills up |
| 5 | Computer and language skills | in note form |
| 6 | Extra-curricular activities | brief, only if relevant |
| 7 | Personal details | father’s name, date of birth, nationality, religion, marital status |
| 8 | References | two, with designation and contact |
Notes, not sentences
A CV is a document of facts in note form. Full sentences belong in the covering letter, not here. Writing "I passed my HSC examination from Dhaka College in 2025 with a GPA of 4.83" where the CV wants a tabulated line is the commonest register error in this question.
- ✓ HSC, Science, Dhaka College, Dhaka Board, 2025, GPA 4.83
- ✗ I completed my HSC from Dhaka College in 2025 and obtained GPA 4.83.
- No I, no my, anywhere in the CV.
- Use consistent punctuation between fields — commas throughout, or dashes throughout.
Newest first
Academic qualifications and experience are both listed in reverse chronological order — the most recent at the top. A reader wants to know where you are now before knowing where you started, and listing from SSC upwards is a genuine error rather than a stylistic choice.
Personal details and references
Bangladeshi employers still expect a personal details block, which is unusual internationally. Include father's name, date of birth, nationality, religion and marital status. References are normally two, each with a name, designation, institution and contact.
- 🚨 In an exam, invent every detail. Never write your own address, phone number or email.
- Give referees a designation, not just a name.
- Do not write “References available on request” where the question asks for a CV — supply them.
Model answer
Model CV
Curriculum Vitae
Md Rakibul Hasan
House 14, Road 5, Uttara, Dhaka 1230
Phone: 01700-000000 · Email: [email protected]
Career Objective
To work as a computer operator in a well-organised office where accurate data handling matters, and to develop into a role with wider administrative responsibility.
Academic Qualifications
HSC, Science, Dhaka College, Dhaka Board, 2025, GPA 4.83
SSC, Science, Uttara High School, Dhaka Board, 2023, GPA 5.00
Training and Experience
Diploma in Computer Applications, six months, Bangladesh Computer Council, 2026
Part-time Data Entry Assistant, Meghna Traders, Dhaka, March–May 2026
Computer and Language Skills
MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint; database entry
Typing: 45 wpm English, 30 wpm Bengali
Languages: Bengali (native), English (fluent in reading and writing)
Personal Details
Father’s name: Md Abdul Hasan
Date of birth: 12 January 2007 · Nationality: Bangladeshi by birth
Religion: Islam · Marital status: Single
References
Mr Kamal Uddin, Head of Department of ICT, Dhaka College — 01711-000000
Ms Farhana Yasmin, Manager, Meghna Traders, Dhaka — 01911-000000
Every detail above is fictional and written for illustration. In an exam, invent your own in the same way — a CV answer must never carry your real address, phone number or email.
What earns and loses marks
- 🚨 Notes, not sentences. A CV with “I” in it has slipped into covering-letter register.
- List qualifications newest first, always.
- Keep the whole document to one or two pages’ worth of material; a CV is not a biography.
- Give the board or university with each qualification — a result without its board is incomplete in Bangladesh.
- Invent every personal detail in an exam answer.
Mistakes to avoid
- ✗ I passed my SSC in 2023 and then my HSC in 2025. ✓ HSC, Science, Dhaka College, Dhaka Board, 2025, GPA 4.83 — notes, and newest first
- ✗ References available on request. ✓ two named referees with designations and contacts — when a CV is asked for, supply them
Frequently Asked Questions
Name and contact, career objective, academic qualifications, experience or training, skills, extra-curricular activities, personal details, references. This order is conventional in Bangladesh and departing from it costs the structure mark. Within qualifications and experience, list newest first.
No. It is a factual document in note form, and full sentences belong in the covering letter. Write “HSC, Science, Dhaka College, Dhaka Board, 2025, GPA 4.83” rather than a sentence describing it. There should be no “I” anywhere in a CV.
In Bangladesh, yes — a personal details block with father’s name, date of birth, nationality, religion and marital status is conventional and expected, even though it would be unusual in Europe or North America. Board mark schemes expect it, so include it.
No. Exam scripts are anonymous, so invent a name, address, phone number and email as the model does. Inventing consistently — the same name in the covering letter and the CV — is part of writing a good answer.
Keep going
Model answers, formats and grammar rules for every SSC and HSC writing question.