Resume template · Updated October 2026
CV template for the Czech Republic (Czech CV format)
Short answer
FAANGPath suits a Czech CV (životopis) for a technical job: contact details on top, a short profile, then skills and work history with the newest job first. Charles University's career centre allows one to three pages depending on experience, and EURES says date of birth and nationality are optional. The fictional sample is a QA automation engineer in Brno with six years of testing behind her.

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Why FAANGPath suits a Czech Republic resume
FAANGPath prints the skills list straight under the profile, so the frameworks a Brno testing advert names (Playwright, Selenium, Jenkins) are read before the jobs. It is a minimal centred layout in black and grey aimed at technical candidates, and its closing custom section carries the employer references EURES mentions.
Second choice: Meridian. Meridian has the same skills-before-jobs order with grey rules running beside each heading; it reads less technical, so pick it outside IT.
What goes in each section, in FAANGPath's order
FAANGPath prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Three lines: your role, years of testing, the kind of software you test (banking, automotive, e-commerce) and the language you work in. Charles University's career centre puts contact details first, and FAANGPath's header already does that above this profile.
- Skills. EURES groups languages, computer literacy, a driving licence and completed training as other skills on a Czech CV. Charles University adds that languages and similar skills go strongest first, so open the language row with the one you use at work.
- Work Experience. EURES calls professional experience the most important part and asks for each position and how long you held it; month and year at both ends show the length at a glance. List the current job first, as the career centre advises for every section.
- Education. Degree, field, school and years. EURES mentions secondary and higher education; once you have a degree, a secondary school line is worth keeping only if it was a technical school that bears on the job.
- Certifications. An ISTQB certificate prints near the end of a FAANGPath page. If the advert asks for it, mention it in the headline or the profile as well, so it is seen in the first lines.
- References. EURES describes this part as the names and contact details of previous employers who can confirm your experience. Ask each person first, and give their job title and company so the reader knows why their word carries weight.
The sample resume as text
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Tereza Horáková
QA Automation Engineer, Web and API Testing (ISTQB)
Brno | tereza.horakova@example.com | +420 541 555 0147 | linkedin.com/in/sample-tereza-horakova
QA automation engineer with six years of testing banking and logistics web applications. Builds Playwright and REST API test suites that run in every Jenkins pipeline, and works daily in Czech and English with developers in Brno and Vienna.
Experience
QA Automation Engineer, Svratka Software s.r.o., Brno (02/2023 to Present)
- Built a Playwright suite of 640 end-to-end tests for an online banking portal, cutting the manual regression cycle from four days to one.
- Added REST API tests in Postman and Newman to the Jenkins pipeline, catching contract breaks before they reach staging.
- Lead test planning for a team of six developers and report release readiness to the product owner every sprint.
- Coached two junior testers on writing stable selectors and readable test cases.
Software Tester, Moravian Freight Systems a.s., Brno (09/2020 to 01/2023)
- Tested a warehouse management web application used at 14 depots, logging about 300 defects a year in Jira.
- Wrote the first Selenium regression tests for the order module in Java.
- Ran user acceptance sessions with depot staff before each quarterly release.
References
- Pavel Novotný, Head of Quality Engineering, Svratka Software s.r.o., +420 541 555 0163, pavel.novotny@example.com
- Jana Marková, Development Manager, Moravian Freight Systems a.s., +420 541 555 0178, jana.markova@example.com
Education
Bachelor's degree (Bc.), Information Technology, South Moravian Technical University (06/2020)
Certifications
- ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level, ISTQB (2021)
Skills
Test automation, API testing, Regression and smoke testing, Test planning, Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Postman, Jenkins, Jira, Java, TypeScript, Czech (native), English (C1), German (B1)
How to make the sample yours
Write a Czech version for Czech-speaking teams
EURES notes that most employers require an active knowledge of Czech and that the application should be drafted accordingly. The sample is in English for an international team; translate it when the advert is in Czech.
Decide on date of birth and nationality
EURES says you may, but do not have to, state your date of birth and nationality. If you choose to, add a line under your name in Word in the DOCX file; the template has no field for it.
Give the city, not the street
For the address, EURES says the city is enough. Charles University's career centre suggests the address in the town where you are looking for work, which matters if you are moving to Brno or Prague.
Photo: optional, sometimes welcome
Charles University's career centre says a photo is not required but is sometimes very welcome by recruiters, ideally face and shoulders. Resumity templates print none; insert one in Word in the DOCX file if you want it.
Let the length follow your experience
The same career centre says a CV can run from one to three pages depending on experience and does not need to fit on one. Six years of testing fits comfortably on two.
Prepare a certificate folder
EURES advises taking your CV and copies of all certificates to a selection interview as a portfolio, so scan your degree and ISTQB certificate before the first call.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- test automation
- QA engineering
- Playwright
- Selenium WebDriver
- API testing
- Postman
- Jenkins
- CI/CD
- regression testing
- test planning
- Jira
- Java
- ISTQB
- Czech (native)
- English (C1)
Mistakes to avoid
- Answering a Czech-language advert with an English-only CV, when EURES says most employers expect active Czech.
- Printing your full street address when EURES says the city is enough.
- Naming former managers as references without asking them first.
- Padding the CV with skills you cannot show. Charles University's career centre warns against untruthful or exaggerated information.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 6 of 6 | 7 of 7 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 6 of 6 | 7 of 7 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 6 of 6 | 7 of 7 |
Frequently asked questions
How long should a CV be in the Czech Republic?
Charles University's career centre says one to three pages depending on your experience, and that a CV does not need to be a single page. A student CV is usually shorter than one with ten years of work.
Do I have to put my date of birth on a Czech CV?
No. EURES says you may, but do not have to, state your date of birth and nationality. Name, city, phone number and email are the essentials it lists.
Should a Czech CV have a photo?
It is optional. Charles University's career centre says a photo is not required but is sometimes very welcome, showing face and shoulders. Resumity templates print no photo; add one in Word to the DOCX file if you decide to.
Should I write my CV in Czech or English?
EURES says most employers require an active knowledge of Czech, so a Czech-language application is the default. When the advert itself is in English and the team works in English, an English CV matches what was asked for.
Do Czech employers expect references on the CV?
EURES lists references as the names and contact details of previous employers who can confirm your experience. Ask each person before you name them.
Will applicant tracking systems read this FAANGPath PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 6 section headings and all 7 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
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Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- EURES (European Commission and the public employment services): Living and working conditions: Czechia (A CV should usually be in a structured form; personal data: name and surname, address (the city is enough), telephone and email; you may, but do not have to, state date of birth and nationality; professional experience is the most important part, with positions held and length of time in each; other skills: languages, computer literacy, driving licence, certificates; references: names and contact details of previous employers; most employers require an active knowledge of Czech; take your CV and copies of certificates to an interview.)
- Charles University, Career Centre: How to write an effective CV (A CV can be 1 to 3 pages long depending on experience and does not need to be one page; a photo is not required but is sometimes very welcome (face and shoulders); contact information first (name, address in the town where you are looking for work, phone, email); most recent experience at the top of each section; stronger language skills first; never give untruthful or exaggerated information.)
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