Resume keywords for Penetration Tester roles

Core skills

• Web application testing
• Network penetration testing
• OWASP Top 10
• Exploit development
• Threat modelling
• Report writing
• Privilege escalation
• Social engineering

Tools and platforms

• Burp Suite
• Metasploit
• Nmap
• Kali Linux

Certifications

• OSCP
• CEH

Metrics to quantify

• critical findings per engagement
• remediation rate
• retest pass rate

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