The contest at http://booleanstrings.wordpress.com/boolean-contest/ asked all participants to fill out a Quiz. Most of the questions were multiple choice; here's one that was not. We got some pretty interesting responses to it!

"Please provide a string that will result in the maximum number of CV/Resumes amongst the first 100 results on Google when appended to a job title that the judges will pick at random from the top 100 job postings in Indeed.com."

I'd like to share some answers with you; see what you think of these. Comments are very welcome and will hopefully help us learn more!

• this brought back 100 out of 100 for me, but this is google.com.au filetype:pdf AND (inurl:~resume' OR ~intitle:~vitae OR ~cv OR ~resume) AND (network.engineer OR (network*=engineer AND cisco)) -site:cisco.com -jobs -you -catalog -courses -syllabus -benefits -class.description -inurl:php -inurl:asp -inurl:aspx -inurl:cfm -inurl:cgi
• String - in double codes - "resume + " Example - "resume + j2ee developer" Alterntively, (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) + "Job Title" eg. (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) + "j2ee developer"
• site:www.indeed.com java -inurl:directory "100"
• site:indeed.com Job Title ...it should sort by relevant date posted
• sharepoint (intitle:"resume for" | intitle:"resume of" | intitle:resume | inurl:resume | intitle:homepage | inurl:homepage | intitle:"curriculum vitae" | inurl:vitae | intitle:vitae) -(-jobs -apply -submit -required -wanted -template -write -sample -inurl:books -inurl:product)
• resume OR experience OR skills "education"
• references available
• KEYWORD (inurl:~(resume|cv|vitae) | intitle:~(resume|cv|vitae)) -~jobs
• java (inurl:resume | intitle:resume) 63000..63199 -jobs
• -inurl:(htm|html|php|pls) (doc|pdf|txt|rtf|chm) ~CV -you -submit -intitle:job -intitle:jobs -inurl:job -inurl:jobs
• fileype:doc
• engineer infiniband HPC ~resume -ext:htm -ext:html -~jobs
• construction.manager nuclear (resumé OR rèsumè OR résumé OR CV OR ~CV OR Vitae OR vitæ) -intitle:job -intitle:jobs -you –your
• ~cv keyword -benefits -candidate -careers -eoe -jobs -opening -post -preferred -reply -send -submit -your
• (resume | CV | Vitae) "Database Administrator" Oracle present -submit -benefits -please -culture -recruiter -job -your -we -us
• (Market* OR Communica*) Director OR Manager OR Associate -job -jobs -apply -CV
• (inurl:resume OR inurl:cv OR inurl:viate OR intitle:resume OR intitle:cv OR intitle:viate) AND sale* AND UK -job -jobs -submit -apply -sample
• (inurl:resume OR intitle:resume) (intext:skill OR skill OR title) (filetype:.doc OR .PDF OR .txt) (location OR location OR location OR location)
• (inurl:resume OR intitle:resume OR inurl:cv OR intitle:cv) (experience OR education) (filetype:doc OR filetype:pdf OR filetype:docx) -intext:resume -example -sample
• (inurl:resume | intitle:resume | ) (KEY words for the position) -job -jobs -reply -submit
• (intitle:resume|inurl:resume|intitle:CV|inurl:CV)(education|experience) -tips -job -jobs
• (intitle:resume OR inURL:resume) AND (sales or "account executive") NEAR computers
• (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) AND (filetype:doc OR filetype:wpd OR filetype:wps OR filetype:pdf OR filetype:rtf OR filetype:txt)
• (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) (java OR xml) “software engineer”
• (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume OR intitle:cv OR inurl:cv) filetype:doc
• (intitle:resume | inurl:resume) -Guide -Post -Writing -Create -Distribution
• (Intitle:resume | Inurl:resume) and "project manager" and PMP
• (intitle:resume | inurl:resume | inurl:cv | intitle:cv | inurl:vitae | intitle:vitae) -jobs
• (intitle:resume | inurl:resume | intitle:cv | inurl:cv) education –jobs –job –apply –sample Java programmer
• (intitle:cv OR inurl:cv OR intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) AND “San Jose” OR “Washington, DC” OR “Milwaukee, WI” OR “Seattle, WA” OR Baltimore, MD” OR “Hartford, CT” OR “Denver, CO”
• (intitle:cv | inurl:cv | intitle:resume | inurl:resume | intitle:vitae | inurl:vitae) (education OR experience OR objective OR resume -~job -sample
• (intitle:cv | intitle:resume | intitle:vitae | inurl:cv | inurl:resume | inurl:vitae)
• (intitle:~resume | inurl:~resume) (objective | summary | experience) (filetype:doc | filetype:rtf | filetype:txt | filetype:html) ~java *@* -job -apply -sample -wizard -indeed.com -create -*edu* we can do a search on a specific location in google I would not put filetype:pdf in the first this will be the next search as this may pull up lot of internal documents. This search string is only for google search and will not apply in yahoo live and other sources as the search string has to be short in yahoo and live
• (intitle:~cv | inurl:~resume) AND (pdf OR rtf OR doc OR docx) -jobs -job
• (intitle:"curriculum vitae" | inurl:vitae | intitle:vitae | intitle:resume | inurl:resume) "JOB TITLE" -( -about -jobs -inanchor:apply -inanchor:submit)
• (filetype:doc OR filetype:wpd OR filetype:wps OR filetype:pdf OR filetype:rtf OR filetype:txt) AND (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume) AND “word1” AND “word2"
• (filetype:doc OR filetype:wpd OR filetype:wps OR filetype:pdf OR filetype:rtf OR filetype:txt) AND (intitle:resume OR inurl:resume)
• (+~cv OR intitle:~cv OR inurl:cv OR inurl:Homepage) -job -sample -apply -send
• "software engineer" and windows and " @ibm.com" and resume, CA filetype:doc
• "PUT JOB TITLE HERE" (inurl:~resume | intitle:~resume | ext:pdf | ext:doc | ext:rtf | me | my) -~job -~jobs -apply -submit -eoe
• "Project Manager"
• "job title" AND "Location" inurl:CV OR inurl: Resume OR inurl:Profile intitle:CV OR intitle: Resume OR intitle:Profile
• "job title here" (inurl:~resume | intitle::~resume) (~resumé|~rèsumè|~résumé|~CV|~Vitae|~vitæ) -intitle:~job -intitle:~jobs (ext:pdf | ext:doc | ext:rtf) (me | my) ~JOB -EXT:HTM -EXT:HTML
• "Insert Job Title Here in Quotes" inurl:resume -job -jobs -submit -apply -sample
• "financial manager" (ext:pdf | ext:doc | ext:rtf) ~resume -~jobs
• "civil engineer" or "pe" (inurl:resume | intitle:resume) AND pdf
• "business analyst"
• "*"