Resume Tools Give Generic Feedback That Fits No One
Job seekers are frustrated with generic, inaccurate, and disconnected resume and interview preparation tools. They desire solutions that tailor applications to specific roles, provide real-time market insights, and offer actionable feedback beyond basic resume building. Current tools often fail to deliver personalized and effective support.
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“Does anyone know about any good ai websites or apps where you can upload your resume and it gives you a mock interview and prepares you for the kind of questions you might be asked in the interview related to your resume? submitted by /u/Verizon06…”
“I posted my resume on here two weeks ago and made some updates based the feedback I received. No interviews yet but I have noticed a higher response from recruiters. I am targeting senior staff accountant and senior accountant roles. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/Mighty_TX [link] [comments]”
“i keep seeing people rush the portfolio part, like 2 projects and they start sending resumes. the 6-12 month timeline in the post is actually realistic if you have a job or school taking your time. also testing is the one everyone skips and then wonders why they bomb technical interviews”
“Was reached out to by the CEO, Dan Vykhopen, for a 6-month, part-time contract position for $150/hr. His product doesn't seem to be mainstream (helps people tailor their resumes for their job roles?), and I honestly don't know how he's being propped up by VCs. Seems sus as I look more into it submitted by /u/Beachgoer4158 [link] [comments]”
“The part that landed for me is that you edited the drafts so they sounded like you. That is the step most people skip, and it is the difference between docs that answer questions and docs that build trust. A user reads your FAQ the way they read your landing page, they are deciding whether a person runs this thing. Generic AI onboarding copy can answer the same question and still make the product feel hollow. The other win you mentioned, fewer repeated support questions, compounds too, because e”
“Hello everyone. I powered my resume here about two months ago I got some great feedback and started to implement it. I also will prob remove the network+ line. Not sure though. This is what I got so far. I also finally started a home lab it is really nothing so far except an active directory environment. I want to scale it up but before that I am waiting to get a mini pc out proxmox on it and begin really scaling. Any help/suggestions/tips are very appreciated. Am and targeting level 1 help desk”
The feature to upload resume for editing and tailoring is not working for some time already. I have been encountering below error for the past two weeks already. But regardless, thank you…
“Needs work on being detailed but concise. Things like deans list is a standard award, but you have 12 additional words, slim down and clean up the formatting of education section. Quantify bullet points, they should not read as basic job duties. How many client did you manage, how many technical issues did you fix on a daily basis/weekly basis, even how many pizzas did you prepare, etc. Bullets should be complete sentences with punctuation. I’d focus technical skills on everything but excel, out”
“Best resume / application tools to produce a high quality resume and tailor specific applications submitted by /u/Decent-Ability-9599 [link] [comments]”
“Hi r/SideProject ! 👋 For a long time, I used a set of custom AI agent skills and scripts to adapt my resume for different job openings. It worked, but it had two big issues: it was messy to maintain and it burned an insane amount of tokens on trial-and-error reasoning. Eventually, I decided to take those scattered skills and turn them into a structured, standalone tool powered by LangGraph, Python, and Typst. As it grew in power and reliability, I realized it was too useful to keep as a private”
“Yeah for sure. Right now we’ve got job search/discovery, resume building + tailoring, cover letters, application tracking, follow-up help, interview prep/mock interviews, and a portfolio site builder. Still polishing some stuff before the full launch so honestly having someone actually use it and tell me what sucks/what’s confusing would be super useful lol”
“Count me in, entry level job hunt is brutal these days. What features you got so far?”
“poked around for a bit, the resume builder was smoother than i expected but the job matching threw me a random warehouse supervisor role when my background is in wilderness guiding, so that was a swing and a miss. the interview practice felt decent tho, questions were actually relevant to the listing i picked which surprised me.”
“I’m looking for job seekers willing to test CareerMatchs and tell me where the experience becomes confusing or unhelpful. CareerMatchs currently provides: ATS-focused resume building Resume comparison against a job description AI interview practice Personalized job matching Cover-letter assistance I’m specifically trying to test the first-user experience. Test scenario: Create an account Add or create a resume Compare it with a position you would genuinely consider Try one interview-practice ses”
Way too many bullet points and so much mention of GAAP lol.
“I'm always suspicious of job boards that promise verified roles, most of them just scrape same listings and put badge on it. How you actually verify the jobs, manually or some kind of automation”
“Honestly, I feel like a lot of resumes get filtered by AI or whatever system they use before a real person even sees them, so I’m not sure a GitHub link helps much at that stage. It probably matters later if someone technical opens it. I’d only include it if there are a few projects I’m happy to explain in an interview. Otherwise, a profile full of old tutorials and abandoned repos might be worse than no link at all.”
Or claude? submitted by /u/Dramaticvictory19 [link] [comments]
Or claude? submitted by /u/Dramaticvictory19 [link] [comments]
“Thanks for replying! To answer your questions: Yes, I need them both at the same time. Publications should be listed in different sections on a resume. But I don't have any certifications, so I may just use that section like you mentioned The main information to capture is patent/application number, title, jurisdiction, date, and current status. Using the nice example you made below, you could do something like this: patents: - title: Method and System for Structured Resume Parsing j”
“Please lemme know what y’all think. Cyber position for defense contractor. submitted by /u/Intelligent_Two2548 [link] [comments]”
“just gonna make it simple: all job portals scan resumes with AI now, if you aren't tailoring your resume to each posting you're already behind.. Some companies even use AI to interview ().You can do this yourself for free * (token cost) if you want, but you'll have to craft a good prompt, use a good agent you have access to, and validate the outcomes over time, or have an agent build an app for you to track this. That's the future we're in I guess.TL;DR / Why us? - ResumeSkip makes it easy to ta”
“3 jobs is fine. But 7 bullets for the first and 6 for the last …. Overall this is a very dense resume for only 3 jobs. For your AR clerk job, if you’re processing invoices, we can assume you review and match, identifying exceptions, and coordinating with clients. You have 7 bullet points but they are redundant. Trim the fat. Maybe you only need 5 really well written points. Clean up the position title for job 3. Are you a manager or a coordinator? This is not make or break, it’s clutter. Same th”
This is clean! Would love to see this posted on r/LookWhatTheyBuilt .
“it reads your portfolio the way a screener actually does: three minutes, no context, no benefit of the doubt. five scores (structure, impact, depth, readability, distinctiveness) plus the thing it would flag first. i expected low 80s. got 65 — "5 points to the pass band." the flag that hurt most: it caught my own game's name misspelled as "Drangon Flight" on the page. i never noticed. first check is free — email signup, no card, no subscription: https://preterview.com/en?”
2nd one tbh if i am recruiter i aint readin allat on the first one
“The second, by a mile. Although, I still do not like the "generic approach". I want to sell myself, not be another spreadsheet that be put "on-hold"”
“What it is: The name of my app is ResuCaliber and it's a library of 54 resume-writing prompts for ChatGPT/Claude, built to stop the two things AI always does to resumes which is invent metrics you can't defend, and bury everything in "spearheaded/leveraged" filler. There's also a free bullet analyzer that scores a resume bullet across six dimensions and rewrites it, plus an 8-step workbook. What I need tested: Run one of your own real resume bullets through the analyzer. Is”
“As a tech lead who has had to read CV's for 10 years, the first one is the better option of the two. I know you say this is just dummy data, however , I would say as general advice: demonstrate where you have used the technology that you are stating at the top of the page! It's all well-and-good saying "mentored junior developers" a couple of lines after saying "led development using React" but you could have mentored them in how to write documentation and are leaving”
“They won't think that, they're also people that know that applicants have to reduce the size of their resume to only their best entries. The former looks like you're inflating your work experience because there's not much to put, while the latter reads as more confident. I do hiring occasionally, and I'd consider the latter resume a bit more highly. It also makes it much easier to look up the projects to get a feel for what you've worked on in the past That said, "pr”
“Columns suck on resumes. Don't use columns, wasting a third of your resume for something that could be a few lines is so annoying.”
“Visually, it’s too wide. Note that most newspapers are in columns. You never open a magazine and see such single line wide layouts, it’s always 2/3 or less of the page width. That’s to increase readability. What I personally do is have a thin column on the left with key details in. All that stuff you put below your name, etc. You could also pop other things in there like education, hobbies, url links to things you worked on. Put your main text in the remaining 2/3rds. Don’t be afraid to trim. Le”
“People are using AI tools to parse resumes. Getting an AI tool to help layout the resume in an easy readable format so you’re not skipped because it can’t read it is important. Since mostly machines are going to read it, consider that approach.”
“Don't let it make the resume for you. Create a project in claude. Make documents explaining your entire work history, your ethics, why you do the work you do, things about you as a person that explain what makes you, you. If its work your passionate about talk about why you do it. Tell claude stories about things you've done in your jobs etc. Claude has my entire work history but it also has relevant anacdodes from work ive done in the past, what makes me tick as a worker and the types o”
“Are resumes optimized for the software companies use for the first filter? If so, how exactly?”
“– 3 YoE Azure Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Would appreciate feedback on my resume. 3+ years experience focused on Azure Data & AI, lakehouse platforms, and Microsoft partner/ISV enablement. Currently in a Cloud Solution Architect role. Targeting similar or more senior Azure Data/AI Solution Architect positions . Any thoughts on what stands out or what needs improvement would be helpful. Thanks! submitted by /u/nonaln [link] [comments]”
“Expand on what you can do in Excel / PowerBi. Also anything you can add on use of AI.”
“Interesting. Is it basically a smoothing of the more common process where you'd have the PDF CV at a fixed URL, and keep replacing the file (same name) for each update? What would you say are the top value-adds over that process? I'd also be interested to see any data on how likely or frequently recruiters or any person/org is to use a 'Get latest' link. I'd also be interested to get an idea of how close we might be to replacing PDF downloads and attachments with living doc l”
“This version looks way better, well done. Now it's time to field test it. If you are not getting responses after a 1-2 weeks of tailored job applications, try to see what are possible blindspots. r/resumes is a great place to ask for more help. If you want, you can also use Claude AI to further match to jobs. Beware, as you will have to literally tell the AI not to make up stuff and you will still have to change the format so it's not so obvious you used AI, in addition to proofreading f”
“Use Overleaf to make your resume standout use a template and have AI write the code for you. Make it one page and done”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.209) — Tired to have it fix a resume of mine and it kept screwing things up despite highly descriptive prompts. Spent 4 hours and it still couldn’t get it right. I pay $20 a month for complete trash.”
“I’m looking for some honest feedback on my resume because I’m honestly not sure what I’m doing wrong anymore. I recently completed my B.E. and I’m targeting entry level AI/ML, Generative AI, Computer Vision, and AI Engineer roles. Over the past few months, I’ve been applying through LinkedIn, Wellfound, Naukri, and directly through company career pages. The problem is that I’m getting almost no traction . I’ve been applying consistently for around 4 months , but I haven’t received a single prope”
“It's one of those reputation costing apps that need to be spot-on with its response in order to really hit. I like to think that there's more use to the resume AI builders than just build it once and never again for awhile, in that case the TAM is smaller strictly to job seekers, who are tech savvy. What is your ICP, and do you foresee this having good customer retention?”
“The fit and gap analysis sounds like a great way to handle the technical screening stage. It might be worth a spot on https://peerpush.com/uc/job-search , people browsing PeerPush check out career tools like this.”
“I’ve been working on a small resume tool and would love honest feedback from people who are applying to jobs or reviewing resumes. The problem we’re trying to solve is something I’ve seen a lot: People usually have decent experience, but their resume becomes either too long, too generic, or not tailored enough for the actual job they’re applying to. Most people also end up sending the same resume everywhere, even though every job description is asking for slightly different things. So we built O”