How to tailor your resume and cover letter with AI, honestly
Prompts to match your resume to a job description, write a focused cover letter and prep for interviews with AI, without inventing experience.
In this guide (4 steps)
Analyze the job post
Here is a job description. List the top 6 skills and outcomes the employer cares about, in priority order, and the keywords an applicant tracking system will likely look for.
[paste job description]Match your real experience
Here is my resume. For each of those 6 priorities, point to my strongest matching evidence, and flag gaps. Do NOT invent experience. Then rewrite my bullet points to lead with results, using numbers only where I've provided them.
[paste resume]Cover letter
Write a 200-word cover letter for this role using only facts from my resume. Opening line should reference something specific about the company: [fact you found]. Tone: confident, plain English, no clichés.Interview practice
Act as the hiring manager. Ask me one interview question at a time for this role, wait for my answer, then give blunt feedback and a stronger sample answer.Remove your address and phone number before pasting. Never claim skills you don't have: interviews expose it fast.
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⚡ Decode the job post
Ask AI what the employer really prioritizes before you edit your resume.
⚡ Bullets that show results
Rewrite duties as outcomes, using only numbers you provide.
⚡ Mock interview
Have AI play hiring manager, one question at a time, with blunt feedback.
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