Sample outputs
What destruction looks like
Six real roast personas. Your CV will get the same treatment.
The Overqualified Underachiever
Senior Engineer, 8 yrs exp8 years of experience, 0 years of impact — congrats on your tenure.
Listed Python as a skill. Used it once in 2019 to rename files.
Your summary says passionate. Your job history says napping.
The Fresh Graduate
CS Graduate, 0 yrs expLed a team of 1. That team was you. You led yourself. Barely.
Microsoft Office listed under Technical Skills. Bold move.
4 internships, 4 different industries — pick a lane.
The Career Switcher
Marketing → Product, 5 yrsSynergised cross-functional stakeholders. Said nothing. Impressive.
Gap year listed as Self-discovery. Recruiter read: unemployed.
Skills: Excel, PowerPoint, Figma. This is a vibe board, not a CV.
The Serial Job Hopper
6 jobs in 4 years6 jobs in 4 years. Your LinkedIn looks like a slot machine.
Every role says 'Led initiatives'. None say 'finished them'.
Reason for leaving: growth opportunities. Translation: fired or bored.
The PhD Who Wants Industry
PhD, 0 shipped products7 years of research. Zero lines of production code. Bold move.
Publications: 4. Shipped products: 0. Industry is different.
Skills include LaTeX. Recruiters do not know what that is.
The 10-Year Same Company Person
One employer, 10 yearsOne employer for 10 years. Loyal or unemployable — recruiter is unsure.
Three promotions, zero quantified results. Numbers exist. Use them.
Last updated: 2019. The world has changed. This CV has not.
The fix
What the rewrite looks like
Same CV. After the AI gets hold of it.
Before
32
ATS score
After
86
ATS score
Before
Responsible for managing social media accounts and helping with content.
After
Grew Instagram following from 4k to 22k in 6 months by overhauling content calendar and introducing Reels-first strategy.
Before
Worked on improving the checkout process which led to better conversion.
After
Redesigned checkout flow (3 → 1 page) reducing drop-off by 34% and adding £180k in annual revenue.
Before
Assisted senior engineers with various backend tasks and bug fixes.
After
Resolved 47 production bugs across payments and auth services, cutting P1 incident rate by 60% in Q3 2024.
What was fixed
- ✓Removed 11 buzzwords (synergised, leveraged, passionate…)
- ✓Added metrics to 6 of 8 work experience bullets
- ✓Rewrote Professional Summary (was 3 sentences of nothing)
- ✓Moved Skills section above Education
- ✓Trimmed to 1 page — removed filler responsibilities
- ✓Fixed 3 ATS formatting issues (table layout, headers, fonts)
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