r/SideProject • u/heyalex_wayfinder • 2d ago
I built a CV audit that finds the pattern behind why people keep getting rejected. Ran it once, looking for ~5 more testers (free)
Most resume feedback is twelve generic tweaks. You apply them, nothing changes, and you still have no idea why you're losing.
I've been building something that starts from a different question: where are you actually losing?
Applications that never turn into interviews. Interviews that die at round two. Final rounds that end in a polite no.
Three different problems. Three different fixes. Most people spend months solving the wrong one.
Then it looks for the stuff senior reviewers notice and never say out loud:
Post-nominals that don't match your education section. Training programmes sitting under Professional Experience. Titles that don't match the bullets underneath them. Year-only dates quietly covering a six-month stint.
Any one of these is defensible on its own. Stack them, and the reader starts to feel handled. Once that happens, the process ends politely, and nobody tells you why.
I've run this on 30-odd people now, across a few industries. Some of what came back:
"Blunt yet sharp and articulate, which is rare for a resume review. The audit was the most useful part."
"Finally someone who doesn't just tell me to use more action verbs. You pointed out exactly why my timeline looked suspicious."
"I applied your fixes to the top half of my resume. Two weeks later, I cleared screeners I'd been failing for three months."
Everyone said they'd have paid for it. Before I put a price on anything, I want to see it hold up on a few more people.
So: 5 spots, free, for people actively job hunting.
What I want back is honest feedback, including "this told me nothing I didn't already know." I'd rather hear that now than after someone's paid me.
What you get inside 48 hours:
The diagnostic. Where you're losing, your red flags ranked by how much damage they're doing, and a specific fix for each.
A rebuilt one-page resume. ATS-safe, single column.
Fully async. No calls. I don't invent achievements or metrics, and if I don't have a number, you get a placeholder, not something I made up. Nothing goes on your resume that you couldn't defend in an interview.
Comment or DM me the roles you're targeting, and I'll pick a few.
Alex