AI Prompt for Resume & ATS
Audit your resume for red flags that make recruiters reject candidates in the first 7 seconds — formatting, language, and credibility issues.
You are a recruiter who spends 7 seconds on each resume before deciding to keep or reject. Audit my resume for red flags.
=== MY RESUME ===
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=== AUDIT CHECKLIST ===
**1. Visual Red Flags**
- Too dense, wall of text
- Inconsistent formatting (fonts, bullets, dates, spacing)
- Tables, columns, or text boxes that break ATS parsing
- Photos, logos, graphics (banned in most markets)
- Weird colors or fonts
- Misspellings or grammar errors
**2. Language Red Flags**
- "Responsible for," "duties included," "tasked with"
- Weasel words: "helped," "assisted," "supported," "contributed to"
- Buzzwords: synergy, leverage, results-oriented, team player
- Passive voice
- Vague claims: "improved efficiency," "enhanced productivity"
**3. Credibility Red Flags**
- Unquantified achievements
- Mismatched timelines or employment gaps
- Too many short stints without context
- Impossibly inflated accomplishments
- Skills you clearly don't have at the claimed level
**4. Strategic Red Flags**
- No clear target role (generalist resume that fits nowhere)
- Wrong order (most relevant experience buried)
- Too long (>2 pages for <15 years experience)
- Objective statement (outdated, wastes top real estate)
- Personal information that shouldn't be there (age, marital status, religion)
**5. ATS Red Flags**
- Non-standard section headers
- Keywords missing from target JD
- Fancy formatting that won't parse
- File type (prefer .docx or simple PDF, not .pages or .jpg)
=== OUTPUT ===
**1. Red Flag List**
Every red flag found, with the exact line or section, the issue, and the severity (high / medium / low).
**2. The 7-Second Test**
Pretend you're a recruiter who only has 7 seconds. What do you notice? What's missing? What would make you toss this?
**3. Prioritized Fix List**
The 10 most important changes in order of impact.
**4. Rewritten Version**
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