I didn’t wake up one day and think,
“Wow, the world really needs another AI SaaS.”
This started out of frustration.
I’ve seen good developers, designers, and engineers get rejected again and again — not because they lacked skill, but because their resume never even reached a human. It died silently inside an ATS.
No feedback.
No reason.
Just rejection emails or, worse, complete silence.
So I decided to actually understand why this happens and build something around it.
The Ugly Truth About ATS
Here’s the uncomfortable reality:
ATS doesn’t care about:
- Passion
- Hustle
- “Fast learner”
- “Team player”
It cares about:
- Keywords
- Structure
- Formatting
- Context matching with the job description
A resume can be objectively good and still score terribly because it wasn’t written for machines.
Most resume advice online is written for humans.
Most resumes are rejected by machines.
That mismatch is the problem.
What I’m Building (and What I’m Not)
I’m building a simple AI-powered resume ATS analysis tool.
Not a magic job-guarantee machine.
Not a “one-click FAANG offer” scam.
Here’s what it does right now:
- You upload your resume
- You paste the job description
- The system analyzes:
- ATS score
- Missing keywords
- Formatting risks
- Context gaps
- Then it helps you generate a more ATS-friendly version of your resume
That’s it.
No fake promises.
No motivational nonsense.
Just clarity.
Why Another Resume Tool?
Fair question. There are already dozens.
Most of them fail in one of these ways:
- They give vague feedback
- They overwhelm users with buzzwords
- They don’t explain why something is wrong
- They try to upsell before delivering value
I’m taking a different approach:
- Brutally clear feedback
- Resume + JD comparison, not generic advice
- Focus on why ATS rejects, not how to “look impressive”
If something is bad, the tool says it’s bad.
Building This in Public (Because Why Not)
I’m sharing progress on X (Twitter) — screenshots, failures, small wins.
Not because everything is going great,
but because building in silence is overrated.
Some days the UI clicks.
Some days the ATS logic breaks.
Some days I question why I started at all.
That’s normal.
This is an MVP. It’s rough around the edges. And that’s fine.
Who This Is For
This tool is for:
- Developers tired of being ghosted
- Students applying blindly to hundreds of roles
- Professionals switching domains
- Anyone who suspects their resume isn’t the real problem — ATS is
If you’re looking for shortcuts or guarantees, this isn’t it.
If you want signal instead of noise, you’ll probably like it.
What’s Next
Right now, the focus is simple:
- Make ATS feedback clearer
- Improve resume-to-JD matching
- Keep the product honest and usable
No feature creep.
No “AI agents doing everything”.
Just solving one real problem properly.
Final Thought
The hiring system isn’t fair.
But pretending it works differently won’t help.
If resumes are filtered by machines,
we might as well understand the machines.
I’ll keep building.
I’ll keep sharing.
If this resonates, you’ll probably see more updates soon.
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