How I went from 0 interviews to 4 in a month by tailoring every application
Description and use
<p>For 3 months I applied to jobs and didn't get a single interview. 300 applications, all Software Developer roles, and the replies were rejections or nothing.</p> <p>I was sending the same resume to every posting. I knew that was the problem in theory. Everyone says to tailor your resume to each job. Nobody tells you how to do that 300 times without it becoming a full-time job.</p> <h2> Tailoring with ChatGPT </h2> <p>So I started tailoring with ChatGPT. For each application I'd:</p> <ol> <li>copy the job posting into a chat</li> <li>upload or paste my resume</li> <li>ask it to rewrite my re
Problem
<p>For 3 months I applied to jobs and didn't get a single interview. 300 applications, all Software Developer roles, and the replies were rejections or nothing.</p> <p>I was sending the same resume to every posting. I knew that was the problem in theory. Everyone says to tailor your resume to each job. Nobody tells you how to do that 300 times without it becoming a full-time job.</p> <h2> Tailoring with ChatGPT </h2> <p>So I started tailoring with ChatGPT. For each application I'd:</p> <ol> <li>copy the job posting into a chat</li> <li>upload or paste my resume</li> <li>ask it to rewrite my re
Outcome
<p>For 3 months I applied to jobs and didn't get a single interview. 300 applications, all Software Developer roles, and the replies were rejections or nothing.</p> <p>I was sending the same resume to every posting. I knew that was the problem in theory. Everyone says to tailor your resume to each job. Nobody tells you how to do that 300 times without it becoming a full-time job.</p> <h2> Tailoring with ChatGPT </h2> <p>So I started tailoring with ChatGPT. For each application I'd:</p> <ol> <li>copy the job posting into a chat</li> <li>upload or paste my resume</li> <li>ask it to rewrite my re
Evidence
How I went from 0 interviews to 4 in a month by tailoring every application
- Record date: 2026-11-01T13:59:16.172Z