CV / job-ad matching
Where a CV falls short of a specific ad
Marketing Manager, fictional B2B SaaS company
11 of 19 keywords matched · 6 of 12 requirements evidenced
Missing keywords
Rewritten summary (Pro)
"Results-driven B2B SaaS marketer with 6+ years driving demand generation and pipeline management across APAC. Experienced in lowering acquisition cost through Salesforce-integrated campaigns..."
Every word in that summary traces back to something the fictional CV already said; the rewrite reorders and reworks the ad's own language, it does not invent a track record.
Illustrative example, not a real applicant, company or CV.
Bullet rewriter
Tightening a weak bullet without inventing a number
Original
"Responsible for managing the social media accounts."
Three rewrites
Managed the organisation's social media accounts, planning and publishing content across every channel.
Leads with a stronger verb, cuts the passive "responsible for."
Planned, published and monitored content across the organisation's social media accounts.
Reordered so the scope of the work comes first.
Ran the organisation's social media accounts.
Plain, shorter version for a reader skimming quickly.
None of these have a number
A follower count, an engagement rate or a posting frequency would strengthen this, if there is one you can back up. We won't invent one for you: a number you can't defend at interview is worse than no number at all.
Illustrative example, not a real applicant, company or CV.
Selection criteria checker
Assessing a draft answer against the criterion
Criterion
"Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a high volume environment."
Draft answer (fictional)
"In my role coordinating a small team's caseload, I regularly had multiple deadlines due the same week. I set up a shared tracker ranked by due date and risk, checked it each morning, and flagged anything at risk to my manager early rather than at the deadline. Over one particularly busy quarter, every deadline in my area was met."
Needs work: the STAR structure is mostly there, but the result is asserted rather than shown.
Weakest line
"Every deadline in my area was met."
This is the result the panel is meant to be convinced by, and it is the shortest, vaguest sentence in the answer. State how many deadlines, over what period, and what would have happened if you had not intervened.
Illustrative example, not a real applicant, company or CV.
Interview coach
Scored feedback on a behavioural answer
Question
"Tell me about a time you led a team through conflict."
Answer given (fictional)
"In my last role, I managed a cross-functional team of 8 during a system migration. When two leads disagreed on approach, I facilitated a structured workshop that..."
Strong answer. Good structure. Add a quantified outcome to hit 9+.
Keywords to add next time
Illustrative example, not a real applicant, company or CV.
Company research
Interview prep on a fictional company
"Harbour & Co." below is invented for this page. A real report on a real company lists the actual pages the search returned, each one a working link you can open and check; there is nothing to link to for a company that does not exist, so this example shows the content only.
What they look for
Customer-first mindset, data literacy, collaborative approach. Emphasise cross-functional experience.
Ask them this
How has the recent shift to cloud-first infrastructure affected the team's day-to-day priorities?
Red flag
Public employee reviews mention slow internal promotion. Worth asking how progression works.
Illustrative example, not a real applicant, company or CV.
ADF rank translator
A real translation, not an invented one
Unlike the examples above, this one is not fictional: it is the actual mapping the tool returns for an Army Captain, reused here because it is already true rather than made up for this page.
Army Captain → Manager / Project Manager
Held command of roughly 30 people from early career, accountable for people, budget-equivalent resources and mission delivery.
Civilian titles worth targeting
Real product data, not an illustrative example: this is the actual civilian mapping for an Army Captain.
Try it on your own CV
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