A resume diagnosis prompt solves a very concrete problem: you've revised your resume a dozen times, something feels off, but you can't say what. Friends glance at it and say "tweak the layout" or "add more experience" — which says nothing. This prompt makes AI play a hiring manager who has read tens of thousands of resumes, diagnosing your resume section by section through the eyes of someone who actually screens them, and giving you rewritten versions you can use directly.
The prompt below is copy-paste ready — just replace the three bracketed variables with your own details.
The prompt, ready to copy
You are a hiring manager with 12 years of recruiting experience, specializing in hiring for [target role] at [industry/company type]. You have reviewed tens of thousands of resumes and can tell within 30 seconds whether a resume is worth an interview.
Diagnose my resume in the following steps:
1. Read the whole resume first and give one overall verdict from a recruiter's perspective: what is the single biggest weakness of this resume for [target role].
2. Review it section by section: for each experience entry, point out 1–2 concrete problems — vague wording, missing quantified results, irrelevant content, or logical gaps — and provide a rewritten version.
3. Check common red flags: unexplained employment gaps, skills that don't match the experience, missing keywords typical for [target role].
4. Finally output three things: ① the 3 must-fix items, ranked by priority; ② the single strongest highlight in the resume and how to amplify it; ③ what to add or cut for [target role].
Requirements: be direct, no flattery; every criticism must come with an actionable fix; do not invent experience I never had.
Here is my full resume:
[full resume text]How to fill the three variables
- [industry/company type]: the type of company you're targeting, e.g. "big tech", "FMCG multinational", "state-owned bank". Different industries screen resumes with different priorities — spell it out so the AI uses the right yardstick.
- [target role]: the more specific, the better. "Product manager" beats "internet job"; "B2B SaaS product manager" is better still, so the diagnosis matches real screening criteria.
- [full resume text]: paste your resume text directly. Remove your name, phone number, and email first to protect your privacy.
Usage tips: three rounds work best
Round one: send the full prompt together with your resume to the AI and get the diagnosis report. Round two: follow up on each of the "3 must-fix items" one by one, e.g. "For item 2 about vague wording, rewrite my second experience entry using the STAR method." Round three: paste the revised version back and ask it to re-check that every issue is fixed.
To make the diagnosis sharper, paste the job description of your target role as well and add: "Score my resume against this JD point by point, and tell me what to add for each gap." If an experience genuinely has no quantified results, don't let the AI invent them — instead have it ask you: "What measurable outcome did this project actually produce?" Answer it, then let it phrase the result.
Two reminders: the AI's diagnosis is a reference, not the final answer — different companies and recruiters have very different preferences. And verify every rewritten sentence yourself for accuracy: anything on your resume that you never actually did will fall apart the moment an interviewer asks about it. Once the resume is done and you're ready to practice, run a mock round with the site's mock interviewer prompt.
