Generic Resume
Vs.
AI Custom Resumes
We tested the difference an AI custom resume that is tailored for the exact job makes by applying to the same job with two different candidates that effectively have the same background.
Chris Risinger (AI Custom Resumes)
We use this resume as a base to have AI generate a custom resume per job application, hitting on the key points that the job posting is looking for.
Matt Anderson (Generic Resume)
This same resume is used to apply for all job applications. It is a generic resume that does not change per job application.
Results
AI Custom Resumes
12 / 100 Interviews
Generic Resume
3 / 100 Interviews
| Company | Position | Date Applied | AI Custom Resume Status | Generic Resume Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliant Credit Union | Sr. Symitar Software Engineer (Perm - Hybrid or Remote) | 23rd August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| ServiceNow | Staff Data Platform Software Engineer - RaptorDB Provisioning | 23rd August, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| Toast | Software Engineer II, Android | 23rd August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Cloudflare | Software Engineer, Queues | 23rd August, 2024 | Interview | Interview |
| Apex Fintech Solutions | Software Engineer II | 25th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Capital One | Senior, Software Engineer (Golang/Java) | 25th August, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| McDonald's Global Technology | Software Engineer III - Android (Remote) | 25th August, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| OppFi | Sr. Software Engineer I | 25th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Cisko Meraki | Technical Leader Systems Software Engineer, Meraki Switch | 25th August, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Beyond Finance | Mobile Software Engineer in Test | 25th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Wolverine Trading | Experienced C++ Software Engineer | 25th August, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Ninja Trader | Staff Software Engineer (Trading Platform, Scala) | 25th August, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| DRW | Senior Software Engineer, Blockchain Product | 26th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Dropbox | Senior Machine Learning Software Engineer, Search | 26th August, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Applied Systems | Software Engineer (Golang, ETL) | 26th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) | Lead Cloud & Software Engineer | 27th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Block | Staff Software Engineer - Access, Trust | 27th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Kalderos | Senior Software Engineer | 27th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| OCC | Associate Principal, Software Engineer - Application Engineering | 27th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Avant | Software Engineer - Digital Servicing | 27th August, 2024 | Applied | Interview |
| Huntress | Senior Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails | 29th August, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Sprout Social | Staff Software Engineer - Back End | 29th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| DFIN | Senior Software Engineer - Remote | 29th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Grainger | Lead Software Engineer - Salesforce | 29th August, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| Caterpillar | Senior Software Engineer | 29th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Enova | Senior Software Engineer (Hybrid) | 29th August, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| Braze | Senior Platform Software Engineer | 29th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| CDW | Sr Software Engineer II | 29th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Morningstar | Lead Software Engineer | 29th August, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Upfront Healthcare | Lead Software Engineer | 30 August, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Ahold Delhaize USA | Senior Software Engineer | 30th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Deinde Financial | Senior Software Engineer | 30th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| iManage | Principal Software Engineer | 30th August, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Adyen | Senior Software Engineer - Data Connect | 30th August, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Inspira Financial | Sr. Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| NinjaHoldings | Staff Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Energy CX | Senior Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Upside | Senior Software Engineer II, Consumer Data Platform | 1st September, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| Optiver | Windows Infrastructure Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Marex Spectron International | Software Developer, Clearing | 1st September, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| Fulcrum GT | Senior Software Developer: SAP Back-end | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| VidMob | Staff Software Engineer (Backend) | 1st September, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| ZS | Machine Learning Engineering Specialist - AI Innovation Lab | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| BigTime Software, Inc. | Lead Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| Focused Labs | Lead Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Ensono | AWS Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Discover | Expert Application Engineer (Full Stack) | 1st September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Boomi | Senior Software Engineer - Hybrid | 1st September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| CNA | Senior Software Engineer - Guidewire | 1st September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Jump Trading | Research Software Engineer, Trading team | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Guild | Staff Engineer, Software Engineering (Remote) | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| CNA | Senior Software Engineer - Informatica | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| ServiceNow | Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| ServiceNow | Assoc Software Engineer | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Cloudflare | Software Engineer, Browser Isolation | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Grubhub | Software Engineer II - Android | 1st September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Cloudflare | Fullstack Software Engineer - Workers Deploy & Config Team | 3rd September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Capital One | Senior Back End Software Engineer, Card Tech | 3rd September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| ServiceNow | Staff Software Engineer - Node.js | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| ServiceNow | Staff Software Engineer | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Nakamoto | Software Developer | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Jackpocket | Software Engineer | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Kargo | Software Engineer II | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Narmi | Software Engineer II - Platform | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Citadel | Software Engineer | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Cedar | Software Engineer II (Staff Workflows) | 7th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Schrödinger, Inc. | Software Developer | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| January | Software Engineer, Client Integrations (New York City & San Francisco) | 7th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Citadel | NXT - Software Engineer | 7th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Cedar | Software Engineer III (Payment Workflows) | 7th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Notion | Software Engineer, Enterprise | 7th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Brigit | Software Engineer - Fullstack | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Interview |
| Datadog | Software Engineer - Developer Efficiency | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Rejected |
| The Walt Disney Company | Software Engineer II | 8th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Alchemy | Software Engineer (Full Stack) | 8th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Sage | Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Care Platform | 8th September, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| Clear Street | Software Engineer, Clearing & Settlement Systems | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Pumpkin | Software Engineer, Engineering Platforms | 8th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Alchemy | Software Engineer (Infrastructure) | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Alchemy | Software Engineer (Rust) | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | Software Engineer, QA Tools | 8th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Magnite | Software Engineer - Senior Software Engineer | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Clay | Software Engineer, Infrastructure | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Vetcove | AI Integrations Software Engineer | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Vetcove | Software Engineer (React Native) | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Spot & Tango | Software Engineer, Full Stack | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Snap Inc. | Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Hudson River Trading | Systems Software Engineer | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Bearworks | Software Engineer | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Arena | Software Engineer - Machine Learning | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Gusto | Software Engineer (Sr. Staff) | 8th September, 2024 | Interview | Rejected |
| Datadog | Software Engineer, Full Stack - Risk Engineering | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Notion | Software Engineer, Android Platform | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Datadog | Software Engineer, Compliance Engineering | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Datadog | Software Engineer - Agent | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Narmi | Software Engineer II - Account Opening | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| NBCUniversal | Post Software Engineer | 8th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Opto Investments | Software Engineer, Data | 8th September, 2024 | Rejected | Rejected |
| Grammarly | Software Engineer, macOS | 9th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |
| Constrafor | Software Engineer, Backend | 9th September, 2024 | Applied | Applied |