Tailor a Resume Bullet to a Job Description

Prompt

Here is one of my resume bullet points: "{{original_bullet}}"

Here is a job description I'm applying to: {{job_description}}

Rewrite my bullet point to highlight the parts most relevant to this job, using similar language to the posting where it's honestly accurate. Do not invent achievements or numbers I didn't provide.

Fill in these placeholders

• {{original_bullet}}
• {{job_description}}

How to use it

Only provide accomplishments you can actually back up — the prompt explicitly asks the AI not to fabricate details, but it can only avoid that if you don't ask it to.

Example use case

Customizing a resume for a specific job application.

Why this prompt works

The instruction to work only from facts you supply is the part that keeps this honest. Resume writing is where invented numbers appear most easily and cost the most when checked. Feeding the job description gives the model the vocabulary the employer actually uses, which is what makes a tailored bullet read as relevant rather than merely well written.

Common mistakes

• Letting it add metrics. A number you cannot defend in an interview is worse than no number.
• Tailoring so hard that the bullet stops being true to what you did.
• Using the same tailored bullet for every application, which defeats the entire purpose.

Variations worth trying

• Ask for three versions emphasising different aspects of the same work, then pick per application.
• Add 'tell me which requirement in the job description this bullet does not address' to find your real gaps.
• Ask it to flag any claim it thinks a interviewer would probe, and prepare those answers.