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Ashik Elahi Shaik

Why are so many qualified people getting zero interview calls?

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Hey everyone, I’m Ashik.

I used to think people weren’t getting interview calls because they lacked skills.

But after talking to students, freshers, and people applying to 100+ jobs, I realized something else:

A lot of qualified people are applying everywhere with the exact same resume.

Modern hiring systems don’t really reward that anymore.

Different roles expect different keywords, projects, experience signals, and resume structure — but most applicants don’t know what’s actually missing or why they keep getting rejected.

That frustration is what pushed me to start building ReCVme.

Still learning a lot about hiring, resumes, distribution, and building in public along the way.

Curious:
What’s been the most frustrating part of job applications for you lately?

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Julia Klemenc

One of the biggest issues is that most candidates never get feedback, so they don't know what's they actually failing in their application funnel. It becomes a guessing game between ATS filters, keyword matching, and recruiter expectations instead of a clear improvement loop.

Ashik Elahi Shaik

@julia_klemenc Exactly, that guessing-game part feels broken.

Most people don’t even know why and where they’re failing:
ATS filters, keyword mismatch, resume structure, experience relevance, recruiter expectations… it’s all invisible from the applicant side.

A lot of applicants end up blaming themselves, but they’re actually missing alignment, not ability.

Ayush Bera

Really interesting observation the same resume getting rejected 100 times isn't a skills problem, it's a targeting problem. Makes total sense.

A few things I'm curious about with ReCVme:

  1. Does it analyze the job description and tell you exactly which keywords or signals are missing from your resume, or does it do the rewriting itself?

  2. How does it handle people who are career switching where their experience is relevant but the language doesn't match the new industry?

  3. What does the output actually look like a scored report, a rewritten resume, or suggested edits?

I'm Ayush, building Clipency a performance-based content distribution platform for creators and brands. Curious how you're thinking about distribution for ReCVme itself, always love swapping growth notes with fellow builders 🤝

Ashik Elahi Shaik

@ayushbera Really appreciate the questions 🤝

Yeah, ReCVme currently does both — it checks the job description for missing/matching keywords and rewrites the resume around that specific role.

Career switching is actually one of the more interesting challenges. A lot of people already have relevant experience, but their resume doesn’t communicate it in the language recruiters in that industry expect. We’re trying to help bridge that gap instead of just forcing keyword stuffing everywhere.

Right now the output includes:

  • ATS analysis

  • matching/missing keywords

  • strengths & weaknesses

  • improvement suggestions

  • a tailored resume rewrite

And honestly, we’re still figuring out distribution ourselves 😅

One thing we’ve noticed though:
people already know job applications are frustrating, but many don’t realize how much the “same resume everywhere” approach hurts them.

Talking about that problem has resonated way more than just saying “AI resume tool.”

Clipency sounds really interesting too — performance-based distribution feels like a smart direction.

Nolan Vu

Honestly, I've seen this from the hiring side too. We've passed

on great candidates — not because they weren't qualified, but

because their resume didn't "match" the ATS keywords we set up.

The uncomfortable truth: most job descriptions are written by

people who don't fully understand the role. So the filter

catches the wrong things.

One thing that helped people stand out when I was reviewing:

a 2-line note explaining what they actually built or solved —

not just job titles. Context beats credentials every time.