Hey Product Hunt! I’m Harsh, the maker of HackTheJD. We’ve all been there: you send dozens of resumes into the ATS black hole, only to get instant rejections. The generic advice is always "tailor your resume," but nobody tells you how without lying, and worse—nobody tells you what to do when you genuinely lack a required skill for your dream role. I got frustrated by the guessing game, so I built HackTheJD to act like a ruthless senior technical hiring manager. You paste your resume and a Job Description in, and our 6-pass AI pipeline gives you: ATS-Grade Match Score: A strict 0-100 breakdown of your skills vs the JD. Project Roadmaps: If you're missing a required skill (like Docker), the AI generates a custom 1-week technical project for you to build to learn it fast. Bridge Bullets: The AI literally writes new bullet points showing exactly how you would have integrated those missing skills into your current role's experience so you can pass the keyword filters. I built this to stop the guessing and help people build what actually matters. For the PH Community: Your first 2 full AI analyses are entirely free! I would absolutely love your raw, unfiltered feedback. Try to break it, test it with insanely hard Job Descriptions, and let me know what you think in the comments below!

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7mo ago

The "ATS Black Hole" is broken

The generic advice for job seekers is always: "Make sure you tailor your resume to the Job Description"

But what does that actually mean? And more importantly what are you supposed to do if you genuinely don't have the skill the recruiter is asking for?

I built hackthejd.com to answer exactly that. Instead of just telling you what's wrong, it generates a personalized Project Roadmap containing 1-to-2-week projects you can build immediately to bridge your skill gaps. It even generates the "Bridge Bullets" for your resume once you complete them.

Have you had terrible experiences with ATS platforms like Workday? I'd love to hear your horror stories and see if HackTheJD can help you get past those filters!

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AI career coach: Bridge bullets & custom project roadmaps

AI career coach: Bridge bullets & custom project roadmaps

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The "ATS Black Hole" is broken

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The "ATS Black Hole" is broken