AdaptMyCv

Every AI resume tool has the same dirty little secret: to make your CV look impressive, it makes things up.

I noticed this the hard way during my own job hunt. I'd paste my resume into an LLM, ask it to tailor it for a role, and get back beautiful bullet points describing accomplishments I'd never had. It was persuasive. It was also a trap — the kind that gets you into an interview you then can't survive, because you can't speak to work you never did.

So when I built **AdaptMyCV** ([adaptmycv.app](https://adaptmycv.app)), I started from a constraint instead of a feature: **it is not allowed to invent anything.** This post is about why that's harder than it sounds, and how I enforced it.

### The real problem: ATS filtering rewards tailoring, not lying

Most mid-to-large employers run resumes through an Applicant Tracking System before a human sees them. If your CV doesn't reflect the language and requirements of the specific posting, you're filtered out silently — no rejection email