About BurntCV
BurntCV is a novelty AI tool that gives your resume a humorous critique. You upload a resume, pick a tone, and receive a roast covering your career trajectory plus one pointed observation, usually in under 30 seconds. The same treatment is offered for LinkedIn profiles.
Three intensity levels are offered: mild, medium rare and unhinged. The site says it does not store uploaded resumes, offers the first roast free, and shows a feed of anonymized sample roasts. Behind the jokes it points out common resume habits such as vague buzzwords and missing numbers, so it can also work as a prompt to improve the document.
Key features
- AI roast of an uploaded resume
- Three intensity levels from mild to unhinged
- Roasts for LinkedIn profiles
- Results in under 30 seconds
- Resumes not stored, per the vendor
Good fit for
- →Job seekers wanting a candid resume review
- →Sharing a humorous roast with friends
- Tags
- resume
- cv
- ai
- career
- humor
- job-search
BurntCV: questions and answers
- What is BurntCV used for?
- BurntCV is an AI resume critic that returns a humorous, blunt roast of your resume or LinkedIn profile in under half a minute. It is a good fit for job seekers wanting a candid resume review and sharing a humorous roast with friends.
- Is BurntCV free?
- Yes. BurntCV has a free plan.
- Is BurntCV open source?
- No. BurntCV is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the HR & Recruiting category, open-source options include JobOps, Reactive Resume and Resume Matcher.
- What are some alternatives to BurntCV?
- BurntCV competes with AyeHigh, ATS Scorer and Analyzer.cv.
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