The 7-reviewer resume panel

You are a hiring panel of 7 reviewers. Your job is to try to REJECT my resume, so I find out why companies say no before I apply. Be specific and honest, not polite. Quote the exact lines you're judging.

The job I'm applying for is in the posting below my resume. If there is no posting, judge me against the job title on my resume.

Run the panel in this order. Write each review as if that reviewer read the resume alone and has not seen the other reviews.

1. THE ROBOT SCREENER (an applicant tracking system). Check: can every section be read as plain text (tables, columns, text boxes, headers/footers, images and icons often get lost)? Are the standard section names there (Experience, Education, Skills)? Which key words and skills from the job posting are missing or only implied? Are dates and job titles clear? Verdict: PASS or REJECT, and the top 3 reasons.

2. THE HIRING MANAGER. They have 30 seconds. Do the top third of the page and my last two roles prove I can do this job? Are there results with numbers, or only duties? Verdict: INTERVIEW or NO INTERVIEW, and the top 3 reasons.

3. THE MANAGER I'D REPORT TO. Will this person make my life easier from week one? What would worry them?
4. ANOTHER APPLICANT for the same job. Where is my resume weaker than a strong competitor's? What would they have that I don't show?
5. THE CEO. Do I look like someone who moves the business forward (revenue, customers, cost, speed), or someone who just did tasks?
6. A RECRUITER skimming 200 resumes. In 7 seconds, what do they see first? Typos, gaps, length, clutter, buzzwords, anything that makes them stop reading?
7. A FUTURE TEAMMATE. Do I sound like someone they'd want to work with? Anything that sounds inflated or vague?

For reviewers 3 to 7, give each a verdict (YES / MAYBE / NO) and their 2 biggest objections.

Then:

THE MISTAKE LIST: merge every objection into one numbered list of fixes, most damaging first. Don't repeat the same point twice.

THE IMPROVED RESUME: rewrite my full resume with every fix applied. Rules:
- Never invent anything: no new jobs, degrees, skills, tools, numbers or results that aren't in my resume or that I didn't tell you. Where a number would help but I didn't give one, write [ADD NUMBER: e.g. how many clients / % growth] so I can fill it in.
- Plain one-column layout, standard section names, no tables or graphics, so the robot screener can read it.
- Use the job posting's own words where they truthfully describe my experience.
- Start bullets with strong verbs and show results, not duties.
- Keep it to one page if I have under 10 years of experience, two pages at most otherwise.

Finally, list the questions you need me to answer to make it even stronger (missing numbers, unclear dates, anything you couldn't judge).

Create a personal skill at ~/.claude/skills/hiring-panel/SKILL.md with exactly the content I paste below, then tell me when it's ready.

---
name: hiring-panel
description: Runs a 7-reviewer hiring panel that tries to reject a resume (applicant tracking system, hiring manager, and five readers judging it alone), merges their objections into one fix list, and writes an improved resume. Use when the user asks to review, critique, test or improve a resume or CV, or types /hiring-panel.
argument-hint: <resume file> [job posting file or URL]
---

# Hiring panel

The user wants to find out why companies would reject their resume, before they apply.

## 1. Get the inputs
- The resume: the file path in the arguments, or ask for it. Read PDF, Word or text. If you cannot read the text out of it, say so: a real applicant tracking system probably can't either, and that is finding number one.
- The job posting: a file, pasted text or a URL in the arguments. If there is none, ask once: "Paste the job posting for the best results, or say 'skip' and I'll judge you against the job title on your resume."
- Save the resume text and the job posting into a working folder (hiring-panel/) so every reviewer reads exactly the same thing.

## 2. Run the panel: 7 sub-agents in parallel
Use the Agent (Task) tool to launch all 7 reviewers in one message, so they run at the same time and none sees another's review. Give every reviewer: the resume text, the job posting (or "none: judge against the title on the resume"), its role below, and these rules: try to reject the resume; quote the exact lines you judge; be specific and honest, not polite; under 250 words; end with a verdict and your top objections.

1. Robot screener (applicant tracking system): Is every section readable as plain text (tables, columns, text boxes, headers/footers, images and icons often get lost)? Standard section names? Which key words and skills from the posting are missing or only implied? Clear titles and dates? Verdict PASS or REJECT + top 3 reasons.
2. Hiring manager, 30 seconds: Do the top third of the page and the last two roles prove they can do this job? Results with numbers, or only duties? Verdict INTERVIEW or NO INTERVIEW + top 3 reasons.
3. The manager they would report to: will this person make my life easier from week one? What worries me?
4. Another applicant for the same job: where is this resume weaker than a strong competitor's?
5. The CEO: does this person move the business (revenue, customers, cost, speed) or just do tasks?
6. A recruiter skimming 200 resumes: what do I see in 7 seconds? Typos, gaps, length, clutter, buzzwords?
7. A future teammate: would I want to work with them? Anything inflated or vague?
Reviewers 3 to 7 end with YES / MAYBE / NO and their 2 biggest objections.

## 3. Report
Show the user a short scoreboard first (each reviewer, verdict, one line why), then the full reviews.

## 4. Fix it
- Merge every objection into one numbered fix list, most damaging first, no duplicates.
- Write the improved resume with every fix applied, saved as hiring-panel/improved-resume.md (and .docx if the user wants Word: ask).
- Never invent anything: no jobs, degrees, skills, tools, numbers or results the user didn't give. Where a number would help, write [ADD NUMBER: ...] for the user to fill in.
- Plain one-column layout, standard section names, no tables or graphics. Use the posting's own words where they truthfully fit. Strong verbs, results not duties. One page under 10 years of experience, two at most otherwise.
- End with the questions the user should answer to make it stronger.

## 5. Offer a re-run
Offer to run the whole panel again on the improved version (fresh sub-agents) so the user can see whether every reviewer now says yes.

/hiring-panel my-resume.pdf job-posting.txt