Inspiration
Writing résumés is painful — especially for students or fresh grads who don’t know how to describe their own experiences. Many people feel like they “didn’t do much,” when in reality, they just lack the words to showcase it properly.
Most AI résumé tools today suffer from “hallucination” — they try to guess your work experience based on a job description, often inventing things you never did. This creates false content and undermines trust.
We wanted to flip that. Instead of generating fake experiences, we guide users to reflect on what they actually did — then help them express it professionally, cleanly, and accurately in LaTeX format.
🧠 Our core idea is simple: help people uncover and express their real experiences — not fabricate new ones. The AI doesn’t just produce text, it produces insight.
What it does
🎯 Resume Master is a lightweight tool to:
- Collect your real background via a simple questionnaire
- Use GPT to help rephrase your project experience
- Output a clean LaTeX résumé you can use in Overleaf
It’s fully local, open-source, no login required.
🌱 The platform starts from you — your story, your strengths, your goals — and builds outward. Instead of a blank résumé template, it offers a structured reflection process that becomes the seed for tailored output.
How we built it
- Frontend: React + Vite, single-page form UI
- Backend: Flask (Python), exposes two endpoints (
/questions,/generate) - AI Integration: Gemini/GPT-4 via API
- Rendering: LaTeX template rendered using Jinja2
All data is processed locally. Users clone the repo, add their API key, and run it with Docker or locally.
Challenges we ran into
- Keeping the interface minimal while retaining enough flexibility
- Tuning the prompt to generate accurate but concise résumé bullets
- Avoiding GPT hallucination and sticking to user-provided facts
- LaTeX formatting — making output readable and recruiter-friendly
What we learned
- Prompt engineering really matters for factual correctness
- Users often underestimate their own value — AI can help them reflect and articulate it
- Markdown + LaTeX + GPT = a surprisingly powerful résumé engine!
What's next
- Support multiple templates and job role targeting
- JD-aware content tailoring (based on uploaded job descriptions)
- Option to export as PDF
- Add support for non-English output (Chinese)
- Enable voice-to-text input via ElevenLabs
Business Model & Vision
💼 While the base platform is free and local-first, we see long-term opportunities to support a hybrid ecosystem:
- Commission-based expert services (resume reviews, interview prep)
- Optional premium AI features (e.g. dynamic job tailoring, mock interviews)
- Partnerships with bootcamps, career coaches, and hiring platforms
Ultimately, our goal isn’t just to help users get hired — it’s to help them understand their own value, and that changes everything.
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