Keep a master file of your real experience and have AI check every tailored resume or message against it, flagging any claim you cannot back up.
Who it is for
Job seekers using AI to tailor resumes who worry it is inflating titles, numbers or skills.
Tools
Claude or ChatGPT, ideally in a project
Your master file of roles and results
The tailored resume or message
Steps
Write a master file: every role with dates, projects and results with real numbers. Only what you could explain in an interview.
Save it in a Claude or ChatGPT project so each check starts from the same file.
Paste the tailored resume or message and run the prompt below.
Fix or delete every line marked NOT SUPPORTED or STRETCHED.
Re-run until everything is SUPPORTED.
Add new results to the master file as they happen, not when job hunting.
The prompt
Compare this tailored resume to my master file. Check every line.
Master file: [IN PROJECT, OR PASTE]
Tailored resume or message: [PASTE]
For each line, mark:
- SUPPORTED: quote the matching master-file line
- STRETCHED: the claim is bigger than the master file (title, number, scope); show both
- NOT SUPPORTED: nothing in the master file backs it
Then list only the STRETCHED and NOT SUPPORTED lines with a fix that stays true.
Tips
Numbers are where inflation hides; check every one.
Skills lists drift fastest; keep only what you have used for real.
An interviewer will ask about any line. If you cannot tell the story, cut it.