Does your resume sound like ChatGPT?
Paste your resume below. We'll flag the exact lines that read as AI-written — em-dashes, buzzwords, placeholders — and show you how to rewrite them so it sounds like you again. Free, no signup, about 15 seconds.
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The 8 most common AI tells in 2026 resumes
Large language models have a default writing voice, and recruiters have learned to spot it. The most common signals we detect:
- Em-dash density — many em-dashes packed into a summary.
- Buzzword stacks — "spearheaded", "leveraged", "holistic", "synergized", "cutting-edge".
- Unfilled placeholders —
[Company Name],[add metric here]left in. - Rule-of-three patterns — every bullet built as "X, Y, and Z".
- Empty openers — "Successfully", "Effectively", "Strategically" with no specifics.
- Generic verbs — "worked on", "helped with", "was involved in".
- Vague hedging — "various", "numerous", "a wide range of".
- Uniform AI voice — hyper-polished prose with no concrete numbers or specifics.
How to use ChatGPT and still sound human
You don't have to stop using AI — you have to stop shipping its default voice. Replace abstract claims with concrete results (a number, a tool, a before/after), cut the buzzwords, and read each bullet aloud: if it could describe anyone, rewrite it so it could only describe you.
FAQ
Can recruiters tell if my resume was written by ChatGPT?
Often, yes. Recruiters and a growing set of screening tools flag tells like heavy em-dash use, buzzword stacks ('spearheaded', 'leveraged', 'holistic'), rule-of-three bullet patterns, and leftover placeholders. Surveys in 2025–2026 show a large share of recruiters say they reject resumes that read as generic AI output. This tool shows you those tells before they do.
Is using ChatGPT to write my resume bad?
No — using AI to draft is fine. The problem is shipping the AI's default voice: vague, over-polished, and identical to everyone else's. The fix is to keep your real facts and specifics and strip the generic phrasing. This detector points to the exact lines to rewrite.
Does the em-dash really mean a resume is AI-written?
Not on its own — plenty of humans use em-dashes. It's about reader perception: in 2026 a dense run of em-dashes plus buzzwords reads as AI to a recruiter skimming for six seconds. We flag density, not the occasional dash.
Is this free, and do you store my resume?
The quick scan is free with no signup, and your resume text isn't stored. Signed-in users get a deeper, AI-powered voice analysis with line-by-line rewrites.