--- title: Your AI Written Resume Might Get You the Interview — But... description: AI can make a resume sound impressive by inflating ordinary contributions into leadership achievements, but this creates a trap: interviewers probe for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/your-ai-written-resume-might-get-you-the-interview-but-it-could-also-cost-you-the-job-dn9bxw5ls twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Your AI Written Resume Might Get You the Interview — But It Could Also Cost You the Job | daily.dev og:description: AI can make a resume sound impressive by inflating ordinary contributions into leadership achievements, but this creates a trap: interviewers probe for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-ai-written-resume-might-get-you-the-interview-but-it-could-also-cost-you-the-job-dn9bxw5ls og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DN9BxW5ls.png og:image:alt: Your AI Written Resume Might Get You the Interview — But It Could Also Cost You the Job og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your AI Written Resume Might Get You the Interview — But It Could Also Cost You the Job **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AI can make a resume sound impressive by inflating ordinary contributions into leadership achievements, but this creates a trap: interviewers probe for decisions, influence, and measurable results, and candidates who cannot back up inflated claims lose credibility and the job. The advice is not to avoid AI but to use it iteratively as a writing partner, correcting exaggerations and keeping facts accurate. Six questions are offered to test whether an AI-written bullet point can be honestly defended in an interview, emphasizing that a resume should set up conversations the candidate can actually win. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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