| # 💔 Rejected Before Applying |
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| Find out exactly why your resume won't make it — before you waste the application. |
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| ## Links |
| - Blog: https://huggingface.co/blog/build-small-hackathon/rejected-before-applying |
| - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/srirama-mallela-8b5317240_buildsmallhackathon-huggingface-gradio-share-7472438165082124288-ztM8 |
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| ## What It Does |
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| A two-layer pipeline that reads your resume the way a hiring manager actually does. |
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| Layer 1 — Deterministic Keyword Engine |
| Scans resume and JD against 60 technical skills. Hard evidence, zero hallucination. |
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| Layer 2 — AI Hiring Manager Llama 3.1 8B |
| Grounded in the keyword evidence, generates why you will be rejected, top 3 skill gaps, specific projects to build, a 30 day improvement plan, and 3 resume bullets to add after building those projects. |
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| ## Input |
| Resume and Job Description via paste or file upload (PDF, DOCX, TXT) |
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| ## Output |
| Evidence-based skill match score, full rejection diagnosis, 30-day action plan, resume fix bullets |
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| ## Stack |
| Model: meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct via HF Inference Router |
| Keyword Engine: Deterministic regex over 60 technical skills |
| UI: Gradio |
| File parsing: pypdf and python-docx |
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| ## Who This Is For |
| MS students, new grads, career switchers, anyone tired of rejection silence |
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| Built for the Hugging Face Build Small Hackathon. |
