# 💔 Rejected Before Applying

Find out exactly why your resume won't make it — before you waste the application.

## 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

## What It Does

A two-layer pipeline that reads your resume the way a hiring manager actually does.

Layer 1 — Deterministic Keyword Engine
Scans resume and JD against 60 technical skills. Hard evidence, zero hallucination.

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.

## Input
Resume and Job Description via paste or file upload (PDF, DOCX, TXT)

## Output
Evidence-based skill match score, full rejection diagnosis, 30-day action plan, resume fix bullets

## 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

## Who This Is For
MS students, new grads, career switchers, anyone tired of rejection silence

Built for the Hugging Face Build Small Hackathon.