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What's your resume archetype?

Eight questions. No upload, no signup. Find out which of the six resume personalities you are — and what it's costing you.

The quiz guesses. The free roast knows.

Where the six archetypes come from

They aren’t personality types. Each one is a failure pattern we see repeatedly across the resumes our AI scores — a specific habit, with a specific cost, and a specific fix. Most people recognise themselves within about two questions.

The six

The Buzzword Sommelier has an excellent vocabulary and no evidence. The Humble Ghost did the work and refuses to claim it. The Serial Pivoter has a story that makes sense out loud and looks random on paper.

The Wall of Text wrote everything down and made none of it scannable. The Understater describes a director’s job in a coordinator’s language. And the Ghost of Jobs Past is still leading with something they did in 2014.

Why a quiz instead of an upload

Because the archetypes are about how you write, not what you’ve done — and the habits show up in how you answer eight questions just as clearly as in the document itself. It also means nothing gets uploaded or stored, which matters if you’re job hunting quietly. The trade-off is honest: this identifies a pattern, it doesn’t grade your resume. For that, run the free roast.

Why patterns beat scores here

A grade tells you where you stand. A pattern tells you what to do on Monday — and for most people the second one is more useful, because the same handful of habits account for the majority of what holds a resume back.

The habits also cluster. Someone who buries their achievements in modest language usually also under-quantifies; someone writing in buzzwords is usually also writing for no particular job. Naming the cluster means one fix cascades into several, rather than working through a checklist of twenty small edits with no sense of which matter.

What the result gives you

Each archetype comes with the one fix that matters most for that specific pattern and a link to the guide that covers it properly — because knowing you’re a Buzzword Sommelier is only useful if you also get the list of 27 phrases to cut. Results live at their own shareable URL, so you can compare notes with someone else who’s job hunting.

Or skip the quiz

If you already know which one you are, go straight to the fix.

Questions people ask

Do I need to upload my resume?

No. The quiz is eight multiple-choice questions about how you write, not what you've done. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is stored.

How accurate can a quiz be without seeing my resume?

It identifies a pattern, not a grade. The six archetypes are drawn from the failure modes we see most often across the resumes our AI scores, and most people recognise themselves immediately — but it's pattern-matching your habits, not evaluating your document. For that, run the actual roast.

What are the six archetypes?

The Buzzword Sommelier, the Humble Ghost, the Serial Pivoter, the Wall of Text, the Understater, and the Ghost of Jobs Past. Each one has a specific tell, a specific cost, and a specific fix.

What do I do with the result?

Each archetype comes with the one fix that matters most for that pattern, and a link to the guide that covers it properly. The result page is shareable, so it's also a fast way to compare notes with someone else job hunting.