✓ TailorCV.net

React (frontend) Google Gemini API (AI) Supabase (backend and database) Chrome Extensions API (browser extension)

Students and graduates applying for internships and graduate roles, particularly in Australia. Typically, 18-25-year-olds navigating competitive recruitment seasons who need a smarter, faster way to tailor applications without expensive subscriptions or fragmented tools. Also relevant for early-career professionals and recent graduates entering the workforce.

TailorCV's primary users are university students and recent graduates in Australia, predominantly applying for internships and graduate roles. The majority of early users have come from Australian universities.

TailorCV is one of the only job application platforms that asks clarifying questions before generating anything. Before tailoring your CV or cover letter, the AI identifies gaps between your CV and the job description and asks you targeted questions, so every output is built from your confirmed experience. No hallucinating, no invented skills. Combined with a fit score before you apply and a full application tracker, it's one of the most transparent and honest AI job application tools available.

Three reasons. First, it's currently completely free, no subscriptions, no paywalls, no credit card required. Most competitors charge $10-20 per month. Second, the anti-hallucination approach is genuinely unique, while competitors generate CVs that sound plausible but may invent experience. TailorCV only works with what you've confirmed. Third, it's an all-in-one platform, CV tailoring, cover letters, fit scoring, ATS compatibility, application tracking, and a Chrome extension in one place rather than five disconnected tools.

TailorCV was built by an Adelaide University MBA student during internship season after getting frustrated with two problems. AI tools like ChatGPT hallucinating experience he didn't have, and managing the entire job search process across five different disconnected tools. He built TailorCV in approximately one month alongside full-time studies using Lovable and the Google Gemini API. What started as a personal tool to solve his own frustrations gained 50+ users within three weeks of launching, all organically with zero paid marketing. The anti-hallucination clarifying questions flow was the core design decision, ensuring the product was genuinely trustworthy rather than just fast.