---
name: Ten-Second Hiring Manager Review
category: career
works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini]
difficulty: plug-and-play
version: 1.0
source: adapted (user-submitted collection, rewritten)
tested: no
---

# Ten-Second Hiring Manager Review

## What it does
A final brutal pass before you hit send — reviewed the way a busy hiring manager actually reads: 10 seconds, scanning, looking for a reason to skip you.

## When to use it
- Right before submitting any application
- You've stared at your resume so long you can't see it anymore
- Deciding between two versions

## The skill
```
Review this application as a hiring manager with 200 applications
and 10 seconds per scan.

Resume: [PASTE]
Cover letter (if any): [PASTE]
The role: [PASTE JOB TITLE + 2-3 KEY REQUIREMENTS]

Tell me:
1. SKIP TRIGGERS — what would make you pass in the first 10 seconds.
   Be brutal. Formatting, weak first bullet, vague titles, anything.
2. STOP TRIGGERS — what would make you slow down and actually read.
3. THE FIX LIST — exact changes, in order of impact. Rewrite the
   single most important line for me as an example.
4. VERDICT — would this survive the 10-second scan for THIS role:
   yes / barely / no. Don't soften it; a polite "barely" costs me
   interviews.
```

## Example output
[TO FILL AFTER TESTING]

## Tweaks
- Run twice: once for the ATS-heavy version, once for a human referral version
- If verdict is "barely", fix only the top 2 items and rerun — don't rebuild everything