Automate tailored job applications for specific openings
A developer built an application agent that helped them land interviews at Cohere and Scale AI.
- What they did
- The developer had once depended on recruiters finding them through LinkedIn, but that stream of interest faded and they struggled to break into top companies. To compensate, they put together an agent to handle job applications. The post does not say how it was built, what systems it could reach, or where the developer manually stepped in.
- How it went
- They say the agent helped them get interview invitations from Cohere and Scale AI, and that those calls likely would not have happened otherwise. They did not provide any totals for applications, reply rates, or offers.
- Tips
- Use an agent to draft and organize materials, but keep a human review step before anything is sent. Be careful not to give it permission to submit or pay without checking the final version first.
Try it yourself with Claude Code
Create a job-search helper in [workspace or folder]. Begin with [path to resume] and this list of targets: [desired roles and employers]. When I paste a posting, produce a version of my resume tailored to that role and a short message for the hiring team, then save each draft as its own file. Before any application is sent, deleted, paid for, or submitted, pause and ask me to approve the final drafts. Test the process on [number] example postings first.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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