Audit your search materials and interview approach for the signals that distinguish genuine demonstration from performance, and identify the specific places where the real version of your candidacy is being replaced by a managed one.
How It Works
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Resume and Materials Check
5 checkboxes.
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Interview and Conversation Check
5 checkboxes.
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Search Strategy Check
3 checkboxes.
Resume and Materials Check
Flag every item that applies to your current resume or application materials.
Performance signals, flag if present
My resume accomplishments could describe any competent person in my function, there is nothing in them that identifies them as mine specifically (no organization-specific detail, no specific numbers, no named context)
My resume language was pulled primarily from the job description rather than from my own description of my work
My cover letter or summary contains statements about the organization's mission or values that I could not speak to specifically if asked
I have claimed scope, scale, or impact in my materials that I would have difficulty defending in a detailed follow-up conversation
My LinkedIn summary or headline describes a version of myself that I am working toward rather than who I actually am right now
Interview and Conversation Check
Performance signals, flag if present
I have a set of "go-to" interview answers that I deliver regardless of the specific question being asked, because they are rehearsed and comfortable
I frequently say things in interviews that I believe the interviewer wants to hear rather than what I actually think or have experienced
I have expressed enthusiasm for organizations or roles in interviews that I am not genuinely excited about, because I needed the process to advance
When asked about a gap or a weakness, I give a performed answer rather than an honest one, something that sounds like a strength in disguise
I have accepted offers or advanced in processes for organizations or roles I was not genuinely interested in, because I was performing interest I did not have
Search Strategy Check
Performance signals, flag if present
I am applying to significantly more roles than I would genuinely want to accept, because I believe volume is the answer to the current market
My LinkedIn activity (posts, comments, engagement) is driven more by the desire to appear active than by genuine engagement with ideas and people in my field
I have optimized my materials to the point where they no longer sound like I wrote them, they sound like a document designed to pass a screen
The Real Case
Your Authenticity Audit Report
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