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Resume bullet point generator

Turn your work into quantified bullets, and check the ones you have.

Free, no sign-up. The template runs in your browser; AI writing is optional.

Or pick one below

A number, before and after, or scale

Tools, methods, decisions

Optional: users, team size, money, frequency

Your bullet

Reduced checkout page load time by 40% (3.2s to 1.9s) by code-splitting the React bundle and lazy-loading images, for 2M monthly shoppers.

  • Pass: Starts with an action verb

  • Pass: Has a number

  • Pass: 22 words

  • Pass: No personal pronouns

Write with AI

Three stronger versions of your bullet, plus rewrites of any bullets you paste below.

 

AI is optional. When you use it, the text above is sent to Anthropic's Claude to write the result. We don't store it and it isn't used for training. Check the result before you use it.

Stronger verbs

Built
Improved
Reduced
Grew
Led
Analyzed
Communicated

Check your existing bullets

Paste bullets from your resume, one per line.

The formula behind a strong bullet

Each bullet should answer three questions: what did you do, how did you do it, and what changed? Google's recruiters popularized it as the XYZ formula: accomplished X, as measured by Y, by doing Z.

WeakStrong
Responsible for the payments APIRebuilt the payments API in Go, cutting p95 latency from 900 ms to 120 ms for 40k requests a minute
Helped with onboardingRedesigned onboarding with product and design, lifting week-one activation from 31% to 44%
Worked on CIReduced CI time by 65% (22 to 8 minutes) by parallelizing tests and caching Docker layers

Tailor bullets to the job

Reorder and reword bullets so the skills in the job description appear in your strongest lines, but only where they are true. The resume to job description match tool shows which skills a listing asks for that your resume doesn't mention yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the XYZ formula for resume bullets?

“Accomplished X, as measured by Y, by doing Z.” It makes every bullet state an outcome, a measure and your method, e.g. “Cut checkout load time by 40% by code-splitting the React bundle.”

How long should a resume bullet be?

One line, two at most: roughly 10 to 25 words. Recruiters skim, so lead with the verb and the result.

What if I don't have numbers?

Use scale instead: users, requests per second, team size, number of services, how often something ran, or time saved. Estimates are fine if they are honest and you can explain them.

How many bullets should each job have?

Three to five for recent roles and one or two for older ones. Put the most relevant achievement for the job you're applying to first.

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