I had a small bracket drawing that was easy to manufacture but annoying to inspect. Most dimensions came from different edges, so checking it meant constantly resetting the calipers.
Would you change the datum scheme to make inspection easier, even if the drawing becomes slightly less intuitive for fabrication?
I’ve been reading more experiences from people testing AI job application tools, and I’m starting to think the most important question is not “how many jobs can this tool apply to?”
It is:
Does this tool give the candidate more control or less?
Some tools seem focused on volume. Apply to as many jobs as possible, as fast as possible.
But I’m not sure that helps if the jobs are irrelevant, the answers are generic, or the candidate does not know exactly what was submitted.
The more useful version seems to be autofill.
A good tool should help with repetitive parts:
But the candidate should still handle:
That feels like a much healthier workflow than blind auto apply.
For people who have tried these tools, what matters most to you: speed, control, relevance, or quality?
As I mentioned in last post, the more I read about AI job application tools, the more I think the useful part is not auto apply.
It is autofill.
Most applications ask for the same information that is already in your resume: work history, education, location, links, eligibility, and repeated short answers.
Having AI fill those repetitive fields seems useful.
Having AI submit hundreds of applications without review feels risky.
To me, the ideal flow is:
That seems like a better balance than fully automated applying.
Curious if others agree. Would you trust AI autofill for applications if you still had full control before submitting?
I’ve been reading a lot of posts from job seekers testing AI job application tools, and I keep noticing the same pattern.
The tools that fully auto apply sound convenient, but they also seem to create a lot of problems:
But autofill feels like a different category.
If a tool helps fill out repetitive fields, but the candidate still reviews everything and manually submits, that seems much more useful.
To me, the ideal workflow would be:
That seems better than blindly blasting hundreds of applications.
Curious how other people feel about this.
Would you trust autofill for job applications if you still had full control before submitting? Or do you think AI tools are not worth using at all?
Applied to 200+ jobs in four months. Tailored resumes, wrote cover letters, researched companies. Got three interviews, two ghosted me after the final round, one sent a rejection six weeks later with no feedback. Still unemployed. Nobody tells you the hardest part is not the rejection, it is the silence. The jobs that never respond at all. Just sit there not knowing if the application was even seen by a human being.