A Hiring Panel of Seven Claudes That Tries to Reject Your Resume

One of the worst parts of job hunting is the silence. You send a resume, nothing comes back, and you never find out whether it was the format, the wording, the missing keyword or something else entirely.

Someone built a fix for that, and it went viral: a hiring panel where seven Claudes each try to reject your resume, tell you why, and then hand you a fixed version. Their setup is only available by DM, so we built our own version from scratch. Here it is in full, with how to run it in Claude Code and a sample run so you can see what it gives back.

How does the seven-Claude hiring panel work?

Each Claude reads your resume on its own, as a different person in the hiring process, and tries to find a reason to say no. Reading alone matters, because if the seven could see each other's answers, they'd mostly end up agreeing with whoever spoke first.

The seven seats:

1. The screening system. It plays the software that filters resumes before a person ever sees them, and decides whether yours gets through to a human at all.
2. The hiring manager. The person who owns the role, reading for "can this person do the job I need done".
3. The team lead you'd report to day to day.
4. A rival applicant going for the same job, looking for where you're weaker than them.
5. The CEO, who gives it ten seconds and asks what this person would change.
6. A recruiter skimming a pile of 200, deciding in about six seconds.
7. A future teammate, asking whether they'd want to work beside you.

Then one final step pulls all seven verdicts together, ranks the problems by how often they came up, and rewrites the resume with every one of them fixed.

How do you set it up in Claude Code?

You'll need Claude Code installed and signed in. In any folder, create a file at .claude/skills/hiring-panel/SKILL.md, paste in the prompt file below, and save your resume in the same folder as a PDF or a Word file.

---
name: hiring-panel
description: Seven independent reviewers try to reject a resume, then one rewrite fixes every problem they found. Use when the user runs /hiring-panel with a resume file.
---

You are running a hiring panel on the resume file the user names.
If they also paste a job description, every reviewer judges against it.

Step 1. Read the resume once and note the target role.

Step 2. Launch SEVEN separate subagents, one per seat below. Each one reads
the resume alone, never sees the others' answers, and must try to REJECT it.
Each returns: verdict (reject / maybe / advance), the three biggest reasons,
and the exact line in the resume each reason points at.

  1. Screening system: the software that filters resumes before a human.
     Check keywords from the target role, job titles, dates, file format,
     anything that would stop it reaching a person.
  2. Hiring manager: owns the role. Can this person do the job I need done?
  3. Team lead: would manage them daily. Where would I have to babysit?
  4. Rival applicant: going for the same job. Where am I stronger than them?
  5. CEO: ten seconds only. What would this person change for the company?
  6. Recruiter: skimming 200 resumes, six seconds each. Why do I move on?
  7. Future teammate: would I want to sit beside this person? What's missing?

Step 3. Collect all seven verdicts. Rank every problem by how many seats
raised it. Show the user a table: problem, seats that raised it, the line.

Step 4. Rewrite the full resume with every ranked problem fixed. Keep every
fact true to the original. Never invent a job, number or skill. Where a fix
needs a fact the resume doesn't have, leave a [FILL IN: ...] note instead.

Step 5. End with the three changes that matter most, in one line each.

Then open Claude Code in that folder and run:

/hiring-panel my-resume.pdf

If you have the job ad, paste it in after the command. The panel is much harsher, and much more useful, when it knows exactly what you're applying for.

What does the output look like?

Here's an illustration of the shape of what comes back, written for a made-up resume: a marketing executive with three years of experience applying for a senior role. It's an example of the format, not a real run or a real person.

In the rewrite step, a line like "Managed social media accounts" becomes "Ran Instagram and TikTok for a 12-person retail brand, [FILL IN: follower or sales result]". The prompt tells it to flag where you need a real number instead of making one up, which is the behaviour you want.

Is it really free?

The prompt file above is free to copy and use. Running it needs Claude Code, which comes with Claude's paid plans, from Pro upwards.

Seven subagents reading a resume use more of your plan than one normal chat, so run it on the resume you're actually sending, not twenty drafts in a row.

What should you watch out for?

Two things. First, the screening seat is a simulation. Real screening software differs between companies, so treat its verdict as a checklist rather than a prediction. Second, the rewrite is only as honest as the facts you give it. The prompt tells Claude never to invent anything, and you should still read every line before you send it.

If you're job hunting, I also covered a free job search that runs on Claude Code, which finds the roles for you. The two work well together, since one finds the jobs and the other makes sure your resume survives them.

FAQ

What is the seven-Claude hiring panel?

The seven-Claude hiring panel is a Claude Code setup where seven separate Claude subagents each read your resume as a different person in the hiring process, try to reject it, and explain why. A final step rewrites the resume with every problem fixed.

How do I run the hiring panel prompt in Claude Code?

Save the prompt file as .claude/skills/hiring-panel/SKILL.md, put your resume in the same folder, open Claude Code there and run /hiring-panel my-resume.pdf, adding the job ad if you have it.

Is the seven-Claude resume review free?

The hiring panel prompt is free to copy. Running it needs Claude Code, which is included with Claude's paid plans from Pro upwards.

Will the hiring panel make up experience on my resume?

No. The prompt tells Claude to keep every fact true and to leave a fill-in note wherever a fix needs a number or detail the resume doesn't have.

Does the screening system seat match real applicant tracking software?

Not exactly. The screening seat simulates the kind of filter companies use, but real systems differ between employers, so use its verdict as a checklist rather than a prediction.