How it works

What is this?

HighSchoolResumes is a guided resume builder made for high school students. It walks you through an interview, helps you write professional bullet points, and creates a resume you can download as a PDF.

Getting started

1. Pick an identifier — Choose a fun name like "silver-oak" or type your own. This is how you find your resume on a shared computer. It's not your real name.
2. Set a password — This encrypts your resume on this computer. Write it down somewhere safe — there's no way to recover it.
3. Start building — You'll land on the Build tab where the interview begins.

Shared computers

Multiple students can use the same computer. Each person picks their own identifier and password. Your data is kept separate and encrypted. When you're done, click Lock in the top right and the next person can open their own resume.

The four tabs

Import

Already have a resume in Google Docs or Word? Paste the text here and the app will automatically organize it into sections. You can also skip this and start fresh.

Build (Interview)

This is the main feature. The app asks you questions about each section of your resume — Experience, Skills, Activities, Education, and Interests. After each answer, it suggests 2-3 bullet points. You can:

• Use this — Add the bullet to your resume as-is
• Edit — Change the wording before adding it
• Refine — Tell the app what to change (e.g. "make it shorter" or "mention that I led a team of 5") and it'll generate new options
• None of these — Skip all suggestions and move to the next question

You get 4 questions per section. When all sections are done, you can revisit any section to add more bullets or refine existing ones.

Preview

See your resume formatted and ready to print. You can edit your name, email, phone, and location at the top. When you're happy with it, download it as a PDF or print it directly.

Opportunities

Click "Find Opportunities for Me" and the app will suggest volunteer positions, part-time jobs, and local programs in Seattle that match your skills and interests. It also identifies gaps in your resume that you might want to strengthen.

Editing your resume later

In the live preview sidebar (visible during the interview on desktop) or the Preview tab, you can:

• Edit any bullet directly
• Refine any bullet with AI help — tell it what to change and pick from the suggestions, or keep your original

AI in this tool

This tool uses AI (a language model) to help with professional wording. For a complete list of every prompt and what data is sent to the AI, see our AI Transparency page. Here's what that means for you:

• Your experiences are real — the AI just helps with wording. When you answer interview questions, the AI turns your words into polished resume bullets. But the experiences, skills, and details should always be yours.
• AI is good at sounding professional, but it can get things wrong. Always read the suggested bullets carefully. If a bullet exaggerates what you did, makes something up, or doesn't sound like you — edit it or pick a different one.
• Employers care about honesty. Companies increasingly expect applicants to use AI tools for polishing resumes and cover letters. What they don't want is fabricated experiences. Use AI to refine your ideas, not replace them.
• The opportunity finder suggests — you verify. When the app recommends volunteer positions or jobs, check that the organization exists and is actually accepting applicants before you apply. AI can sometimes suggest things that are outdated or inaccurate.

For a real-world example of how a company thinks about AI in hiring, see Anthropic's guidance on AI use in job applications. Their advice: use AI to strengthen your authentic voice, not to create a fake one.

Tips

• Be specific in your interview answers. Instead of "I helped at a food bank," try "I sorted and packed 200 food boxes every Saturday at Ballard Food Bank for 6 months."
• Use the Refine feature to make bullets more specific — tell it details like numbers, team sizes, or tools you used.
• Download your PDF and save it somewhere safe. Browser storage can be cleared.
• You can always come back and add more — your resume is saved as long as you remember your identifier and password.

Privacy

Your resume data stays on this device, encrypted with your password. Interview answers are sent to an AI service to generate bullet points, but your stored resume is never uploaded. See our full privacy policy for details.

Questions?

This is a Curiosity Build by Hypandra, created with an instructor at a school in Seattle. If you need help, ask your teacher or reach out to us at support@hypandra.com.