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Will a hiring manager shortlist you for this role?

Paste a job posting or URL. Find out if you'd make the shortlist, before you spend weeks waiting for a call. When one does, prepare for it round by round.

Xiaochen GuoBuilt by Xiaochen Guo, a hiring manager10+ years leading eng hiring, incl. Microsoft · 500+ interviews on the hiring side★★★★★ 5.0FeaturedChrome Web Store
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Paste a link or the full description.

2Add your CVOptional · adds your match score and gaps

Your CV is sent only to build the report, then gone: never stored, never used to train AI.

Free · No account · No credit card

The report is yours with no account. Saving it and the prep tools need an account.

Browsing jobs on LinkedIn? Get the Chrome extension — it reads the posting for you.On LinkedIn? Get the Chrome extension.

What you get back · Senior Backend Engineer, Series B fintech
Likely shortlistOne flag to address

Yes, you’d make the shortlist — with one question they’d want answered first.

Your backend experience is exactly what they’re looking for. But this role needs payments experience, and the only time your CV mentions it is a job you left in 2019. That’s the first thing they’ll ask about.

Where they’ll push back · 2 areas
  • Payments experience · One mention, 2019Lead with the reconciliation work from that job: the volume, what broke, what you changed.
  • Team size · Led 4, they want 10+Count the cross-team project you ran, 12 people through two leads, and say so in your first line.

An example of what you get back. Yours takes about 30 seconds. Then, with an account: tailor your resume line by line, practise answers out loud with AI coaching, run a mock interview. The first mock and one graded answer a day are included.

Land the job, start to finish.

Considering01

Would you make the shortlist for this role?

Fit, gaps, where they’d push back, and whether your resume clears the ATS and the recruiter’s skim.

ReportCompany snapshotResume score · ATS + recruiter
Applying02

Could you send a strong application tonight?

Your resume tailored line by line, cover letter and form answers, ready to paste.

Resume studioCover letterApplication answersJob tracker
Interviewing03

Would you walk in knowing what they’d ask?

Their interview, round by round, coaching for each, and a voice mock interview with a debrief.

Your roundsSelf-introductionQuestions · per roundMock interview
Offer04

Would you know what it should pay?

The benchmark for the level, your leverage, and your references prepped on what to say.

Pay & negotiationReferences
See a live sample →All of it in your browser. The Chrome extension is optional and reads postings as you browse, under the same account.
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Resume and reports in your account, encrypted, yours to delete
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Xiaochen Guo, founder of Calibrd

I watched brilliant people fail interviews they were made for.

Xiaochen Guo spent a decade on the hiring side — deciding which resumes got picked, who advanced, who got the offer. He built Calibrd so strong candidates stop losing to avoidable mistakes. It’s designed to get you hired, then let you go.

Calibrd is built for candidates to succeed. Your resume and your reports are yours to delete at any time, never sold, never used to train AI, and the feedback stays honest even when honesty costs the sale.

Xiaochen GuoFounder · ex-Director of Eng, King & Microsoft GamingLinkedIn ↗Why he built it →
  • 10+Years leading eng & hiring
  • 500+Interviews on the hiring side
  • 250MPlayers at King & Xbox
Built for outcomes

The market’s brutal. Calibrd raises your odds at each stage.

Most applications end in silence, and interviews are often lost on things that have nothing to do with the job. Nobody can promise you the offer. What you control is how sharply each application is targeted and how well you perform in the room, and that's what every part of Calibrd is built for.

More interviews per application

Sharper targeting

The report reads the exact posting against your resume: your fit, your gaps, and the resume fixes that matter for this role. Stronger applications go out, and fewer disappear into silence.

More offers per interview

Real rehearsal

Predicted questions for their exact interview, coaching on every answer, and a spoken mock interview with an honest verdict. You walk in having already answered most of what they’ll ask.

Your search · on the workspace home
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Applied
0
Interviewing
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Offers

Nine applications out, none turned into an interview yet. The biggest win now is tighter targeting: match your resume to each role before you send it.

Review your weakest resume →

The workspace tracks your real numbers from the stages you set, then focuses your prep where it's leaking. In your account, encrypted, like everything else.

Privacy by design

Yours, private by default.

Your reports live in your account, encrypted. Never sold, never used to train AI — delete everything anytime. Your resume stays in your account, encrypted, only to personalize your reports. Remove it anytime.

Read the privacy details →

Encrypted at rest

Your reports are encrypted before they reach our database, and open on any browser you sign in to.

Your resume, only for your reports

Encrypted in your account. One Remove takes it out of everything.

Never trains a model

Not ours, not OpenAI’s, not Anthropic’s.

Delete anytime

Delete a job, or your whole account, and it's gone from our servers at once.

Stage 03 · Interviewing

Most prep tools grade you.
This one interviews you.

Every tool above gets you ready for this one. Calibrd runs a full voice round on the exact job you're chasing. It asks in a real voice, listens to your spoken answers, follows up like a real panel — then gives you an honest debrief: would they advance you, and the two things to fix.

  1. 01A whole round, not one prompt. Three or four questions with follow-ups — or one system-design problem dug into deeply.
  2. 02You speak; it listens. Answer out loud, transcribed as you go. No feedback mid-round — just like the real thing.
  3. 03An honest debrief. Would advance, borderline, or not yet — with strengths, fixes, and a question-by-question read.
Run your first mock — free →First round free · then included with any pass · stored on your device
Most chosen
System design
One problem, dug into deeply — clarify, design, trade-offs, wrap.
Round
Recruiter screen
Motivation, a clean narrative, pay & timeline.
Round
Hiring manager
Ownership and leadership.
Round
Leadership panel
Behavioural, values, disagree-and-commit.
Why Calibrd, not ChatGPT

Prep that’s actually about you.

ChatGPT gives generic answers you keep re-prompting. Everything Calibrd makes reads the exact posting and your resume, then comes back matched to your role, level and company.

Feature
Calibrdfree reports · from $9.99
ChatGPTgeneral assistant
LinkedIn Premium$39.99 / mo
Full voice mock interview + graded debrief
Predicted questions · AI-coached
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Per-round framework + what's scored
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Resume score (ATS + recruiter-read) + gaps
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Pay ranges + negotiation strategy
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✓ ranges only
Reads the job posting for you
Remembers your resume across sessions

✓ built in & tuned to your job · ~ possible, but you write the prompts each time · ✗ not available. Fuller take at calibrd.com/vs/chatgpt.

From the Chrome Web StoreFeatured

Rated 5.0 by people mid-search.

Real, public reviews from candidates prepping live interviews. Read them all on the Chrome Web Store →

★★★★★
I've tried quite a few job application tools, and this one stands out for being both practical and easy to use. It quickly identifies areas where my resume can be improved and helps me better align it with job requirements. The interview preparation suggestions are also relevant and genuinely useful. I rarely leave reviews, but this tool has honestly helped me. If you're currently looking for a job, I think it's definitely worth trying.
Mon sushi HuangVerified · Chrome Web Store
★★★★★
It's as if Calibrd's developer read my mind. Simple, clear, real added value. Thank you
Translated from French
Fotogra FritzVerified · Chrome Web Store
★★★★★
This is the AI tool job seeker actually need! I don't need to copy JD,CV and lost in prompts Calibrd is fast, personalized, scalable and safe since CV stays in browser.
Jie HanVerified · Chrome Web Store
Pricing

Reports are free. Everything else from $9.99.

A human coach charges $150 to $300 an hour, by appointment. Calibrd runs 24/7, with your data staying on your machine. You buy a stretch of time, not a subscription — start when an interview lands, stop when you’re hired. Not sure? Explore a sample report →

Prices in USD. VAT is added at checkout based on your country. Every pass works on the web and in the free Chrome extension — one account, same access.

Free
$0forever

Three reports a day, 15 a month. No card.

  • 3 reports a day, 15 a month
  • Practise out loud — one spoken answer graded a day
  • 1 resume export · 1 mock interview
  • 1 cover letter · 1 answers pack · 1 self-introduction
  • Every report: match score, Resume score, gaps, questions, pay, company
Start free →
Week
$9.997 days

You have a clear target.

  • Unlimited reports — no daily cap
  • Resume studio + unlimited exports
  • Cover letters, application answers, coached practice
  • 5 mock interviews · most of one loop
  • 1 question to Xiaochen
Month
$19.9930 days

Your search is already moving.

  • Unlimited reports — no daily cap
  • Resume studio + unlimited exports
  • Cover letters, application answers, coached practice
  • 15 mock interviews · about 2 full loops
  • 3 questions to Xiaochen
Best value
Search
$39.9990 days
3 months for the price of 2

You are giving it the months it takes.

  • Unlimited reports — no daily cap
  • Resume studio + unlimited exports
  • Cover letters, application answers, coached practice
  • 45 mock interviews · about 7 full loops
  • 6 questions to Xiaochen

An interview loop, the full set of rounds for one job, is usually about 6 rounds over three to eight weeks. A Month covers one loop; a Search covers the search.

Xiaochen GuoXiaochen ran engineering hiring for a decade, including at King and Microsoft Gaming. Every pass includes questions straight to him. ↗

A resume tool and a mock-interview tool, bought separately, run about $53.99 a month. Calibrd is one product, and you stop paying when the search ends.

FAQ

Questions about your coach

Do I need the Chrome extension?
No. Everything runs in your browser workspace at calibrd.com — paste any job, no install, and you get the full report, every tool, and the voice mock interview. The extension is an optional add-on that reads LinkedIn postings as you browse. Same account, same access.
How much does Calibrd cost?
Reports are free — three a day, fifteen a month. Everything else comes with a stretch of time: $9.99 for a week, $19.99 for 30 days, or $39.99 for 90 days, which is three months for the price of two. That covers unlimited reports, unlimited resume exports, and a set number of mock interviews — 5, 15 or 45. It isn't a subscription: it ends on its own, and you buy more only if the search is still going.
Can I run a full mock interview?
Yes — a full voice round with the AI as your interviewer. Pick one of seven rounds; it speaks, listens to your spoken answers, and follows up like a real panel. At the end: a clear verdict (would advance, borderline, not yet), strengths, fixes, and a question-by-question read. Your first mock is free. After that they come with any paid stretch — 5 on a week, 15 on a month, 45 on a 90-day search. Transcripts stay on your device.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Email support@calibrd.com within 14 days and we'll refund your pass. Just tell us what went wrong so we can fix it — that's the one thing we ask, and you get the refund either way. If you're in the EU or UK, the law already gives you 14 days to change your mind on anything bought online, and nothing in our terms takes that away.
Is there a real person behind Calibrd?
Yes, and you can reach him. Calibrd was built by Xiaochen Guo, who spent a decade leading engineering — including at King and Microsoft Gaming — and logged over 500 interviews from the hiring side. Every paid pass includes questions he answers himself: one on a week, three on 30 days, six on 90 days. Ask about a round you have coming up, a gap you are not sure how to explain, or an offer you are weighing. The question is emailed straight to him and never stored.
Does Calibrd store my resume?
Your resume stays in your account, encrypted, only to personalize your reports. Remove it anytime. Your reports live there too, encrypted at rest, so your workspace opens on any browser you sign in to. Never sold, never used to train AI, and you can delete everything anytime. Without an account, your resume is sent to build the one report, then gone.
Can I just use ChatGPT for this?
You can — but it's constant prompting, and the output rarely fits your role, level and company without heavy steering. Calibrd reads the posting automatically, remembers your resume, and returns answers matched to your role, level and company, with no prompt-writing. Full side-by-side comparison →
Which roles does Calibrd work for?
Your coach reads any job description, so nearly any tech role works. We've built prep guides, pay data and interview blueprints for 38 roles from intern to VP across engineering, EM, data & ML, mobile, infra, product and solutions.
Is Calibrd available in French?
Yes — fully. Interface, report, cover letter, predicted questions, Resume Studio and the voice mock all run in French, with a one-click toggle. Voir Calibrd en français →
Start free. No install.

Your next interview is this week.
Be the candidate they remember.

Job hunting is exhausting enough. Calibrd carries the part you shouldn’t have to hold in your head: what to fix, what they’ll ask, and whether you’re ready.

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