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Show HN: I built an AI twin recruiters can interview
https://chengai.me https://chengai.me
The problem: Hiring new grads is broken. Thousands of identical resumes, but we're all different people. Understanding someone takes time - assessments, phone screens, multiple interviews. Most never get truly seen.
I didn't want to be just another PDF. So I built an AI twin that recruiters can actually interview.
What you can do:
•Interview my AI about anything: https://chengai.me/chat https://chengai.me/chat
•Paste your JD to see if we match: https://chengai.me/jd-match https://chengai.me/jd-match
•Explore my projects, code, and writing
What happened: Sent it to one recruiter on LinkedIn. Next day, traffic spiked as it spread internally. Got interview invites within 24 hours.
The bigger vision: What if this became standard? Instead of resume spam → keyword screening → interview rounds that still miss good fits, let recruiter AI talk to candidate AI for deep discovery. Build a platform where anyone can create their AI twin for genuine matching.
I'm seeking Software/AI/ML Engineering roles and can build production-ready solutions from scratch.
The site itself proves what I can do. Would love HN's thoughts on both the execution and the vision.
- Charlie112 9mo agoHey HN! I'm the builder here. If you're interested in the full story and more details, I also wrote about this on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charlie-tianle-cheng-6147a4325_opentowork-newgrad2026-activity-7424451805322940417-H2wV https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charlie-tianle-cheng-6147a432... The technical implementation treated the iteration process like training a model: test the AI's responses, measure the "loss" against what I wanted, backpropagate by adjusting prompts/RAG/CRUD, and repeat. Happy to answer any questions about the tech stack, the AI architecture, or the broader vision!
- chrisjj 9mo agoWow. > Build a platform where anyone can create their AI twin for genuine matching. Add a premium tier that deepfakes you into each opening's "AI"-researched ideal candidate. And a super premium tier to deliver the exclusive best fake for each particular opening. Once you get traction, offer recruiters a filter that removes the fakes for $$$, but instead deliver just improved fakery. Let recruiters pay $$$$$ to have their competitors get only fakes. But be quick, else be beaten to it by Cory Doctorow or Charlie Brooker :)
- Charlie112 9mo agoHa! Even simpler: AI generates perfectly tailored resumes for every job. If you somehow get an interview, build everything with AI in a few hours the night before.
- chrisjj 9mo ago> AI generates perfectly tailored resumes for every job. The recruiter's "AI" would spot that all resumes for the same job were identical. So none would get through ... unless the recruiter knew his client dumb enough to be using an "AI" to choose...
- vunderba 9mo agoNice job. I've seen a couple of these on HN (Resume-context driven chat interfaces). [1] [2] I can't speak to whether this could become a realistic standard but you might want to reach out to @jhgaylor who took a stab at trying to build an MCP server around this concept. [3] [1] - https://www.jon-olson.com/resume_ai https://www.jon-olson.com/resume_ai [2] - https://replicant.im/alex https://replicant.im/alex [3] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43891245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43891245
- Charlie112 9mo agoThanks for sharing these examples! I'll definitely reach out to @jhgaylor - would love to learn from their experience with the MCP approach. Appreciate the pointers!