⏪ The reverse-engineering system to land interviews

Plus: Spotlight on a virtual-first health platform

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Chris Ming
December 16, 2025

Hello there 😎 

I watched someone spend an hour tweaking fonts on her resume.

She was obsessed with trying every permutation of font family and size, trying to get her resume down to a one-pager.

Which, honestly, I appreciate! One admires the dedication. And I believe in the one-page resume.

But…

She had the wrong job title scattered across her entire work experience 🤦

This is the optimization trap.

You're polishing a resume that's fundamentally misaligned with what companies actually want.

📊 Here's how to avoid the resume optimization trap

I call it reverse engineering the resume:

1. Find 3-5 job descriptions for your target role

2. Copy all the text into Claude with this prompt: "Analyze these job descriptions and identify the top 10 most common keywords and skills mentioned. Rank them by frequency."

3. Take those keywords back to Teal and see how your resume scores

4. Focus on the gaps that matter most (e.g. the top 5 keywords you're missing)

🔧 The reality check

Teal and similar tools are great for that final 10% of optimization. But they can't fix a resume that targets the wrong roles or omits core experience.

Do the strategic work first. Then let AI help you fine-tune.

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♠️ Stop guessing which keywords might matter.

There's a better way.

My clients are landing interviews like crazy right now. We rebuild your resume to surface your value in under 6 seconds, restructure your LinkedIn profile so recruiters reach out to you, and align your narrative around the role you actually want.

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"My hit rate jumped from 0% to 14% (application-to-interview). For every 7 jobs I applied to, 1 became an interview!"

- Zack K.

Clients who do the work get 1-2 recruiter messages per week and 2x more interviews per 15 apps. Ready to stop getting ghosted and start getting responses?

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 🎍 Spotlight: Bamboo Health

🔬 Deep research is the secret to standing out in your application, cover letter, and interviews. Every newsletter, I’ll do that research for you with one company with open roles from this newsletter, so you can skip the work and improve your application.

🏢 What they do:

Health collaboration platform providing real-time insights for improved patient outcomes

📍 Headquarters:

Louisville, KY

👤 Employee count:

349

📈 Employee growth:

-1% YoY growth (351 → 349 employees)

🗒️ Company reviews:

3.5/5 ⭐ rating (92 reviews) | 53% CEO approval

📓 Three key initiatives:

  • Real-Time Care Intelligence™: Core platform concept: delivering timely, actionable clinical insights during pivotal care moments to connect behavioral and physical health across the care continuum

  • Bamboo Bridge®: Behavioral healthcare navigation (combines technology with care navigation services to reduce referral delays and improve appointment adherence)

  • Bamboo Intelligence Hub™: Combined solutions for improved physical and behavioral healthcare intelligence (platform-level product grouping)

✈️ Remote work stance:

Bamboo Health is a virtual-first company with the majority of team members working remotely! 🏡 Most remote positions are limited to U.S.-based candidates, though they have team members in both the U.S. and Poland. The company offers remote-friendly benefits including a Remote Communications allowance and operates under a Results-Oriented Work Environment (R.O.W.E) for salaried employees, emphasizing flexible paid time off and focusing on outcomes rather than hours worked.

Last week we talked about Google’s NotebookLM for research and presentations. This week, we break down how to use it for interviewing.

My friends at The Rundown University did a great guide on this—a super smart way to level up your interviewing skills.

How NotebookLM helps:

You can use NotebookLM to automatically gather company intelligence, generate tailored practice questions, and build customized study materials—all in one place.

Quick-start guide

  • Create a new notebook named "[Company] [Role] Interview Prep"

  • Use "Discover Sources" with the prompt: "I need sources to prepare for my [Role] interview at [Company]."

  • Customize the AI coach style: "Act as an interview prep coach who asks tough questions and gives feedback."

  • Generate practice questions, then convert your favorites to source material for deeper exploration

🤝 When you’re ready, here are 2 ways I can help you land your next job:

1/ Land The Interview Resume Service - I fix your resume, LinkedIn, and cover letter so you stop getting ghosted and start getting responses. No more wondering why your applications disappear into black holes. Just marketing materials that work.

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2/ Get personalized career coaching. Want to accelerate your remote job search? I'll work directly with you in my high-touch group coaching program. You'll get resume reviews, outreach message editing, interview feedback, and more, to help you land your dream remote role. Only 1 spot remaining. Sold out — join the waitlist.

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That’s a wrap. See you next week 👋

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