The Manifesto

Built for the
6-second screen.

Most resume tools optimize for looking pretty. Recruiters spend 6 seconds. Shortlistd is built to win those 6 seconds — outcome-first, ATS-safe, zero fluff.

The Maker

Gowtham Reddy

Developer, builder, and chronic optimizer. I build tools I'd actually use — and Shortlistd is the resume tool I wished existed when I was applying. It's built on modern web tech to be insanely fast and purely functional.

Outcome-first

Bullets are scored for verbs, metrics, and impact — not pretty words. The ghostwriter forces you to be specific.

ATS-safe by default

Classic serif resume rendered live. No surprises in the recruiter's parser. We don't mess with complex tables.

Free where it matters

Builder, analyzer, and tracker are free. Premium templates fund the project so I can keep the servers running.

Ready to ship a resume that gets read?