Frequently Answered Questions

No, this is an urban myth popularized by legacy CV tool marketing. An Enhancv study found only 8% of recruiters use an ATS fit score definitively, and 83% of recruiters confirm their ATS does not auto-reject on content. The real machine rejections come from knockout questions (visa sponsorship, required professional licenses, location restrictions, compensation expectations), which cause more automated rejections than all other factors combined.

Unlike tools that prompt an LLM to freely embellish your experience, Career Crucible uses Bid Crucible's proven anti-fabrication engine. Every bullet point is pinned to an underlying Career Graph node containing verified dates, scope, and metrics. If you do not have proof for a claim, our system refuses to generate it on your behalf.

We route models by task efficiency and cognitive tier: lightweight models (Haiku, Gemini Flash) screen 400 vacancies for pennies; frontier models (Claude Opus) conduct graph extraction and fit scoring; search-native engines perform deep company research; and a different model family acts as an independent judge to prevent self-preference bias. Real unit cost runs ~£0.40 to £1.20 per fully researched application.

Our rules engine enforces an immutable Do-Not-Apply blacklist. We automatically exclude your current employer, its known subsidiaries, active recruitment agencies you specify, and companies where you currently have a live interview process.

Under s.6(1)(a) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973, it is unlawful to charge work-seekers a fee for finding them employment. Consistent with the High Court ruling in Equity v Talent Systems Europe [2025] EWHC 2254 (KB), Career Crucible is a candidate-operated self-service software platform. We do not act as an employment agency, we charge zero introduction fees, and we take zero commission on placement.

Yes. You have full self-service controls to export your Career Graph and Sealed Application Records in JSON, DOCX, or PDF format at any time, or request complete cryptographic erasure of all stored graph nodes.