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As of 13 August 2026, AI can proofread your CV.

Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

15 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill needednone

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsThe supplied sources do not give a price for a human CV proofreader; Grammarly is an AI writing assistant that provides grammar, tone and rewriting support.

If this goes wrong, the CV may contain an accepted wording change or miss a formatting problem, which you can usually correct before sending it.

What to actually do

  1. Do it yourself

    The route this page recommends

    A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 15 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open the CV in its current document or PDF and save a copy before making any changes.
    2. Paste the full CV into a chatbot using the prompt above, or upload the document if the chatbot supports file uploads.
    3. Read the issue list and compare every proposed correction with the original CV, especially job titles, employer names, qualifications, dates and figures.
    4. Accept only changes that correct language or consistency without changing what you did, and copy the clean version into the original CV document.
    5. Check the finished document visually for page breaks, headings, bullet alignment, spacing, readable font size and contact details, then export the version you will send.

    Prompt

    Proofread the CV below for a UK job application. Check spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence clarity, repetition, inconsistent capitalisation, tense, dates, spacing and formatting consistency. Use British English. Do not invent, remove or change any fact, job title, employer, qualification, date, number, responsibility or achievement. Do not rewrite the CV into marketing language and do not add claims. First list only the issues you found, quoting the original wording and giving a precise correction with a short reason. Then provide a clean corrected version that preserves the original structure and meaning. If something may be a factual error but you cannot verify it, flag it instead of changing it. Do not assess whether I am suitable for a job. Here is the CV:

[PASTE CV HERE]

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Hand it to a person

    The distant third

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot know whether a technically correct sentence sounds like you or fits the conventions of your profession.
  • AI cannot verify that your employment dates, qualification names, job titles or achievements are true.
  • AI may treat deliberate industry terminology, abbreviations or layout choices as mistakes.
  • AI cannot judge whether the CV is persuasive for a particular UK employer unless you provide the job description and make that a separate review.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: context depth and taste.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification2
Liability2
Effort delta2
Total10 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT proofread my CV?
Yes. It can find many spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity and consistency problems if you paste in the CV and tell it not to change facts. Compare every accepted change with your original before sending the application.
Will AI change the meaning of my CV?
It can, particularly when it rewrites weak or technical wording rather than simply correcting it. Ask for an issue list before a clean version, and reject any change that alters a responsibility, achievement, date or qualification.
Can AI check my CV for British English?
Yes. Tell it explicitly to use British English and ask it to check spelling, punctuation and usage. Still check specialist terms and abbreviations yourself because they may be intentional.
Should I use Grammarly to proofread my CV?
Grammarly is a purpose-built AI writing assistant for grammar, tone and rewrites, so it can help with surface-level proofreading. A chatbot is more useful when you also need a controlled list of changes and a clean CV that preserves every fact.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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