The ChatGPT CV Tells Recruiters Spot in 5 Seconds (2026 UK)
Before any detector runs, an experienced UK recruiter spots a ChatGPT-written CV in under five seconds. The signals are not subtle; they are repeating patterns trained into every leading LLM. Here are the 12 tells they look for, in the order they show up.
Summary
The 12 highest-frequency tells UK recruiters use to identify ChatGPT and Claude-written CVs in 2026 — corporate openers, em-dash density, the lexical cluster, perfect bullet parallelism, round-number stuffing, generic achievements, and the PDF /Producer fingerprint.