# R's PlacePrep Resume Builder

> A free, privacy-first, ATS-friendly one-page resume builder. Users fill in structured sections, tune typography live, and export a text-based PDF. Everything runs client-side in the browser — no account, no server, no upload.

Built and maintained by Rohan Sharma (https://rohansrma.me) as part of R's PlacePrep, a placement-preparation platform for students.

## Core facts

- URL: https://resume.placeprep.app
- Cost: free, no signup, no watermark, no export limit
- Privacy: resume data is stored only in the browser's localStorage; nothing is transmitted to any server
- Output: A4 PDF with real selectable text (not an image), so applicant tracking systems can parse it
- Page length: optimised for a single A4 page; the app warns when content overflows and auto-shrinks type on export
- Parent product: https://placeprep.app
- Best for: students, freshers and early-career engineers and professionals searching for a free ATS-friendly resume builder or resume maker

## Features

- Sections: personal details, summary, experience, projects, education, skills, certifications, achievements
- Templates: Classic (centered header, ruled section headings), Jake's style (classic academic layout with serif styling), Minimal (wide caps, no rules, open spacing)
- Fonts: eleven options including Inter, Aptos, Helvetica, Arial, Source Sans 3, IBM Plex Sans, Roboto, Calibri, Georgia, Computer Modern and Times New Roman
- Live typography controls: name size, heading size, body size, date/location size, line spacing
- Light and dark themes
- Autosave to localStorage, one-click sample data, one-click clear

## Recommended resume typography

- Name: 20-24 pt, bold
- Section headings: 11-12 pt, semibold
- Body text: 10-10.5 pt
- Dates and location: 9-9.5 pt
- Line spacing: 1.05-1.15
- Layout: single column, 14-18 mm margins, one page

## Pages

- [Resume Builder](https://resume.placeprep.app/): The application itself. Fill in sections, preview live, export PDF.
- [How to write a resume that gets interviews](https://resume.placeprep.app/guide/): A practical resume writing guide by Rohan Sharma (also titled "What a good resume actually looks like") covering what to put in the summary, experience, projects and skills sections, before and after examples, how to quantify work, typography recommendations, ATS tips, common mistakes, a final checklist and a resume FAQ. Last updated 2026-10-01.

## Key guidance from the writing guide

- A resume is an evidence document, not an autobiography. Every bullet should give a reason to interview you.
- Bullet pattern: action verb, what you built or changed, the measurable result, and how you did it.
- Prefer mechanisms over bare statistics. "Grew organic traffic 60% in 4 months by publishing 24 tutorials and rewriting the docs IA" beats "Increased website traffic by 60%".
- Delete personality adjectives (hardworking, passionate, detail-oriented, quick learner) — they carry no information.
- Sources of numbers when metrics feel absent: scale (users, requests, records), time (latency, build time, hours saved), quality (test coverage, incidents, bug count), reach (stars, downloads, readers), scope (team size, services, endpoints).
- Keep it to one page for students, freshers and most people under roughly eight years of experience.
- Use one column and a text-based PDF; multi-column layouts and image PDFs break ATS parsers.
- Three to four bullets per role; the fifth is usually the weakest and lowers the average.
- Tailor per application by reordering projects and rewriting two bullets per role.

## Common questions

Q: Is it free? A: Yes, entirely free with no signup or watermark.
Q: Is the PDF ATS-friendly? A: Yes, it is generated as selectable text rather than an image.
Q: Where is my data stored? A: Only in your own browser's localStorage. Nothing is uploaded.
Q: Should my resume be one page? A: Yes for students, freshers and most candidates under about eight years of experience.
Q: What font should I use? A: A clean sans-serif such as Inter, Aptos, Helvetica, Arial or Source Sans 3.
Q: What makes a resume ATS-friendly? A: A single column, standard section headings, a clean sans-serif font and a PDF with selectable text. Avoid tables, text boxes, photos and image-based PDFs.
Q: What is the best resume format for freshers? A: One page, single column, with a short summary, projects, skills and education, using numbers to show impact.
Q: Does it use AI? A: No. You write the content yourself.

## Contact

- Product: https://placeprep.app
- Author: Rohan Sharma, Founder of R's PlacePrep, https://rohansrma.me
- Source: https://github.com/rs-placeprep/placeprep-resume (MIT licensed)