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Our Favorite Sheets Resume Builder Reviews (Yes, We Read Them All)

Fun fact: we read every single review that comes in for our AI Resume Builder. Every. Single. One. Usually at 1am, usually when we should be doing literally anything else.

It all started back in 2018, when Colin posted an AMA on Reddit about resumes. In the intervening years, that post has accidentally helped millions of people rewrite their resumes with our now-famous free resume template. In 2023, we began doing 1:1 resume reviews in our spare time to help all the people who continually asked us for help, and in 2024 we launched our AI resume builder to scale those efforts.

Fast forward to today, and in just 2 years we've created over 630,000 resumes with our AI builder, and boast a 4.88-star average review score. Which, in an industry where most other resume builders scam you disappoint you, feels like a minor miracle.

Why do we care so much? Because in America, your job is also your healthcare (great system we've got, not an international embarrassment, no notes). So when someone writes in to tell us they finally got an offer, that's not a vanity metric, or a feather in our cap. That's someone who just secured their family's healthcare, who can now make rent, and who can provide a higher quality of life for their kids.

So here they are: our favorite reviews thus far (try to dethrone them, write a review yourself!). Some made us cry. Some made us laugh. One compared us favorably to Satan. Let's get into it.

Sheets Resume Builder Results, By the Numbers

Before we get to the good stuff, some cold, hard numbers. Reviews are lovely, but we're recruiters, and recruiters like data. Here's how things actually shake out for Sheets Resume users:

• 72% got a job offer
• 61% of those with offers got a raise
• 83% of offers came within 2 months
• 84% rated it easy to use

Read that second one again. Not only are most people landing offers, most of the people landing offers are getting paid more than they were before. (Take that, inflation.)

And 83% of offers within two months, in this job market? We'll take it.

Resume Builder Reviews From People Who Actually Got Hired

Look, we can talk about bullet points and formatting all day long (and we do, constantly). But at the end of the day, there's only one metric that actually matters: did you get the call?

"5 job offers in one month"

"Within a month, I have received 5 job offers and have landed more interviews than I know what to do with. Your services are literally life-changing, and I have had multiple hiring managers point out how impressive my resume is thanks to you."

AJ, Patient Advocate

AJ went from (and we're quoting directly here) "oh god I don't think I'll ever land anything" to having five job offers to choose from. Colin's reply was "Your review seriously made my entire week." Tbh it made our entire year.

From 1-in-50 to 1-in-10 responses

"My responses from employers shot up, going from maybe 1 out of 50 applications to 1 out of 10."

Dan, Technical Support Engineer

Let's do the math real quick: that's a 5x higher interview rate. Same person. Same experience. Same garbage job market. The only thing that changed was the resume.

This is the whole point of our recruiter-built format. Most people aren't underqualified – they're just presenting their info wrong.

"If it weren't for this service, I would likely have never gotten an interview."

Sheets Resume user

15 interviews a week (after paying "many resume writers")

"I paid many resume writers (TopResume, Resumeble, Wellfound, ...) but this resume builder had another approach, and it worked a lot better! I had a hard time getting 2 interviews a week, and now I have 15 calls/interviews per week for 2 weeks!"

Mathieu, Business Intelligence Analyst

For the record, we did not pay Mathieu to name-drop our competitors. (We would have, though. Mathieu, call us.)

From laid off to a 27% pay bump

"After being laid off, on the first day of using this resume builder, I made a 'master resume' to post to job boards, and I had a recruiter reach out immediately. I also used their AI to quickly tailor my resume to loads of jobs."

Duncan, Marketing Manager

The punchline? Duncan landed a new gig with a 27% pay increase.

That "tailor" thing he mentions is our Tailor for Job feature: paste in any job description, and the AI rewrites your resume to match it. Pair it with our AI Job Search, which finds postings that actually match your resume in the first place, and you've got yourself a pretty unfair advantage.

Hired within a day

"Within a DAY the resume I had made on there landed me a decent job flying for an airline as a loadmaster making a great salary."

Joseph, Loadmaster

We can't promise everyone a 24-hour turnaround. But we're also not about to not brag about Joseph.

Through the filters on a cold application

"The application was cold... I can only point to the resume for getting me through the filters."

Sheets Resume user

A cold application. No referral, no inside contact, no LinkedIn-stalking the hiring manager. Just your resume vs. the ATS. Resume wins.

Users ranging from PhD's to "Director, baby!"

"You're talking to the new medical records director of a skilled nursing facility, baby!"

Sheets Resume user

Congratulations, Director. Please keep that energy forever.

"I got a PhD opportunity thanks to Sheets Resume."

Sheets Resume user

Yes, it works for academic CVs too. Congrats, doctor-to-be. (We humbly suggest doing your thesis on why our resume builder is so much better than everyone else's.)

An AI Resume Builder That Doesn't Sound Like a Robot

Here's our dirty little secret: we're not really an "AI company." We're a couple of ex-recruiters who taught a computer to do what we used to do by hand, one resume at a time, for a fraction of the $400 we charge for a 1:1 Resume Refresh.

Turns out people can tell the difference.

"Other AI resume builders are so obviously not human - not the case here. Came across this recommendation from an old Reddit post and I'm so glad I did."

Anthony, Customer Success Manager

"I can easily say, this tool is less AI and more human + AI."

Shantanu, In Search of the right Job Title!

Tailored resumes and cover letters in minutes, not hours

Nobody – and we mean nobody – wants to spend their Saturday nudging margins in Microsoft Word. The most common thing people tell us is that the builder gave them their time back.

"WOW!!!! Sheets Resume & Cover Letter builder just turned a 45 minute process into a 10 minute one. Maybe less!"

Madison, Creative

"You simply have to copy the job description and paste it, and the AI will then automatically update and modify the resume based on the job itself. Same thing for cover letters."

Tahmid, Youth Worker

"I hadn't done a resume in 12 years... Sheets made it super easy."

Sheets Resume user

"AI Resume Builder reduced my LinkedIn resume covering a 30+ year career in 7+ pages to a concise 1-page resume. The result is better-worded and more focused than the original."

Grafton, Principal Flight Software Engineer

Seven pages down to one. That's not editing, that's an exorcism.

Want to try it? You can import your LinkedIn profile or your existing resume and the builder does the heavy lifting. Then hop over to the AI Cover Letter Generator and AI Interview Practice, both included. (No "Premium Plus Ultra" tier. We promise.)

The Funniest Resume Builder Reviews We've Ever Gotten

Not every review is a tearjerker. Some are just perfect.

"The Devil would be very disappointed with Sheets Resume! This is the first resume creation software that did not start out OK/good and then deteriorate quickly causing more problems than it solves."

Vincent, Unemployed... for now!

Colin thanked Vincent for the "borderline sacrilegious praise," then pointed out that, tbh, the Devil is probably stoked about the state of the 2026 job market. And about most of our competitors. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"I used the AI resume builder and holy sheet? Bless you for creating it lol."

Samantha, Compliance

We have been waiting eight years for someone to make that pun. Samantha, you are a hero.

"Heads and tales above anything I have tried at any price... Absolutely superb, Bravo Colin! Your parents must be proud."

Chris, Brewer

They are, Chris. (Mostly.)

"This tool is so helpful, it actually makes the most boring thing on Earth (preparing CVs) a bit fun with its step-by-step guide. Wish I'd known about it a few days ago before sending my dream job application with that ugly ass CV."

Irena, System Analyst

Colin's reply: "Unfortunately, time travel isn't included in our lifetime membership... but maybe we can look at adding it as a new feature!"

(Real recruiter tip from that same reply, by the way: if a company doesn't get back to you within ~2 weeks, you can re-apply with your new resume. They won't auto-reject you for applying twice, and you'd be shocked how many companies make a different decision about the same person with a better resume.)

"This resume builder hand-holds you from beginning to end."

Mikhail, Client Service Rep

Colin's reply, in its entirety: "Believe it or not, I'm still holding your hand. (Respectfully.)"

Real People Getting Through Real Hard Times

Job hunting is brutal. And a lot of the reviews we get aren't really about software at all. They're about people getting through something genuinely hard.

"My ADHD makes it extremely hard to focus on things, especially under stress... For the first time ever on a resume, I feel confident that I've displayed my strengths, thank you Colin!"

Alfred, IT Technical Support/CDL Driver

"Migrating to a new country and trying to look for a job has been really challenging, to say the least... As soon as I started using this template, I started getting interviews, and in one case, they contacted me a day after I had sent the CV (this had never happened before)."

Aleja, Program Manager

"A military resume is hard to translate to the civilian sector; but, this tool simplified the process and took less time than I anticipated."

Ann, Active Duty, USAF

Free memberships when money's tight

If you're going through a rough patch financially, email us and we'll give you a temporary membership on the house. Just ask. A lot of you have, and a lot of you wrote back.

"I had just been laid off of my job of 6 years and was entering the job market again. Colin gave me a 30 day membership free! Wow, who does that?"

Tara, PsychoTherapist

(Tara liked us so much she wrote two reviews. Tara, we love you.)

"Had emailed in regards to financial troubles and not being able to pay for the cv fees. Within a few hours they were absolutely happy to help, couldn't recommend them enough. Now i have a CV that REALLY stands out!"

Rhys, Bricklayer

If that's you right now, reach out. Seriously. And if you run a career center, library, or workforce program, we'd love to partner with your organization to get these tools to more job seekers.

No Subscription Traps, No Dark Patterns, No BS

Here's the thing nobody in this industry wants to say out loud: a huge chunk of the resume builders you see on Google are owned by the same parent company (hi, BOLD 👋), and a lot of them run the same play. They (and others) will let you spend an hour building your resume, then hit you with a mandatory recurring subscription at the download button. (They should feel bad.)

People notice.

"The first resume builder with AI bullet points that are actually useful. Oh and it doesnt try to scam you by making you think its free. (These are dark times we're living in)"

Matt, Data Engineer

"I've had my share of frustrating experiences with resume builders that advertise free services but end up charging fees. Then I found this platform, which genuinely meets its promises."

Dhruv, Senior Software Developer

"Finally a product that actually works as advertised!"

Sheets Resume user

"I love it, this is fantastic. I can't believe I was paying somebody $150 each time to make a resume just like this"

Michael, National Account Executive

So here's how we do it instead: you only pay after you've finished your resume and you're happy with it, and if you can't afford to pay, you get it for free. No questions, just email us and ask. And our $99 lifetime membership is a one-time payment, because most job searches take ~3 months and you're going to need 5, 10, or 100+ differently tailored versions of your resume along the way.

When Des told us lifetime access was "a refreshing welcome in a world of subscription services" but asked for a shorter option too, we listened to her and added shorter plans. Imagine that: a company that listens to its customers. Wild concept. (Looking at you, Comcast.)

Before the AI Resume Builder: The Free Resume Template That Started It All

Before the AI, before the builder, before any of this, there was a Google Doc. Our free resume template has now been used by over 10 million people, and it's still free.

"At first, I thought the resume design looked a bit old-fashioned, but clearly, I had no idea what hiring managers actually look for... I used their free template, and everything changed. Suddenly, I was getting tons of interview calls and eventually landed a job."

NunyaBizness, Cybersecurity Engineer

Fun backstory: NunyaBizness actually emailed us before writing this review to complain that we only offer one format, and called it "old fashioned." Colin explained why it looks the way it does, he took the plunge, and BOOM – interviews galore. (He was SUPER qualified. He was just presenting his info wrong. Sensing a theme yet?)

That exchange inspired a whole FAQ: why we only recommend one resume format. TL;DR: no headshots, no two-column layouts, no skill bars, no fluff. Recruiters spend seconds on your resume, and the only design that matters is the one that gets your results read first.

"I have used Sheets Resume several times and have actually received compliments on my resume from recruiters, cannot recommend enough!"

Brett, Director of Marketing

Leave Us a Review (We'll Probably Reply With an Emoji)

That's just a sliver of the 393 reviews on our site. We read all of them: the glowing ones, the funny ones, and the "please add a references section" ones. (We see you, Bernard. We see you.)

"Love the product I share it with anyone looking for a job!"

Sheets Resume user

Please do. Word of mouth is basically our entire marketing budget.

If we helped you land something, we'd love to hear about it. And if you haven't tried it yet, start your resume for free from your existing resume, your LinkedIn profile, or a blank page. If you don't love it, we'll give you your money back, no fuss.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for trusting a couple of ex-recruiters with your career. Now go get that interview.

And to the reader who wrote "Don't you dare ever close shop!"... we wouldn't dream of it.

...and when you land it, you know where to leave a review. 😉