Your CV,
Benchmarked
Against the Best.

Reasonably accurate on the things it can actually measure — structure, quantification, language, relevance to the target. It's genuinely good at spotting weak bullet points, missing numbers, and formatting that would get filtered out early. Where it's less reliable is nuance: it can't know that your specific professor is well-regarded at McKinsey, or that your niche work experience is actually impressive in context. Think of it as a well-informed first reader, not an infallible judge. Use it to catch the obvious problems — then use your own judgment for the rest.

No. Your CV is read, analysed, and then discarded. We don't store the file, we don't keep the text, and we don't use it to train anything. The only thing stored is your score history if you're a premium user — and even then, it's just the numbers, not your document. Your CV is yours.

ChatGPT gives you generic feedback because it doesn't know what McKinsey's recruiters actually look for vs what Goldman's look for vs what an Oxford tutor cares about. It'll tell you to "use strong action verbs" regardless of who you're applying to. Calibre applies target-specific criteria — the actual things that get CVs through the first screen at each institution. The feedback is specific to your target, not a one-size-fits-all checklist. That said, ChatGPT is free and we're not. If you just want a quick sanity check, ChatGPT is fine. If you're applying somewhere genuinely competitive, the specificity matters.

Yes — and arguably more point than for someone who does. If you're coming from a non-target university, your CV has to do more of the work. You can't rely on the name to get past the initial screen. Calibre will tell you exactly what's weak so you can fix it before it lands in front of someone who's already slightly sceptical. It won't overcome a genuine academic gap, but it will make sure your CV isn't rejected for reasons that are completely within your control to fix.

Yes. Most of what makes a CV strong at McKinsey or Goldman Sachs has nothing to do with your degree subject — it's about how you frame your experience, whether your bullet points are quantified, and whether the structure matches what they expect to see. A geography or history graduate applying to consulting has the same CV fundamentals to get right as anyone else. The analysis works regardless of your background.

The free version gives you an overall score and flags three issues — enough to know whether your CV is in serious trouble or broadly in the right shape. Premium gives you the full breakdown: every sub-score explained, specific rewrites for your weakest bullet points, a cover letter draft calibrated to your target, a PDF report you can actually act on, unlimited analyses across all targets, and no daily limit. If you're seriously applying somewhere — not just curious — the full breakdown is the thing that's actually useful.

Yes, instantly, whenever you want. There's a "Manage Subscription" button in the app — it takes you straight to your billing portal where you can cancel in one click. No emails to send, no hoops to jump through. If you cancel mid-month you keep access until the end of the period you've paid for.

Mostly UK-focused right now — the target list (Magic Circle, Oxford, Cambridge, Goldman UK, etc.) is built around UK applications and hiring criteria. That said, McKinsey, Goldman, and similar firms have broadly consistent global standards, so international applicants targeting those firms will still get useful feedback. We'll be expanding the target list over time.