Job postings routinely ask for things your resume doesn't spell out, even when you've actually done them. Resume Gap Questions is Sprout's way of catching that before the application goes out: it compares the posting's requirements against your profile, finds what's missing, and asks you about it.
🧩 What the questions are
🧩 What the questions are
Before generating your documents, Sprout analyses the job's requirements against your profile. Where it finds a gap, it asks you a question about it.
Each question comes with:
A hint: what a good answer covers
Often a sample answer: a starting point you can rework
The gap it's addressing, so you can see which requirement prompted it
Questions are ranked by importance, so the ones that matter most to that specific role come first. If you're short on time, answer those and leave the rest.
📄 Why it's worth doing
📄 Why it's worth doing
Your answers feed directly into the resume and cover letter generated for that job.
Without them, Sprout can only work from what's already in your profile, so a requirement you meet but never wrote down simply won't appear. Answer the question and it does. This is the difference between a document that technically matches and one that actually argues your case.
⚙️ Turning it on
⚙️ Turning it on
Go to Settings → AI and switch on Resume Gap Questions.
It depends on two other settings being on first, because gap questions only make sense if there's a document being generated and a moment for you to weigh in:
AI Resume or AI Cover Letter: something for Sprout to generate
Review Documents: a review step where the questions can be asked
Resume Gap Questions: then this becomes available
Switching off Review Documents switches gap questions off with it.
💬 Help with answering
💬 Help with answering
If a question is hard to answer, the Answer Coach sits right beside it and will talk it through with you, draft something, or review what you've written.
⏱️ The trade-off
⏱️ The trade-off
Gap questions add a step to every application. That's the point, but it does mean applying takes longer, and applications wait for you rather than going straight out.
If you'd rather apply at volume and move fast, leave this off. If you're applying to fewer, better-matched roles, turn it on. You can change your mind at any time, and the setting only affects future applications.
If you switch Review Documents off while applications are waiting on you, Sprout offers to send them as they are rather than leaving them stuck.
❓ Still have questions?
For the wider picture of how Sprout writes your documents:
👉 AI Generated Resume and Cover Letters
Otherwise, reply here and someone from the Sprout team will help.