A tailored resume is only useful if you trust it. What changed opens up the AI's work and shows you exactly how the resume it produced differs from your professional profile, and lets you push back where you disagree.
📍 Where to find it
📍 Where to find it
Every new AI resume has one. Open the resume while reviewing an application and choose What changed.
Web: it opens beside the PDF, so you can read the document and the explanation together. The split is resizable.
Mobile: the document opens full screen with Preview and What changed as tabs.
Resumes you uploaded yourself have nothing to compare, and some older AI resumes predate this, so they won't offer it.
📊 The summary line
📊 The summary line
At the top you get the shape of it in one line, something like "Kept 11 of 15 entries and 34 of 111 bullets from your profile", along with how many were reworded, and how many were added by the AI if any were.
That bullet ratio surprises people. A good tailored resume is mostly an act of leaving things out. The AI is picking what matters for this specific job, not squeezing your whole career onto the page.
📋 What it shows you
📋 What it shows you
Every entry and bullet is tagged:
Kept: used as it appears in your profile
Reworded: included, but rewritten for this job. Changes are shown at word level, so you can see exactly what moved.
Left out: the AI chose not to use it on this resume
Hidden: you excluded it with a blueprint rule, so the AI never had it as an option
Left out and Hidden are not the same thing, and the difference matters. Left out is a judgement you can argue with. Hidden is your own earlier instruction. If something's missing and it's marked Hidden, the blueprint is where to change it.
Left out is the one worth reading first. A resume that quietly dropped the most relevant thing you've done is the failure mode that costs you interviews, and this is where you'd catch it.
🎚️ Pushing back on a decision
🎚️ Pushing back on a decision
Every row has the same ⋯ rule menu as the blueprint. Set a rule on it:
Always · tailored: must be included, AI may reword
Always · as written: must be included, exactly as you wrote it
Hide: leave it out
Rules are drafted first, not applied instantly. Mark up as many as you like, then regenerate to put them into effect.
The same ⋯ menu lets you report that specific line, for when the problem isn't a preference but a mistake, like something the AI invented:
👉 Reporting a Problem With an AI Resume or Cover Letter
🎯 This resume only, or every resume?
🎯 This resume only, or every resume?
When you regenerate with drafted rules, Sprout asks where they should apply:
This resume only: a one-off for this application. Your blueprint is untouched.
This and future resumes: the rules are saved to your Resume blueprint and shape every resume this profile generates from now on.
If you find yourself making the same correction on a third application, that's the signal to save it to the blueprint rather than fixing it each time.
⚠️ When regeneration isn't available
⚠️ When regeneration isn't available
Resumes can't be regenerated endlessly. If regeneration isn't available right now, Sprout explains why rather than just greying out the button.
Your drafted rules aren't wasted. Save them to the blueprint and they'll shape your next resumes instead.
❓ Still have questions?
If What changed isn't appearing on a resume you expect it on, reply here with the application and someone from the Sprout team will take a look.