LoopSide · from the hiring side of the table

I rejected your CV.
Now let me fix it.

For engineers, PMs and aspiring leads who'd rather not be the easy no. I spent years as a CTO screening CVs and running interviews — here's what I was actually looking for.

Alex Morgan

Senior Software Engineer · London

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Summary

A passionate, results-driven team player who thinks outside the box and is eager to leverage synergies.

← 8 seconds in, I stopped reading

Experience

  • Responsible for working on the backend services team.
  • Cut checkout p95 latency 1.8s → 340ms across 4M requests/day.this. more of this.
  • Helped with various other projects as needed.

Skills

Microsoft Word · Teamwork · Fast learner

Rejected
CVs screened
1000+
Interviews run
500+
Years hiring
15
Role
Ex-CTO

Three ways in. Pick the one that matches your problem.

01 · CV Review

I mark up your CV like I'm screening it

Line-by-line annotations on the version you're actually sending out.

Worked on improving system performance.

margin note: numbers, or it didn't happen

  • — Full annotated PDF back in 3 working days
  • — Rewritten summary + top 5 bullets
  • — Screener's verdict: pass / borderline / no
  • — Optional 1:1 review (£10)
Pass

02 · Interview Mastery

The interview, taught by the person on the other side

Self-paced video. Watch it in a week, use it for a decade.

  1. 01Screening call: the 5 real questions
  2. 02System design without bluffing
  3. 03Behavioural answers that survive follow-ups
  4. 04Salary: the part nobody teaches
  5. 05Debriefs: how panels actually decide

03 · Tailored Coaching

1:1, on your actual loop

Bookable sessions on the roles you're in the middle of. Mock loops, debrief, plan.

Tue 10:00open
Wed 17:30open
Thu 09:00held

Why listen to me

I was the no.

I spent multiple years as a CTO. I built the hiring loops, wrote the scorecards and sat in the debriefs where your name came up for four minutes and then didn't again.

I've read 1000's of CVs. Most of the rejections weren't about talent - they were about a summary nobody could parse, bullets with no outcome in them, and answers that fell apart on the second follow-up.

I don't do affirmations. I tell you what a tired hiring manager sees at 6pm on a Thursday, and what to change so it lands differently.

Status: still doing interview panels. Still taking notes.

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