Skills / Video resume
Video resume
Record a short video introduction for an application that explicitly requests or accepts one. Covers the person's own script, recording, captions, privacy, and controlled sharing. Use when an application asks for a video introduction or the person deliberately chooses a video accepted by the recipient.
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Watch the first two minutes
This is how a session goes, including the part where the first draft sounds like LinkedIn. Click through it.
Scripted example of a real session.
Won't this be cringe?
The cringe version is the "creative" one: jump cuts, background music, a bit. The skill bans all of it. You talk to a camera for a minute about true things, in sentences you actually said out loud during the interview step, and then you pick the take where you sound most like yourself instead of the take with zero fumbles. A small stumble with a recovery reads human. The finished video goes up unlisted, findable by link only, so nobody trips over it except the people you hand it to. The bar the skill holds you to: you would be comfortable if the exact person you want to hire you watched it, because that is who will.
What you end up with
A 60-second video, edited lightly, hosted unlisted, and linked from your resume. Here is the script sheet from the session above.
- The proof beat carries the video. Specifics with links a screener can check do the work adjectives can't. Rehearsed from beats, since a memorized script reads as recited.
- The close is deliberately boring. Name, thanks, done. Every catchphrase that has ever been tried here made it worse.
- Unlisted is the right visibility. Findable by link only, off the channel page, and captioned because recruiters watch muted at desks.
Anatomy of the proof beat
The skill builds the middle of the script to this standard:
- A The thing, named plainly. No "platform", no "solution".
- B What it does and who uses it, in one spoken clause.
- C A real number, said only because it is true.
- D Where a stranger can verify it. This mirrors the written resume line for line.
Questions people actually ask
Do I need to be good on camera?
No. You need to be yourself on camera, which is a different bar. Full run-throughs, pick the take that sounds most like you, and keep a small stumble if the recovery is natural. Lens at eye height and window light do more than screen presence.
What equipment does this take?
A phone, horizontal, at eye level on a stack of books, an arm and a half away. Face a window in daytime, quiet room, wired earbuds as the mic if the room is iffy. Nothing gets bought.
How many takes is normal?
Take one is a warm-up by definition. Most people land it between takes 3 and 6. Past 8, take a break, because tired takes get stiffer instead of better.
Where does the video live?
YouTube, unlisted: reachable by link, absent from search and from your channel page. The link goes on the resume near your contact line, and you test it from a logged-out browser window before sending anything.
What if my resume is too thin to talk about for a minute?
Then the resume is the first problem, and the build-resume skill handles it, including the honest option of shipping one real project first. Everything said on camera must be true and on the written page.
Where to go from here
This skill assumes three others. Do them in this order:
Video linked and sent? The application chain continues:
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name: video-resume
category: media
description: Record a short video introduction for an application that explicitly requests or accepts one. Covers the person's own script, recording, captions, privacy, and controlled sharing. Use when an application asks for a video introduction or the person deliberately chooses a video accepted by the recipient.
---
# video-resume
Make a 60-second video introduction with someone — them,
on camera, saying who they are and what they have done. Use this only when the
application explicitly requests or accepts a video, or when the person has
confirmed that the recipient welcomes one. An unsolicited video can expose
personal information and introduce bias; do not add it to every resume by
default. The session ends with a reviewed video and a controlled share link.
## Privacy and consent
- Do not state an exact age, home address, school schedule, identity number,
or other private detail. Use only the contact information already approved
for the application.
- Use an unlisted or access-controlled link. Explain that anyone with an
unlisted link may still copy or forward it.
- The person decides whether the benefit is worth the exposure. If the
application does not accept video, stop and use the written resume.
## Script: their words, their facts
- Everything said must be true and match the written resume (build
it first with the build-resume skill if it does not exist).
- Structure, four beats, ~60 seconds total:
1. Who: name, and the one-line version of what they do or study.
2. Proof: the strongest one or two real things — a project with a
link, a job, a result. Specifics carry this beat; "I built X,
it does Y, here is where it lives."
3. Want: what they are looking for, concretely.
4. Close: name again, "thanks", done. No catchphrases.
- Write it by interview: ask, they answer out loud, you transcribe
and tighten. Read the draft back — if any sentence sounds like a
LinkedIn post instead of like them talking, rewrite it in what
they actually said. Word count check: ~140–150 words is a minute.
- They rehearse from beats, not from the full text. Memorized
scripts read as recited; beats keep it a person talking.
## Setup
Phone camera, and it is enough:
- Horizontal, at eye level (stack of books works), arm-and-a-half
away. Lens at eye height matters more than any other setting.
- Light: face a window, daytime. Never a window behind them.
- Background: a plain wall or a tidy real corner of their room.
Real beats staged; messy beats neither.
- Audio: quiet room, or wired earbuds as the mic — run the
record-clean-audio checks. Speech must remain clear on ordinary speakers.
- Clothes: whatever they would wear to an interview for this
target. A 5-second test clip to check framing and sound first.
## Takes and edit
- Full run-throughs only, no stopping mid-take: fumbles included,
straight to the end, then again. Take 1 is a warm-up by
definition. Most people land it between takes 3 and 6; past 8,
break, because tired takes get stiffer.
- Pick the take where they sound most like themselves — not the
one with zero fumbles. A small stumble and a recovery reads
human.
- Edit lightly in CapCut or DaVinci free: trim to start on their
first word and end after the close, level the audio, done. No
music, no titles, no transitions. Optionally cut between the
best two takes if the framing matches.
- Watch it together once at phone size and once with sound off —
posture and framing should hold up mute.
## Ship
1. Export 1080p MP4.
2. Upload to YouTube as unlisted — findable by link only, not
searchable, not on their channel page for subscribers to trip
over. Title it "Firstname Lastname — Introduction".
3. Caption it (captions-and-subtitles skill) — recruiters watch
muted at desks.
4. Put the link only in the application field or message where video was
requested or confirmed as welcome. Test it from a logged-out browser.
## Done
- The recipient accepts video and the person made an informed sharing choice
- Link works logged out, captions are correct, and every claim matches the
written application
- No unnecessary personal information appears in speech, background, title,
description, or account profile