My SaaS is live 🚀 Built something I genuinely wish existed when I was job hunting - PortLume AI Not another “practice LeetCode” tool. This actually simulates the recruiter for the company you’re applying to. Here’s what it does: --- AI Recruiter Simulator --- Paste a job description company → get: - 10 real technical questions (with sources) - 5 behavioral questions tailored to company values - 3–4 system design topics they actually ask - 7-day study plan with real resources - Insider notes on interview rounds --- Study Plan Daily Reminders --- - Auto-generated weekly prep plan - Daily email reminders - Mock interviews aligned with your study topics (No more random prep vs practice disconnect) --- Live Mock Interviews --- - 10-question sessions - Real-time scoring (content delivery) - Recruiter-style verdict: “Would I move this candidate forward?” - Readiness score full PDF report --- Practice Mode Answer Analysis --- - Quick practice without full session - Paste a single answer → get deep feedback - Includes improved opening lines --- Interview Intelligence Dashboard --- - Tracks your weak areas - Measures confidence & communication - Shows real progress over time - Tells you what to focus on next (data-driven) --- Company Research ---- - Salary ranges - Interview difficulty - Round structure - Time to offer (All in one place) --- Rejection Debrief --- - Paste rejection email - Get stage-by-stage analysis - What went wrong how to fix it - Recovery plan for next attempt --- Job Application Tracker --- - Track applications → offer/rejected - Every rejection linked to a debrief No more guessing. No more generic prep. 👉 Just knowing what they’ll ask - before you walk in. Try it here: portlumeai.com

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i spent some time looking through portlume AI and a few things stood out to me. the biggest one is that it's trying to solve a problem that most interview tools completely ignore: feedback. almost every interview prep platform focuses on helping you practice more. more coding questions, more mock interviews, more study materials. but after a rejection, most candidates are still left wondering what actually went wrong. that's what i find interesting about @dev_adarsh286 building @portlumeai25 instead of assuming every rejection is caused by a lack of technical skill, it treats the interview process as something you can analyze and improve. i think that's a much more realistic approach because many candidates don't fail due to knowledge gaps alone. sometimes it's communication, confidence, storytelling or simply misunderstanding what the interviewer wanted to hear. i also like the recruiter analytics feature because it addresses another frustrating part of job hunting: the lack of visibility. normally, you submit applications and wait. if you get rejected, you have almost no idea what happened. did someone view your portfolio? did they open your resume? did they look at your github? you rarely get answers. giving candidates access to those signals feels valuable because it turns job searching into something you can actually iterate on instead of just guessing. another thing i appreciate is that the product feels focused. a lot of AI startups try to solve every problem at once, but portlume seems centered around a very specific pain point. i generally prefer products that go deep on one problem rather than spreading themselves too thin. of course, i still have questions. i'd want to know how accurate and up-to-date the interview question database is and whether the AI feedback is genuinely insightful or just generic advice packaged nicely. those details matter a lot. but as a concept, i think they're targeting a real problem. job seekers already have access to endless learning resources. what they're missing is clear feedback on what's actually preventing them from getting hired. that's the part of the project that makes the most sense to me. check them out here: portlumeai.com/

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🚀 I just shipped something that came from a very real pain in my SaaS. While talking to users, one thing kept coming up again and again: “I can solve the question… but in the actual interview, I freeze, ramble, or lose structure.” And another one: “Mocks don’t feel real. The interviewer is either too nice… or too robotic.” That stuck. Because interview success isn’t just about what you know. It’s about how you say it, and who’s sitting across you. So we asked ourselves: Why are mock interviews still so one-dimensional? 🚀 Today, we’re rolling out 2 major upgrades in PortLume AI: 🎙️ Voice-First Mock Interviews We’re moving beyond typing answers. Now you can speak your responses just like a real interview. And we don’t just transcribe it. We analyze: Filler words like “um”, “basically”, “you know” Pacing and answer length Clarity and structure Confidence signals in how you speak 📊 You get a waveform, detailed breakdown, and a score. Because in real interviews, delivery matters as much as correctness. 🎭 Interviewer Persona Mode Not all interviewers are the same. And practicing with just one style doesn’t prepare you. Now you can choose who you’re facing: “Priya from Razorpay” → direct, no hints, heavy follow-ups “Rohan from Infosys” → patient, structured, evaluates communication And more personas with different styles Each mock adapts to that personality. Some will push you. Some will guide you. Some will intentionally stay vague. Just like real interviews. 🧠 Why this matters Most prep tools focus on: ✔️ Questions ✔️ Answers But real interviews are: 🗣️ Communication 🎭 Human dynamics ⚡ Pressure handling That’s the gap we’re trying to close. Because knowing the answer isn’t enough if you can’t deliver it well under pressure. We’re building PortLume AI to feel less like a tool… and more like a real interview environment. Would love your thoughts: 👉 What trips you up more in interviews Knowledge or delivery? check this out here: portlumeai.com P.S. Tomorrow (Sunday), we’re running a small sale All plans are 40% off - comes down to less than a cup of coffee ☕

My SaaS is live 🚀 Built something I genuinely wish existed when I was job hunting - PortLume AI Not another “practice LeetCode” tool. This actually simulates the recruiter for the company you’re applying to. Here’s what it does: --- AI Recruiter Simulator --- Paste a job description company → get: - 10 real technical questions (with sources) - 5 behavioral questions tailored to company values - 3–4 system design topics they actually ask - 7-day study plan with real resources - Insider notes on interview rounds --- Study Plan Daily Reminders --- - Auto-generated weekly prep plan - Daily email reminders - Mock interviews aligned with your study topics (No more random prep vs practice disconnect) --- Live Mock Interviews --- - 10-question sessions - Real-time scoring (content delivery) - Recruiter-style verdict: “Would I move this candidate forward?” - Readiness score full PDF report --- Practice Mode Answer Analysis --- - Quick practice without full session - Paste a single answer → get deep feedback - Includes improved opening lines --- Interview Intelligence Dashboard --- - Tracks your weak areas - Measures confidence & communication - Shows real progress over time - Tells you what to focus on next (data-driven) --- Company Research ---- - Salary ranges - Interview difficulty - Round structure - Time to offer (All in one place) --- Rejection Debrief --- - Paste rejection email - Get stage-by-stage analysis - What went wrong how to fix it - Recovery plan for next attempt --- Job Application Tracker --- - Track applications → offer/rejected - Every rejection linked to a debrief No more guessing. No more generic prep. 👉 Just knowing what they’ll ask - before you walk in. Try it here: portlumeai.com

Hi Leetcoders, 🚀Built something I genuinely wish existed when I was job hunting. Called it PortLume AI. It's an interview prep tool for developers. Not another "practice leetcode" reminder app — it actually simulates a recruiter specific to the company you're applying to. Here's what it does: AI Recruiter Simulator — You paste a job description, company, and role. It pulls real, recent interview data before generating anything — not from training data, from the actual web. Output: 10 technical questions specific to that company (with the source noted), 5 behavioral questions with STAR hints written around that company's values and culture, 3-4 system design topics they actually ask, a 7-day study plan with real named resources, and insider notes on how their rounds are structured. Study Plan Daily Email Reminders — Saves your prep plan to a real weekly calendar, sends you a daily reminder of what to study. The part most tools miss: when you start a mock interview for the same company, your questions are pulled toward the topics in your study plan. So prep and practice are actually connected — not two separate things. Live Mock Interview — 10 questions, scored in real time. Every answer gets feedback on content, delivery, and how it sounds to an interviewer. At the end: a readiness score, a letter grade, a "would I move this person forward?" recruiter verdict, and a breakdown of how you did on your own study topics. Full PDF report you can download. Practice Mode Single Answer Analysis — Two lighter options. One for just getting questions without the full session. One for pasting a single answer and getting a detailed breakdown — including a suggested stronger opening line for that answer. Interview Intelligence Dashboard — After a few sessions, it builds a picture of your actual patterns: which question types you consistently struggle with, whether your communication sounds confident or hesitant, whether you're improving over time. Tells you what to focus on next based on your data, not a generic tip. Company Research — Real-time salary ranges, company ratings, interview difficulty, round structure, and average time to offer for any company/role you search. Rejection Debrief — You got rejected. You paste the email, try to recall what you were asked. It gives you a specific, stage-by-stage explanation of why you likely didn't make it, what you could have done differently per question, and a concrete recovery plan. If you don't remember the questions, it pulls them from your last practice session for that company. If you're not sure what stage you got cut at, it figures it out from your application status. Job Application Tracker — Full pipeline from applied to offer/rejected. Each rejection links to its debrief. portlumeai.com

I accidentally blocked my own users with a “logical” auth decision to my portlumeai.com Small lesson from something I shipped recently 👇 I built a SaaS where the core idea revolves around GitHub: → repo sync → commit/activity insights → portfolio generation So I made GitHub login mandatory. Seemed reasonable at the time. But then I added features like: → resume analysis → cover letter generation → cold outreach emails → job discovery …and I still kept GitHub as the only way in. What actually happened People who just wanted to try these features: → either didn’t have GitHub → or didn’t want to connect it …and they just dropped off. No feedback. No complaints. Just silent exits. What I changed → Added Google login → Decoupled non-GitHub features from GitHub auth → GitHub is now only required where it actually adds value (portfolio repo insights) The takeaway I was optimizing for my system design, not user intent. → Early-stage users don’t want to “integrate” — they want to try → Every extra requirement is friction, even if it feels justified technically Would love to hear how you’ve approached this 👀

🚀Upgrade to my Saas PortLume AI portlumeai.com Cover Letter Generator → Full Application Kit **Previously:** One-shot cover letter generation **Upgrade:** - Save generated letters with job context (company, title, date) - History tab: view all past cover letters - Inline editor: regenerate a specific paragraph without losing the rest with AI - Tone adjustment: "Make this more confident" / "More concise" / "More enthusiastic" - A/B variants: generate 2 versions and compare - "Application Kit": cover letter cold email LinkedIn connection message — all in one click

🚀Not a big update but an important update in my SaaS! Previously I kept only GitHub login which will be used for project syncing , repos , and commits history . So if a user has to use other features of my saas like - ATS score , missing keywords injection in live pannel sideways and get before after comparison with AI insights. - Cover letter generation - Cold outreach email - Job tracker - AI Job listing suggestion based on resume and skillset from pbc, sbc and from remote companies - Technical Blog writing “And there are many other features they cannot use just because it requires a GitHub login. If someone does not have GitHub, or does not want to use it, they cannot access those features.” Now Added Google Auth Sign also, - Users can connect GitHub in dashboard if they want .. recommend to do - Now they can use all the other features of my saas seamlessly (except GitHub features) without having any kind of issue which was previously happening due to GitHub login Note : To publish a portfolio and get a unique portfolio url GitHub sync is mandatory. Thanks again for being with me ! Check this out here : portlumeai.com

Update: My SaaS is finally complete 🚀 Here’s what it does: • Syncs your GitHub → repos, commits, projects automatically • Finds relevant job opportunities based on your profile • Tracks applications → status, responses, pipeline • Shows insights → views, clicks, engagement on your portfolio • Helps generate cover letters based on JD • Drafts outreach emails to hiring managers • Checks how well your resume matches a job (ATS-style) • Suggests improvements missing keywords • Gives a rough “hire-ready” score for your profile The main problem I felt: Everything in the job search process is scattered across tools→ and there’s no real feedback loop Would genuinely love feedback: Is this actually a real problem? Open to honest thoughts 👇 portlumeai.com