User Manual

Crush Job — User Manual

Land the interview. Crush the interview. Crush Job turns the two hardest parts of a job search into calm, guided steps — tailoring a standout resume and walking into every interview prepared.

Tailor a resume in minutes

Drop in a job posting and get a resume rewritten to speak its language — no blank-page dread.

Win back ATS points in one click

The same checks hiring software runs, done for you — and fixed with a single button.

Walk in with a battle card

Your personal prep sheet for one interview — your fit, your stories, and what each round will ask.

A quiet co-pilot in your interviews

A calm helper that listens along and offers talking points drawn from your own prep.

Rehearse out loud, then get a score

Practice a real spoken interview with an AI interviewer — and get a score out of 100 with tips to improve.

Word or PDF — your choice

Pick the format once and every document arrives that way. Choose PDF and you never need Microsoft Office to open anything Crush Job makes.

Chapter 1

Your First Tailored Resume in 10 Minutes

One straight line from installing the app to a finished, tailored application sitting in your folder.

Install Crush Job

Task guide
  1. Download and run CrushJobInstaller.exe

    It's a small file. Running it opens a branded window that fetches the full Crush Job app and installs it — still only for you on this PC, so Windows won't stop to ask for an administrator password.

  2. If Windows shows a blue warning, that's expected

    CrushJobInstaller.exe is digitally signed, but it's still a new file Windows hasn't seen enough people run yet, so you may see a blue "Windows protected your PC" screen. Click "More info", then "Run anyway", and the install carries on.

  3. Crush Job downloads and opens on its own

    CrushJobInstaller.exe fetches the full app, installs it, and opens it for you. Crush Job adds itself to the Start menu and your desktop, and keeps itself up to date automatically from then on.

NoteAlready have Crush Job? You don't need to reinstall — it keeps itself up to date automatically, and you can force a check any time from "Check for Updates" in the Hub. If you'd rather run CrushJobInstaller.exe again, just run it straight over the top; there's no need to uninstall first, and every profile, document, and saved key stays untouched.

From open to your first tailored application

Task guide
  1. Open Crush Job and finish the quick setup

    The Hub greets you with a short welcome screen. It asks you to pick the folder that holds your resume, and to link this device to your Crush Job account (required — it's what lets the app do any AI work). No keys to paste. One-time only.

  2. Create your profile

    Click "New Person", type your name, choose where your documents live. A profile is simply you — everything lands in your own folder.

  3. Launch Rezi Ninja

    Click "Launch" on the Rezi Ninja card.

  4. Confirm your master resume

    Since you already picked your resume folder, Rezi Ninja just asks which file is your current resume. That becomes your master resume — the trusted original every tailored version is built from.

  5. Bring in a job posting

    Paste the job description, or paste its web link and let Rezi Ninja fetch it. Click "Analyze →" and meet your Dicer JD Score — how well your resume already speaks this job's language.

  6. Answer the gap questions

    A few friendly questions about things the job wants that your resume doesn't mention yet. It only ever uses your real answers and never invents anything about you.

  7. Generate your application

    Click "Generate Application". You get a tailored resume, a matching cover letter, and a fresh tracker entry, saved into your Applications folder.

  8. Celebrate — and keep going

    When the interview invite lands, Interview Killer turns that application into a personal battle card.

Chapter 2

The Hub: Your Mission Control

The Hub is the first thing you see and the place you'll always come back to. It knows who you are, holds the link to your account, launches every part of the suite, and quietly keeps the whole app up to date.

The Hub at a glance

Good to know

The Active Person selector

At the top sits Active Person — the person Crush Job is currently working for. Open the dropdown to switch between people. When you switch, every open app follows along instantly, so you're never working on the wrong resume by accident.

New Person & Remove Person

Click "New Person" to add someone — just a name and a folder. To remove someone, pick "Remove Person" from the Active Person dropdown. Removing a person never touches their documents — it removes the entry from Crush Job only; every resume, letter, and interview note stays safe in their folder.

Detect From Folder

Already have a Crush Job folder from another PC? When adding a person, click "Detect From Folder" and point it there. Crush Job reads it in and picks up right where you left off, tracker and all.

Module cards: Launch, then Open

Each app has a card with a Launch button. Once an app is running, its button reflects that it's open — one click brings the window back to the front instead of starting a second copy.

Finding your files

The quickest way to your documents is the "Open Folder" button on the person's card in Rezi Ninja, or the folder you chose during setup. The account/settings icon lives as a plainly-labelled "Account" button in the header.

Crush Job keeps itself up to date

Good to know

You'll never have to hunt for a download or reinstall — new versions arrive on their own, quietly, while you work. You can also just ask.

Updates arrive quietly in the background

The Hub downloads a new version for you in the background. Nothing interrupts what you're doing.

Downloaded updates are applied, not just offered

Once a new version finishes downloading, Crush Job asks you to restart into it and means it — restarting takes a couple of seconds and nothing you've saved is affected. If you genuinely can't restart that second, close Crush Job and reopen it later — it comes back on the new version.

A "Check for Updates" button

In the Hub's top bar, next to the version number. Click it any time to know where you stand.

It always tells you the answer, including "that didn't work"

A line of text next to the button says "Checking for updates…", "Downloading update…", "Version X.X.X downloaded" when ready to restart into, or "Up to date (vX.X.X)". If the check itself fails, it says "Update check failed" and points you at an update.log file in your data folder.

What your plan includes

Good to know

The app checks your plan before opening a module, so what you see matches what you're paying for.

Locked modules look locked

If a module isn't part of your plan, its card says so up front rather than opening and then refusing.

A used-up free trial is an offer, not a refusal

When a free trial runs out, Crush Job says the trial is finished and shows you the upgrade.

Out of credit?

The button takes you straight to Credit Packs.

Each count says what it is counting

The Account tab lists one line per thing your plan includes (tailored resumes, cover letters, battle cards, scored mocks) with how many are left this month and the renewal date. The note under each paid button says the same thing in the module's own words, in green: "3 Rezi Ninja Dices Remain", "1 Battlecard Remains", "5 Mock Interviews Remain". Green means your plan is paying; grey means credits.

You can see the count before you need it

In Interview Killer the count is visible as soon as you open the module, not just after picking an application.

Two tools come with a paid plan at no extra charge

The ATS Ninja Dicer (the "Dice It!" button) and LinkedIn Studio are included with any paid plan and cost nothing to use. They're the two tools not included on the free plan.

Just upgraded? Tell the app

Click "Account" → "Account" tab → "Refresh Plan". Everything unlocks straight away — no restart.

Choose Word or PDF

Task guide

Crush Job asks you once which format you want your documents in, then writes every one of them that way — your tailored resume, your cover letter, the saved job posting, and your battle card.

  1. Open Preferences

    Hub → "Account" button → "Preferences" tab.

  2. Pick your format

    Under "Document format", choose "Word Doc (.docx)" or "PDF (.pdf)". Saved instantly, no Save button, no need to set it again.

  3. Every module follows

    Rezi Ninja and Interview Killer both read this one setting. Rezi Ninja's review screen also has the same picker next to Generate, for switching just for the run in front of you.

NoteWord Doc is the default and the safer choice — most job-application sites and their screening software ask specifically for a Word file. Choose PDF if you'd rather have documents that open on any computer without Microsoft Office — it also looks identical on every screen and can't be edited by accident.
NoteYou get one file per document, not two — changing the setting only affects documents made from now on; anything already saved stays exactly as it is.

Export your job tracker

Task guide

The Hub keeps every application you've made in one browsable Job Tracker. When you want a copy — to keep, share, or open elsewhere — you choose the format: Excel, CSV, PDF, or a web page.

  1. Open the Job Tracker from the Hub

    Click "Job Tracker". Your applications open in their own window, already up to date.

  2. Click Export

    A save window titled "Export Job Tracker" opens, with your file already named for you.

  3. Choose the format

    Open "Save as type" and pick Excel workbook, CSV, PDF, or Web page. CSV opens in Google Sheets, Apple Numbers, and just about anything else.

  4. Save it — and it remembers

    The next export opens on the format you picked last time.

Chapter 3

Rezi Ninja: Your Resume, Tailored

Rezi Ninja takes one trusted master resume and, for every job you chase, reshapes it to fit — then checks it against the software that screens resumes before any human sees them.

Set your master resume

Task guide

Your master resume is the trusted original. Set it once, update it whenever your career moves.

  1. Run the Resume Setup wizard

    Appears automatically on first launch; since you already picked your resume folder, it just asks which file is your current resume.

  2. Point it at your resume

    Rezi Ninja reads it in and remembers it as your master — the starting point for every tailored version.

  3. Update it later, any time

    Open "Settings" → run "Resume Setup" again to refresh your master. Everything you tailor from then on reflects the update.

Bring in a job description — three ways

Good to know

Paste it

Copy the posting and paste it into the big box. Always works.

Load a file

"Load File" to pull in a saved posting — plain text, Markdown, or a PDF.

Drop in the link

Paste the posting's web address and click "Analyze →" — Rezi Ninja fetches the text for you. Some sites hide postings behind logins/scripts and block fetching; Rezi Ninja says so kindly and reminds you pasting the text works every time.

What Analyze gives you back

Good to know

A clear match summary

Plain-language read on fit and gaps.

The keywords

This employer cares about, surfaced up front.

A salary heads-up

When the posting reveals pay information.

Your Dicer JD Score

A single number for how well your resume speaks this job's language. Checking it is instant and free, so re-check as often as you like.

The gap conversation

Good to know

Why it asks

The posting wants things your resume doesn't mention yet; rather than guess, Rezi Ninja asks you.

Honest answers make a stronger resume

Every honest detail becomes material the tailored resume can draw on.

It never invents anything about you

Only works from your master resume and your own answers. Never fabricates experience, titles, or numbers.

Generate your application

Task guide
  1. Click Generate Application

    One click starts the run.

  2. Collect what you receive

    A tailored resume, a matching cover letter, a saved copy of the job posting, a new tracker row, and an improved score (the "Dicer JD Optimized" number beside your original score).

  3. Find it in your Applications folder

    Everything lands there, grouped for this job. The finish screen lists every document it wrote with an "Open Folder" button. You get three documents — resume, cover letter, saved job posting — each in whichever format you chose.

NoteIf you choose PDF for your resume, Crush Job lays it out itself as a clean single-column version (deliberately, since that's what resume-screening software reads most reliably) rather than matching your own resume's design. Choose Word Doc instead and your own design is kept, untouched.

Dice It!, ATS Optimization and LinkedIn Studio

Star feature

Before a human ever reads your resume, software scores it. Crush Job checks the same 11 things those systems check — and Dice It wins your dropped points back in one click.

Find the ATS Optimization card

On Rezi Ninja's main screen, the "ATS Optimization" card shows your Ninja Score gauge and a checklist of the 11 things resume-screening software looks for. Green checks are points you've earned; unmet ones are points on the table. On a paid plan the card carries a green "FREE" badge.

Click Dice It! to win the points back

Crush Job proposes the exact changes that reclaim your missed points. You review and choose which to apply — nothing changes without your say-so. Works on your master resume alone, no job posting needed.

LinkedIn Studio

A five-step workspace: Import your profile (LinkedIn's own data export, a "Save to PDF", or the resume already on file), then Optimize it with word-by-word accept/reject rewrites for your headline, About section, experience and skills. Apply is a guided checklist that opens LinkedIn at the right spot for each change — no app can edit your LinkedIn profile directly, so this walks you through pasting each one in yourself. Share posts a "just refreshed my profile" update, and Report gives you a before/after summary of what changed.

Your original is always safe

Dicing never overwrites your resume. The untouched original sits in the "Original Resume" folder, improvements go into a separate "Optimized" copy, and a log records every change made.

On the free plan

Buttons stay visible; clicking one explains itself with a "This Feature Is On Our Paid Plans" note and a "See Plans" button to crushjob.ai/pricing.

NoteDice It! and LinkedIn Studio are included with any paid plan at no extra charge — they are the two tools not available on the free plan. Everything else about the free plan (Ninja Score, analyzing a job posting, tailoring your resume) works exactly the same.

See why each change was made

Good to know

When you look over what Crush Job changed on your resume, you never have to wonder why. Every edited line shows you the exact requirement from the job posting it was tailored to match.

Every changed line tells you what it's chasing

A highlighted note names the exact phrase from the posting the change was written to match (e.g. "scaling cloud platforms").

General polish is labelled too

When a line is just sharpened, the note says "general tailoring — no specific job-posting phrase."

Read it, trust it, or change it

You're always the one deciding.

The application tracker

Good to know

One workbook, your entire search

Every Generate adds a row: the job, the source, the date, and your before-and-after scores.

If it's open in Excel, Rezi Ninja waits

Excel locks the file while open; Rezi Ninja pauses and offers "Retry". Close the tracker in Excel and click Retry.

No Excel?

The Hub's Job Tracker shows the same applications in a browsable window, and exports as Excel, CSV, PDF, or web page.

Chapter 4

Interview Killer: Your Interview Battle Card

Once Rezi Ninja has tailored your application for a job, Interview Killer reads that application and builds you a battle card — a personal prep sheet for that one interview. Everything on it is drawn from your own resume and your own answers.

What your battle card gives you

Good to know

A fit snapshot

A quick, plain-language read on why you're a strong match.

An evidence map

Everything the job asks for, matched to the proof in your resume, rated honestly strong / okay / weak.

Ready-to-tell STAR stories

Situation, Task, Action, Result.

Stage-by-stage prep

For each round (Recruiter Screen, Hiring Manager, Technical, Panel, Executive): likely questions, an outline of how to answer, smart questions to ask them, and talking points to weave in.

A key-metrics cheat line

Your most quotable wins in one line.

Build a battle card

Task guide
  1. Open Interview Killer from the Hub

    One click launches the module.

  2. Pick the application you're prepping for

    Interview Killer lists the ones Rezi Ninja has already tailored for you.

  3. Tick the interview stages you'll face

    Up to five: Recruiter Screen, Hiring Manager, Technical, Panel, Executive. The first two are ticked by default.

  4. Click Generate Battle Card

    A progress bar fills while it works; in a few seconds your draft appears. If you picked too many stages to fit into one card, it tells you plainly to pick fewer and try again.

  5. Read the whole draft first with View Now

    Opens as a PDF, works on any computer, nothing to install.

  6. Sharpen it with the strengthen questions (optional)

    "Strengthen Answers" gives you a short list of questions, each pre-filled with a first draft from your resume you can edit. Entirely optional — skip and save as-is.

  7. Find it in your Interviews folder

    Saved as a Word document or PDF (see Choose Word or PDF), alongside your interview recordings. "Open Battle Card" opens whichever file your card was saved as.

Send it to Interview Copilot

Good to know

It's already on its way

The moment your battle card is built, it's sent straight to Interview Copilot as a ready-to-run prep.

Start your Copilot session knowing it's ready

No re-uploading, no setup from scratch.

Need to resend?

"Send To Interview Copilot" on the battle card's final screen sends the latest version.

Chapter 5

Mock It!: Rehearse the Real Thing

Reading your prep is one thing — saying it out loud, on the spot, is another. Mock It! lets you practice a real, spoken interview with an AI interviewer, then hands you a score out of 100 with warm, specific tips to get better. It interviews you against the battle card you built in Interview Killer, so every question is about your job and your story.

What a mock interview feels like

Good to know

A real back-and-forth

Your AI interviewer speaks its questions out loud, listens to your spoken answers, asks natural follow-ups, and will even answer questions you ask it.

You can jump in any time

Start talking and the interviewer stops to listen, exactly like a real interview.

A score you can actually act on

What you did well, and the one or two things to work on next time.

Start a mock interview

Task guide
  1. Prepare a battle card first

    In Interview Killer. Mock It! finds it automatically for your active person.

  2. Open Mock It! and pick your card

    Then pick which interview round to rehearse (recruiter screen, technical round, etc.).

  3. Choose a voice and how many questions

    A shorter set for a quick warm-up, a longer one for something closer to the real thing.

  4. Put on headphones and begin

    So the interviewer's voice doesn't echo into your microphone. Click "Begin Interview".

  5. Have the conversation

    Answer out loud, in full. Jump in any time by just talking.

  6. Finish and meet your score

    Mock It! Score out of 100, with what landed well and what to sharpen.

NoteA mock interview runs up to 30 minutes. If you're still going at the half-hour mark, your interviewer wraps up the way a real one would — a closing question, your answer, then your score. You never get cut off mid-sentence, and you always get scored.

Your Mock It! Score

Good to know

One friendly number out of 100, built from two honest halves — how you said it and what you said.

How you delivered

Pace, filler words ("ums" and "you knows"), how quickly you started answering, whether answers ran the right length, that you didn't talk over the interviewer, and steady energy.

What you actually said

Relevance, specificity, structure, and whether it landed with real impact. This is where your STAR stories earn their keep.

Tips, not grades

Plain-language pointers on what's worth practicing.

If the grading can't run, you keep half your score

The delivery half is measured on your own PC and needs no AI. If the content can't be graded (out of credits, connection drops), you still get your delivery score, and the results screen names the actual reason under "Delivery-only score" so you know whether it's fixable.

Retakes, voices & the on-screen helper

Good to know

Retake the same questions

A direct before-and-after. Each scored run counts as its own mock — one from your plan's allowance, or 30 credits.

Or get a fresh set

Keeps you on your toes like a real interviewer would.

Pick your interviewer's voice

A natural premium voice, or the built-in Windows voice, which doesn't need an internet connection to speak. Costs the same either way.

The optional on-screen helper

Shows your prepared talking points and key numbers on screen while you practice, free to use, and can be turned off any time to feel more like the real thing.

TipUse headphones, answer in full STAR stories, and try a relaxed free-voice run first — then do a scored one when you're warmed up.
Chapter 6

Interview Copilot: Your Quiet Co-Pilot

Copilot sits with you through a live interview, follows both sides of the conversation, and quietly offers talking points drawn from your prep — never generic filler. You stay in the driver's seat the whole time.

Interview Setup — build your prep bundle

Task guide

The better Copilot knows this role and your story, the more useful its suggestions.

  1. Open Interview Setup

    In Copilot, click "Interview Setup".

  2. Add the job, your resume, and your research

    The raw material every suggestion is grounded in.

  3. Pull From Rezi Ninja

    Already tailored a resume for this job? "Pull From Rezi Ninja" carries your tailored materials over — no re-uploading.

NoteIf you built a battle card in Interview Killer, it's already loaded here before you even open Setup.

During your call

Task guide

A calm control bar, a live transcript, and hotkeys that act like superpowers.

  1. Choose your microphone and speaker

    So Copilot hears both sides clearly.

  2. Read the consent reminder

    Recording rules vary by place; Copilot reminds you before you start. You're responsible for following local rules.

  3. Start Listening

    Begins a live transcript in two lanes (You / Interviewer) and starts offering suggestions as questions come up.

  4. Pause or Stop whenever you like

    "Pause" quietly holds listening without ending the session; "Stop Listening" ends it and saves everything.

NoteIf the session is covered by your plan, Crush Job warns you in the status bar at 60 and 68 minutes and wraps the session up at 70 — that's where your plan's coverage ends. If you're paying in credits instead, Copilot bills by the minute while actually listening, so the only limit is your balance.

Five hotkeys that act like superpowers

Reference

The "Overlay" is a small floating panel that stays on top of other windows and, out of the box, is hidden from screen shares (a "Hide overlay from screen shares" switch in Settings can make it visible if you ever want that).

Ctrl+Alt+S

Suggest a talking point now.

Ctrl+Alt+P

Start or stop listening — the whole session, not the same as Pause.

Ctrl+Alt+O

Show or hide the overlay.

Ctrl+Alt+Q

Take the question from your clipboard.

Ctrl+Alt+N

Move on to the next question.

The Debrief

Good to know

When the call ends, Copilot becomes your personal coach.

Get your coach's notes

"Debrief Last Session" reviews how the interview went — what landed well, what to tighten, how to answer a tricky question better next time.

Everything is saved for you

Transcript, any recording, and the debrief all land in your Interviews folder.

Debriefing an older transcript

You can come back days later and debrief a transcript from an earlier interview; since there's no live session behind it, that's its own small charge (2 credits — the price of one Copilot minute). Crush Job asks first and shows the price, so nothing is ever charged by surprise. The debrief of the session you just finished stays free, however long you take to click the button.

Chapter 7

Where Everything Lives

Crush Job doesn't hide your work inside itself. Everything it makes is a normal file in a normal folder on your PC — organized, named clearly, and completely yours.

Documents\Crush Job\<Your Name>\

  • Applications\Every tailored resume, cover letter & the tracker (Resume - <Company> - <Role> - <Date>.docx or .pdf, and the same for your cover letter and the saved posting).
  • Interviews\Battle cards, mock-interview practice, transcripts, recordings & debriefs (Battle Card - <Company> - <Date>.docx or .pdf).
  • Original Resume\Your untouched originals — the safety copies.

What lives in each folder

Good to know

Documents\Crush Job\<Your Name>\ is the root every profile gets — everything below is organized from there.

Applications

Every tailored resume and cover letter, each as a Word document or PDF, plus the one tracker workbook logging your whole search.

Interviews

Battle cards, Mock It! practice runs, interview transcripts, recordings, and debrief notes — everything for a given interview in one place.

Original Resume

Your untouched originals, kept safe whenever Rezi Ninja optimizes a copy.

NoteEverything Crush Job makes is a normal file in a normal folder — open it, copy it, back it up, email it. It's yours. Updates arrive on their own, so your files stay put while the app quietly moves forward.

Open it without Microsoft Office

Good to know

You don't need Word or Excel to read anything Crush Job makes for you. Set your documents to PDF and every one of them opens on any computer.

One setting covers everything

Your resume, cover letter, saved posting, and battle card all follow the same choice (see Choose Word or PDF).

Which should I choose?

Plenty of job-application sites still ask for a Word file, which is why Word Doc is the default. PDF is the better pick for sending to a person or attaching to an email — it looks the same everywhere and can't be edited by accident. Switch any time; already-saved documents are never touched.

Your battle card, on your phone

Set PDF and your battle card opens on your laptop, tablet, or phone with nothing to install.

Your job tracker, your choice of format

The Job Tracker exports as Excel, CSV, PDF, or web page.

NoteIf you choose PDF for your resume, Crush Job lays it out itself as a clean single-column version of the same content — deliberately, since that's what resume-screening software reads most reliably. Choose Word Doc to keep your own design untouched.
Chapter 8

Know What You're Spending

Your plan includes a set number of each thing every month. Those come first and cost you nothing. Once a month's allowance is used up, the same action is paid for with credits — and either way you can see what it will take before you press the button.

How the meter works

Good to know

Your plan's allowance comes first

And it says what it is counting — under every paid button you'll see the thing itself, counted, in green: "3 Rezi Ninja Dices Remain", "1 Battlecard Remains", "5 Mock Interviews Remain", "2 Copilot Sessions Remain — up to 70 minutes each". Green means it comes out of your monthly allowance at no cost. The count refreshes the moment the action finishes. (If you're signed in on more than one PC, treat the number shown as the fewest you have left — it's never lower than shown, occasionally a little behind.)

Then credits, at 20 to the dollar

Once the allowance is gone, the note turns grey and says "This uses 10 credits" instead. One credit is five cents — 20 credits to the dollar, so a $10 Credit Pack is 200 credits.

One action, one price

You're charged for the thing you asked for, not the steps underneath it. A run that happens to need more AI work behind the scenes never costs you more.

What each thing costs in credits

Tailoring your resume to a posting: 10 credits for the whole run. A cover letter: 5. An Interview Killer battle card: 6. A scored Mock It! interview: 30, spoken parts included. Interview Copilot: 2 credits a minute while actually listening. A debrief on its own: 2, same as one Copilot minute (a debrief of a session you just ran is already covered by that session). Free on every plan: checking your Ninja Score, and analyzing a job posting. Free on any paid plan: Dice It! and LinkedIn Studio.

Where your balance lives

Hub → "Account" button → "Account" tab. Shows your credit balance, then one line for each thing your plan includes, with how many are left and the renewal date. If you run out part-way through something, Crush Job says so plainly and points you at "Credit Packs" — it never fails silently.

Your full transaction history lives on crushjob.ai

The app shows your current balance; your itemized history (every action, every Credit Pack, on its own line) lives on your account at crushjob.ai, reached via the "Manage Account" button on the Account tab.

NoteYour balance is read from your account rather than worked out on your PC, so what you see is what your account actually holds. If Crush Job can't reach your account, it says so and shows no figure at all rather than a zero that isn't true.

See every single charge

Task guide
  1. Open Account in the Hub

    The Account tab shows your plan, what it includes, and your credit balance.

  2. Click Manage Account

    Opens your account on crushjob.ai in your browser, where the full transaction history lives.

  3. Buying more, if you need it

    The "Credit Packs" button beside your balance goes straight to the packs.

Chapter 9

Quick Answers

Answers to the questions new users ask most.

Is Crush Job safe? Why does Windows warn me?

It's safe. CrushJobInstaller.exe is digitally signed, but it's still a new file Windows hasn't seen enough people run yet, so it may show a blue "Windows protected your PC" screen. Click "More info", then "Run anyway" to continue. It installs only for you, no administrator password.

Do I need to reinstall to get updates?

No. Crush Job keeps itself up to date automatically. When a new version is ready, the Hub downloads it quietly in the background and prompts you to restart into it. If you'd rather check yourself, click "Check for Updates" in the Hub's top bar — it always tells you what it found, including "Up to date" and including when the check itself failed.

I already have the old version — how do I upgrade?

You don't have to do anything — Crush Job updates itself automatically, and you can force a check any time with "Check for Updates" in the Hub's top bar. If you'd rather reinstall by hand, just run CrushJobInstaller.exe straight over your existing copy — there's no need to uninstall first, and all your info, profiles, and saved keys stay untouched. Only use "Apps & features" if you want to remove Crush Job from the PC entirely.

My antivirus flagged CrushJobInstaller.exe — is that a problem?

No. CrushJobInstaller.exe is digitally signed, but it's still a brand-new file, so some antivirus tools are cautious with it on general principle until it has more of a track record — not because anything is wrong. It only ever fetches and installs Crush Job. You can allow it and continue, or skip the small file and grab the full offline installer straight from GitHub instead (github.com/crushjob/crushjob-releases/releases/latest). Either way, it's the real Crush Job.

I don't have Microsoft Word or Excel — can I still use Crush Job?

Yes, completely. Set your documents to PDF (Hub → Account → Preferences → Document format) and everything Crush Job makes opens on any computer. The Job Tracker also exports as a CSV, a PDF, or a web page, not just Excel. Note: plenty of job-application sites still ask specifically for a Word file, which is why Word Doc is the default — you can change the setting back any time, and documents you've already saved are never altered.

Why doesn't my resume PDF look like my resume?

Because Crush Job lays that PDF out itself rather than photographing your Word file — a clean, single-column version of the same content, not a copy of your design. That's deliberate: it's what resume-screening software reads most reliably. Prefer your own design? Switch the setting to Word Doc.

What is a battle card, and how do I make one?

Your personal prep sheet for one interview — a fit snapshot, an honest evidence map of your strengths and gaps, ready-to-tell STAR stories, and prep for each interview stage. Open Interview Killer from the Hub, pick a tailored application, tick the interview stages you'll face, and click "Generate Battle Card". It saves as a Word document, a PDF, and a web page you can read on your phone — and is sent to Interview Copilot automatically.

Do I have to answer the strengthen questions in Interview Killer?

No — they're optional. Your battle card is complete the moment you generate it. "Strengthen Answers" just sharpens it further; skip it and save as-is any time.

What's the difference between Mock It! and Interview Copilot?

Mock It! is for practice before the interview — an AI interviewer asks you questions out loud, you answer out loud, and you get a score out of 100 with tips. Interview Copilot is for the real interview — it listens along quietly and offers talking points while you're actually on the call. Rehearse with Mock It!, then let Copilot ride shotgun on the day.

What does a Mock It! practice interview cost?

One scored mock from your plan's monthly allowance, or 30 credits once that's used up. Same price however long the interview runs and whichever voice you pick.

Why can't I use Dice It! or LinkedIn Studio on the free plan?

Those two tools are included with any paid plan and cost nothing extra to use — they're the two tools not part of the free plan. Everything else about the free plan is unchanged: your Ninja Score still works at no cost on every plan, and tailoring your resume to a job posting works exactly the same. Just upgraded? Open the Hub's Account tab and choose "Refresh Plan".

Can I have more than one profile?

Yes. Add as many people as you like with "New Person", and switch between them any time from the Active Person dropdown in the Hub. Every open app follows the switch instantly, so each person's documents stay neatly separate.

What if a job site won't let me fetch the posting?

Some sites hide postings behind logins or scripts and block fetching. Just copy the posting text and paste it into the box instead — that works every time.

Is my resume sent anywhere?

Your documents stay in your own folders on your PC. To tailor a resume, the text of your resume and the job posting is sent to Crush Job's AI service for that one request and comes straight back as your tailored document — it is not kept or used to train anything. Everything Crush Job makes lands in Documents\Crush Job\<Your Name>.

What are crash reports, and what do they send?

If something in Crush Job ever crashes, it can send an anonymous note so it can be fixed — only the kind of error, where it happened, and which version you're on. Never your resumes, prompts, interview answers, or anything you've typed. A "Crash Reports" switch in the Hub's Account tab is on by default and can be turned off any time.

What if my tracker is open in Excel?

Excel locks the file while open, so Rezi Ninja can't add your new row — it pauses and offers "Retry". Close the tracker in Excel and click Retry.

How do I update my master resume?

In Rezi Ninja, open "Settings" and run "Resume Setup" again. Point it at your updated resume and it becomes your new master. Your originals are always preserved in "Original Resume".

Does removing a person delete their files?

Never. "Remove Person" only removes the entry from Crush Job. Every resume, letter, and interview note stays exactly where it is in that person's folder.

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