"Let's See": Man Claims ChatGPT Applied to 500 Jobs for Him and Landed 12 Interviews in 24 Hours
- A productivity creator shared a step-by-step tutorial showing how he used ChatGPT to apply to 500 jobs on his behalf
- The tutorial walked viewers through using ChatGPT's agent mode to search LinkedIn and Indeed and tailor each application automatically
- Viewers flooded the comments with scepticism and curiosity in equal measure, with hundreds commenting one word to get the prompts
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A career hack tutorial posted by Instagram creator @mangpt on 30 July 2026 has people rethinking how they job hunt. The screen-recorded video claims he landed 12 interviews in a single day after letting ChatGPT handle 500 job applications for him overnight.
The tutorial breaks the process into a few steps. First, the creator instructs viewers to upload their CV into ChatGPT and prompt it to act as a senior recruiter, identifying the 20 most suitable job titles and the exact keywords that applicant tracking systems scan for. From there, the same chat is used to rewrite the CV into a flexible master template using what he calls the "Google XYZ formula," designed to pass initial screening in under 10 seconds.
ChatGPT agent mode does the heavy lifting
The key move, according to the creator, is switching on ChatGPT's agent mode. Once activated, the tool is prompted to search LinkedIn and Indeed for every matching job posted in the previous seven days, build a spreadsheet with links and match scores, and generate a tailored application for each one. The final prompt instructs it to apply to the top 500 highest-matched roles, customising each submission to the specific job description.
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The result, he claims, is a fully automated job search that runs while you sleep.
"ChatGPT literally applies to jobs for you while you sleep."
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Viewers are split on whether it actually works
Not everyone on his page was convinced. Several people pushed back on the core claim but despite the scepticism, the comments section was flooded with people typing "Jobs" to receive the prompts, signalling that curiosity far outweighed doubt for most viewers.
@sonyaroomi said:
"ChatGPT doesn't apply the jobs for you."
@nassos8920 wrote:
"Fake."
@tu_ho84 commented:
"I don't think it's going to apply for me."
@chesire_cat8888 asked:
"But in which country and which state and which city?"
@ginaaaa_thegenie simply wrote:
"Let's see. Jobs."
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