SpecMatch writes role-specific applications and trains you with predicted interview questions. You walk in prepared and walk out hired.
How it works
Upload your CV or add your work history, qualifications, and registrations. SpecMatch remembers everything — so you never re-type your experience again.
Drop in the job description and person specification. SpecMatch reads every criterion, scores your profile against it, and shows you exactly where you’re strong and where you’ve got gaps.
SpecMatch writes your Supporting Statement, Behaviour Examples, and CV — all matched to this specific role, grade, and sector. Every essential criterion addressed. Ready to submit.
We don't stop at the job application. SpecMatch prepares you for possible interview questions with scoring using the well trained STAR Builder and Interview Practice.
New to public sector applications? Our free guides cover how to write an NHS supporting statement, what a person specification is, and how to answer NHS interview questions.
No guesswork. No generic applications.
Why it works
SpecMatch is a product of hundreds of hours of research, data gathering, expert contribution and machine learning.
No credit card required
The difference
How SpecMatch helps
Eight scenarios across NHS, Civil Service, Local Government and Education — the moments where SpecMatch makes the difference. (Replace with real customer stories as users opt in.)
I'd been applying for Band 6 roles for eight months with zero shortlists. SpecMatch's gap analysis showed me my statement wasn't addressing seven of the twelve essential criteria — I'd never realised that's how panels actually score. Rebuilt the next application criterion-by-criterion and was shortlisted for the three Band 6 posts I applied for after that.
Shortlisted for the next 3 Band 6 roles
Aisha Patel
Staff Nurse → Senior Staff Nurse
NHS, Manchester
Coming out of the Army I had no clue how to write Civil Service behaviour examples. SpecMatch drafted each one in proper STAR structure, calibrated to G7, drawing only from my actual experience — I just had to add the specific stories. It probably saved me fifteen hours per application. Two interviews, one offer.
Offer at G7 within four months of leaving service
Major (Retd) Marcus Wright
Ex-Army → Civil Service Grade 7
DWP, Newcastle
The Statement Score Simulator was the moment it clicked for me. It told me I was scoring a 2 on three of the critical criteria and showed me exactly which evidence the panel needed. I rewrote those paragraphs, watched the score climb to a 3.6, and was invited to interview the same week. As someone with dyslexia, having that kind of structured feedback rather than vague advice changed the whole experience.
Got the role on first application
Funmi Adetola
NHS Band 6 → Band 7 SENDCO
Inner London
I work on applications between nine and eleven at night after the kids are asleep. SpecMatch saved me about three hours every night by drafting my supporting statement from my profile — I just had to refine it. The bedtime routine and the application don't have to compete anymore. I've submitted four applications this month; before SpecMatch that would have taken me eight weeks.
Shortlisted for Senior Planner band
Priya Rao
Senior Planning Officer
Birmingham City Council
Just finished my PGCE and was terrified of teacher applications — my CV felt like it was missing everything they wanted. SpecMatch's gap analysis showed me that my classroom hours from teaching practice actually covered most of the essentials, I just hadn't framed them that way. Got four interview invites from five applications. Starting in September.
Four interviews from five applications
James Okonkwo
PGCE Graduate → ECT
Stockport
I've written my own applications for twenty-five years and assumed I knew what I was doing. SpecMatch's per-criterion analysis showed me I was burying my strongest evidence in paragraph three instead of leading with it. A small structural fix, with big impact — shortlisted for two Director-level posts within a month of changing my approach.
Two Director shortlists in one month
Sarah Bergmann
Director of Operations
Acute NHS Trust, South West
I tried ChatGPT first and got back generic management-speak that didn't sound like me. SpecMatch produced sentences I'd actually say in an interview, calibrated to the grade I was applying for. The difference between 'leveraging stakeholders' and 'persuading three line managers to back the proposal' — that's the difference between being shortlisted and being filtered out.
EO offer accepted
David Hughes
Civil Service AO → EO
DVLA, Swansea
Safer Recruitment compliance is what scares everyone going for headship. SpecMatch's gap analysis flagged that I hadn't evidenced KCSIE 2025 awareness anywhere in my draft — a critical miss for the panel. Added it. Got the call the next day. The sector-specific knowledge it brings, especially around safeguarding, is what sets it apart from generic AI tools.
Appointed at first interview
Catherine Walsh
Deputy Head → Headteacher
Greater Manchester
Every sector covered
SpecMatch supports applications across every major UK public sector employer. If the role has a person specification, job description, or job link — SpecMatch is built for it.
If the role has a person specification, job description or a job link, SpecMatch is built for it.
14 AI-powered tools
Every tool you need to go from job ad to job offer. No gaps, no guesswork, no switching between apps. These features don't exist together anywhere else — SpecMatch is the only platform that brings them all under one roof, making it the bridge between you and your dream role.
See how your profile scores against every essential and desirable criterion before you write a word.
A tailored statement that addresses every criterion in priority order, calibrated to the word limit.
STAR-structured examples at the right character count for each Civil Service behaviour.
A role-specific CV that surfaces your strongest evidence for this particular person spec.
Grade-calibrated Civil Service personal statement that shows you understand the role and values.
Structured evidence for every criterion — real situation, specific actions, measurable results.
Scores your statement against Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.
Cross-references every keyword from the person spec against your documents. Nothing missed.
Weaves uncovered desirable criteria into your statement without breaking what already works.
Predicts likely questions, then scores your practice answers against the role’s success indicators.
ATS-safe documents ready to submit — no tables, no text boxes, nothing stripped by portals.
Professional, panel-ready explanations for any career gap — written without apology.
Free plan includes gap analysis, supporting statement, and more
SpecMatch turns your real career into criterion-matched evidence — for every role you go for.
Free plan. No credit card. No commitment.