Lightning CV flow prototypes · design work, not the product

Two experiences, five ways through them

First the once-only part: signup and building your history. Then the part that repeats every application: drop in the advert. Each experience is clickable start to finish. Each prototype is clickable from start to finish with the same synthetic application.

Same data in every prototype: one advert (Head of Engineering at Hartline, invented), 33 of 333 confirmed things picked, two named gaps. Employer names and the 333 count are real; everything else is illustrative. What differs is the structure, so judge the flow, not the content.

1 · Signup and onboarding

Zero to a ready account: the drop zone, the confirm gate, 333 things, one open item.

Onboarding

Create the account, build the history

Onboarding as its own experience: the account, the honest promise of the evening's work, the history build with every step on screen, and a landing state with exactly one open item. Independent of which app structure ships.

Sign up→What you are in for→History build→Ready, one open item
Try the flow 4 beats, sign up to ready

2 · Drop in the job description

The application loop, four ways: the incumbent build's design, the original three-step model, and three agent-workspace structures.

The old approach

Set up once, then paste

The model the waitlist page promises, with setup owned by onboarding: every application is paste the advert, pick a look, download. Linear, simple, no conversation.

Paste advert→33 things picked→Pick a look→File downloaded
Try the flow 2 steps, paste to file

New · 1

Coverage spine

Conversation left, what the advert asks for in the middle with every fact's provenance, the CV right. The honest readout is the layout itself.

Empty account→Drop zone→333 things→Paste→Coverage→CV + gaps→File
Try the flow 5 beats, zero to file

New · 2

Flow strip

Each application is a journey through four stations: the advert, the things picked, the coverage, the CV. The gaps carry a rust badge and ride with the document.

History build→Advert→33 things→Coverage→The CV→File
Try the flow step 0 + 4 stations

New · 3

Two-pane workbench

Rail navigation for the whole app (history, applications, settings), conversation docked left, the document always mounted right, coverage in a drawer underneath.

History from zero→Ledger→New application→Paste→CV + drawer→File
Try the flow 4 beats, zero to file