🚀 ApplyIQ

AI-Powered Internship Automation Platform

Find. Match. Apply. Grow.

ApplyIQ is an AI-powered internship automation platform designed to help students discover opportunities, analyze job requirements, generate tailored application materials, and improve their employability using Google Gemini AI.

Built with a modern full-stack architecture, ApplyIQ streamlines the internship application process by combining job matching, resume generation, cover letter creation, and skill-gap analysis into a single intelligent platform.

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📖 Problem Statement

Students spend countless hours:

• Searching for internships across multiple platforms
• Reading and comparing job descriptions
• Tailoring resumes for each application
• Writing personalized cover letters
• Identifying missing skills

As a result, many students submit generic applications or miss opportunities entirely.

ApplyIQ solves this challenge by leveraging Generative AI to automate and personalize the internship application workflow.

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✨ Features

🎯 AI-Powered Job Matching

• Analyzes internship descriptions
• Compares opportunities against student profiles
• Uses semantic similarity rather than simple keyword matching
• Recommends the most relevant opportunities

📄 AI Resume Generator

• ATS-friendly resume creation
• Customized for specific job roles
• Highlights relevant experiences and skills
• Exportable as PDF

✉️ AI Cover Letter Generator

• Personalized cover letters
• Tailored to company and role requirements
• Professional and recruiter-friendly format

📊 Skill Gap Analysis

• Identifies missing skills
• Compares candidate profile against job requirements
• Provides actionable recommendations

🤖 AI Career Assistant

• Internship guidance
• Resume improvement suggestions
• Career-related Q&A
• Personalized recommendations

📁 Resume Upload & Parsing

• Upload existing resumes
• Extract profile information automatically
• Build structured candidate profiles

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🏗️ System Architecture

                ┌─────────────────┐
                │     Frontend    │
                │ React + Vite    │
                └────────┬────────┘
                         │
                         ▼
                ┌─────────────────┐
                │     FastAPI     │
                │     Backend     │
                └────────┬────────┘
                         │
         ┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
         ▼               ▼               ▼

   Gemini AI      Job Matching      Database
 (Generation)     (Embeddings)      (SQLite)

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  Resume Generator
  Cover Letter Generator
  Skill Analysis Engine

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🧠 Google AI Technologies Used

ApplyIQ is powered by Google's Gemini ecosystem.

Gemini Models

• Gemini 2.0 Flash
• text-embedding-004

AI Capabilities

• Resume Generation
• Cover Letter Creation
• Job Matching
• Skill Recommendations
• Career Assistance
• Semantic Search

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• React
• Vite
• Tailwind CSS
• Zustand

Backend

• FastAPI
• Python
• SQLAlchemy

Database

• SQLite

AI

• Google Gemini API
• Gemini 2.0 Flash
• text-embedding-004

Additional Tools

• ReportLab
• PyMuPDF
• python-docx

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🚀 Getting Started

Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ApplyIQ.git
cd ApplyIQ

Backend Setup

cd backend

python -m venv venv

# Windows
venv\Scripts\activate

# Linux/Mac
source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

uvicorn main:app --reload

Backend runs on:

http://localhost:8000

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Frontend Setup

cd frontend

npm install

npm run dev

Frontend runs on:

http://localhost:5173

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⚙️ Environment Variables

Create a .env file:

DATABASE_URL=sqlite+aiosqlite:///./applyiq.db

JWT_SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key

GEMINI_API_KEY=your-gemini-api-key

BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:8000

FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:5173

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📸 Screenshots

Dashboard

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Job Matching

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Resume Builder

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Cover Letter Generator

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🎯 Future Roadmap

• Interview preparation assistant
• Recruiter outreach automation
• Full-time job recommendations
• Learning path generation
• Portfolio optimization
• AI career roadmap planner

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🌏 Impact

ApplyIQ aims to reduce the friction students face during internship applications by:

• Saving time
• Improving application quality
• Increasing opportunity discovery
• Helping students identify skill gaps
• Making career guidance more accessible

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👨‍💻 Builder

Aarya Joshi

Built for the Gen AI Academy APAC – Meet the Builders Initiative.

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📜 License

MIT License

Feel free to use, modify, and contribute.

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⭐ Support

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It helps others discover the project and supports future development.

⭐ Star the repository if you like ApplyIQ!