Claude Opus 4.8 vs Qwen3.7 Max for CV writing
Claude Opus 4.8 wins, 93–87
Same 12 CV writing tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. Claude Opus 4.8 took 6 tasks, Qwen3.7 Max took 2, 4 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.
Where they differed most
Put this work history into correct reverse-chronological CV order and flag anything a recruiter will query: Greggs, team member, 2016-2018; Openreach, trainee engineer, Jan 2021-present; B&Q, weekend supervisor, 2017-2019; self-employed handyman, 2019-2021 'on and off'. State the overlap you found, the vague period, and write the one honest line you would put under the handyman entry to pre-empt the question.
## Reverse-Chronological CV Order 1. **Openreach** — Trainee Engineer — Jan 2021–Present 2. **Self-Employed Handyman** — 2019–2021 3. **B&Q** — Weekend Supervisor — 2017–2019 4. **Greggs** — Team Member — 2016–2018 ## Flags a Recruiter Will Query **Overlap 1: Greggs & B&Q (2017–2018)** Greggs (2016–2018) overlaps with B&Q (2017–2019) for roughly a year. This is plausible if B&Q was genuinely a *weekend* role held alongside Greggs — but you must be ready to state that clearly, because on paper it looks like two full-time jobs at once. **Over…
**Reverse-Chronological CV Order** * **Openreach** | Trainee Engineer | Jan 2021 – Present * **Self-Employed** | Handyman | 2019 – 2021 * **B&Q** | Weekend Supervisor | 2017 – 2019 * **Greggs** | Team Member | 2016 – 2018 *** **What a Recruiter Will Query (Flags)** * **Lack of months:** Aside from the current role, using only years makes it impossible for a recruiter to map your exact timeline, check for hidden employment gaps, or verify right-to-work/visa timelines. * **The "On and off" nature:** Recruiters view sporadic self-e…
Task by task
| Task | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Profile that mirrors the ad | 10 | 8 |
| Untangle the dates | 9 | 6 |
| Duties into achievements | 10 | 10 |
| Thirty years onto two pages | 10 | 8 |
| Profile without the wallpaper | 8 | 10 |
| First CV, empty history | 10 | 8 |
| Back after eight years | 10 | 9 |
| Do the hobbies earn their line? | 8 | 9 |
| Fix the format | 9 | 9 |
| The Excel question | 9 | 8 |
| Strip the header | 9 | 9 |
| Refuse the invented job | 10 | 10 |
Full receipts: Claude Opus 4.8, Qwen3.7 Max · judges gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gpt-5.6-terra, grok-4.5
Questions people ask
Which is better for CV writing: Claude Opus 4.8 or Qwen3.7 Max?
Claude Opus 4.8 — it scored 93/100 against 87/100 on our 12-task CV writing suite, winning 6 tasks to 2 with 4 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.
How was this tested?
Both models answered the identical published CV writing tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.
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Full ranking: Best AI for CV writing · model pages: Claude Opus 4.8, Qwen3.7 Max