Extract Skill Matrix to Google Sheets with Google Drive and GPT-4o

Description Automatically extract a structured skill matrix from PDF resumes in a Google Drive folder and store results in Google Sheets. Uses Azure OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini) to analyze predefined tech stacks and filters for relevant proficiency. Fast, consistent insights ready for review. 🔍📊

What This Template Does Fetches all resumes from a designated Google Drive folder (“Resume_store”). 🗂️ Downloads each resume file securely via Google Drive API. ⬇️ Extracts text from PDF files for analysis. 📄➡️📝 Analyzes skills with Azure OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini), rating 1–5 and estimating years. 🤖 Parses and filters to include only skills with proficiency > 2, then updates Google Sheets (“Resume store” → “Sheet2”). ✅

Key Benefits Saves hours on manual resume screening. ⏱️ Produces a consistent, structured skill matrix. 📐 Focuses on intermediate to expert skills for faster shortlisting. 🎯 Centralizes candidate data in Google Sheets for easy sharing. 🗃️

Features Predefined tech stack focus: React, Node.js, Angular, Python, Java, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript. 🧰 Proficiency scoring (1–5) and estimated years of experience. 📈 PDF-to-text extraction for robust parsing. 🧾 JSON parsing with error handling for invalid outputs. 🛡️ Manual Trigger to run on demand. ▶️

Requirements n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted). Google Drive access with credentials to the “Resume_store” folder. Google Sheets access to the “Resume store” spreadsheet and “Sheet2” tab. Azure OpenAI with GPT-4o-mini deployed and connected via secure credentials. PDF text extraction enabled within n8n.

Target Audience HR and Talent Acquisition teams. 👥 Recruiters and staffing agencies. 🧑‍💼 Operations teams managing hiring pipelines. 🧭 Tech hiring managers seeking consistent skill insights. 💡

Step-by-Step Setup Instructions Place candidate resumes (PDF) into Google Drive → “Resume_store”. In n8n, add Google Drive and Google Sheets credentials and authorize access. In n8n, add Azure OpenAI credentials (GPT-4o-mini deployment). Import the workflow, assign credentials to each node, and confirm folder/sheet names. Run the Manual Trigger to execute the flow and verify data in “Resume store” → “Sheet2”.