Free ATS resume checker
See whether applicant tracking systems can read your resume — and exactly what to fix. Free, no sign-up, nothing stored.
- PDF or DOCX, up to 5 MB
- Checked in memory, never stored
- No account needed
Check your resume
Results appear right here, with the things to fix listed first.
How the ATS checker scores you
No AI and no guesswork: 14 fixed checks run on the plain text an applicant tracking system would see. The same file always gets the same score.
Every check carries a weight
Readable text counts the most. The file name barely moves the needle.
Pass, warning or fail
A pass earns the check's full weight, a warning earns half, a fail earns nothing.
Unreadable means unreadable
If fewer than 150 words can be read — typical of a scanned or image-only resume — the score can't go above 20.
Grade bands
- Poor
- 0–49
- Needs work
- 50–69
- Good
- 70–84
- Excellent
- 85–100
Every check, by weight
Share of the total score each check can earn
Example: 93 · Excellent
- 19%
Text can be read by an ATS — passed in the example
At least 150 words come through as real, selectable text
- 13%
Standard section headings — passed in the example
Experience, Education and Skills headings on their own lines
- 11%
Contact details — passed in the example
An email address, and a phone number near the top
- 9%
Measurable results — warning in the example
At least 30% of bullets include a number
- 9%
Bullet points — passed in the example
At least six bullet points
- 7%
Length — passed in the example
Between 250 and 1,200 words
- 7%
Single-column layout — passed in the example
A reading order that columns, tables or text boxes haven't scrambled
- 6%
Consistent dates — warning in the example
One date format used throughout
- 5%
Scannable paragraphs — passed in the example
No paragraph longer than 60 words
- 4%
LinkedIn profile — passed in the example
A linkedin.com/in/ profile link
- 3%
Plain characters — passed in the example
No icons, emoji or icon-font symbols
- 3%
Professional file name — passed in the example
A file name like Firstname_Lastname_Resume.pdf
- 2%
Supported file type — passed in the example
A PDF or DOCX file
- 2%
Resume voice — passed in the example
Six or fewer first-person words (I, my, me)
Statuses show the checker's real result for a fictional sample resume. Results are sorted fails first when you run it on your own file.
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Questions about the ATS checker
How the checker reads your resume, what the score means and what happens to your file.
What does an ATS resume checker do?
It reads your resume the way many applicant tracking systems do — as plain text — and checks that your sections, contact details, dates and bullets come through cleanly.
Is my resume stored?
No. The file is read in memory to run the checks and then discarded. Nothing is saved and you don't need an account.
Does a high score guarantee interviews?
No tool can promise that. A high score means your resume is easy for software and recruiters to read; tailoring it to each job is the next step.
Why did my nicely designed resume score low?
Columns, tables, text boxes and icons often scramble the reading order for parsers. A clean single-column layout is safest.
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