ATS Resume Checker
Before you begin
You will paste resume text and a job description. The checker compares language, standard section headings, and contact signals using a published formula—not a hidden hiring model.
Your text is sent to this site for analysis. Remove private details you do not want to submit; text is never placed in the funnel URL.
NextCheck how clearly your resume reflects a specific job description. This ATS resume checker identifies meaningful words and phrases in the posting, reports which ones appear in your resume, and checks for common section headings plus email and phone signals. Its score uses a visible formula rather than pretending to reproduce an employer’s proprietary applicant tracking system. Use the findings as an editing checklist, not as a promise of an interview.
How to check your resume against a job
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Paste readable resume text
Copy the text from your resume and remove any personal details you do not want to submit.
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Add the complete job description
Include duties, required skills, preferred qualifications, and the role description for a useful comparison.
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Review the transparent breakdown
Inspect matched and missing terms, standard headings, contact signals, and the published score weights.
What this ATS readiness score measures
Applicant tracking systems differ by employer and configuration. This checker therefore does not claim to simulate a proprietary ranking. It creates a repeatable editing checklist from three observable signals:
Readiness score = keyword coverage × 70% + section coverage × 20% + contact coverage × 10%
Keyword coverage compares up to 30 meaningful job-description words and 10 adjacent two-word phrases with the resume. Common filler words are ignored, phrases receive twice the weight of individual words, and matching is case-insensitive. Section coverage looks for standard headings such as Summary, Experience, Skills, and Education. Contact coverage checks whether the pasted text contains an email address and phone-number pattern.
| Check | Score weight | What to do with the result |
|---|---|---|
| Job terms and phrases | 70% | Add only terms that honestly describe your demonstrated skills or experience |
| Standard section headings | 20% | Prefer clear, conventional headings that readers can identify quickly |
| Contact signals | 10% | Confirm the submitted resume contains accurate contact information |
Worked example
Suppose a posting repeatedly mentions SQL, Tableau, data visualization, and Python. A resume that includes the first three in relevant experience but never mentions Python will show those three as matched and Python as a term to review. If the candidate has no Python experience, the correct action is not to add it. The missing-term list is a prompt to check alignment, not permission to make unsupported claims.
Practical ATS-friendly review
Indeed recommends reading the job description closely, using relevant role and industry terms in context, preserving the employer’s spelling or abbreviation where appropriate, and writing for human readers rather than stuffing keywords. Simple formatting and standard section names can also reduce parsing ambiguity. Always follow the employer’s requested file format and application instructions; pasted text cannot test the layout, columns, graphics, headers, or actual parsing of your original document.
The checker caps each input at 12,000 characters. Resume and job text are sent to this site for analysis, although the funnel deliberately keeps them out of its URLs. Remove sensitive details you do not need for the comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. ATS products, employer rules, recruiter searches, and configurations differ. This is a transparent heuristic checklist and does not reproduce a proprietary ATS ranking.
No. Add a term only when it truthfully reflects your skills, qualifications, or experience, and explain it naturally in context. Keyword stuffing can make a resume less useful to human readers.
No. It analyzes pasted text, so it cannot detect columns, tables, graphics, headers, footers, or file-parsing problems. Follow the employer’s instructions for the required document type.
No. The pasted text is sent to this site for analysis. It is capped at 12,000 characters per field and is not placed in funnel URLs; remove private details you do not want to submit.
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