✦ Free ATS Resume Checker

Is your resume ATS-friendly?
Find out in 30 seconds.

Upload your resume and get an instant report on whether applicant tracking systems can actually read it — and exactly how to fix what they can't.

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PDF only · max 5MB · processed securely, never stored
✓ 100% free ✓ No signup needed ✓ Your resume isn't stored
✦ How it works

From upload to actionable report in under a minute.

01 — UPLOAD
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Drop in your PDF

No signup, no email. Pick a file and we get to work.

02 — ANALYZE
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AI scans 50+ ATS factors

Formatting, parseability, action verbs, section structure, keyword density, and red flags.

03 — FIX
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Get specific fixes

Category-by-category breakdown with exact issues and how to resolve each one.

✦ What we check

Every signal an ATS uses to parse your resume.

We test against the same parsing logic used by major Applicant Tracking Systems.

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Cross-ATS parseability

Tested against Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, and iCIMS parsing engines.

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Keyword match scoring

Action verbs, density, and presence of role-relevant hard skills are scored automatically.

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Layout & formatting

Detects multi-column layouts, tables, headers/footers, and graphic elements that break parsing.

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Action verb strength

Flags weak openers and missing quantification. Suggests stronger replacements.

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Fonts & encoding

Catches special characters, unusual fonts, and ligatures that ATS systems misread.

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Section completeness

Verifies you have all standard sections under names ATS systems are trained to find.

✦ Why it matters

Why ATS optimization matters in 2026.

Before a recruiter ever reads your resume, an Applicant Tracking System reads it first. ATS software parses your PDF, extracts structured data, and ranks you against the job description — all in milliseconds.

If your formatting trips up the parser (tables, columns, embedded images, decorative fonts), entire sections of your experience may be invisible to the recruiter. Even strong candidates get filtered out before a human ever sees the file.

Optimizing for ATS isn't about gaming the system — it's about making sure the system can actually read what you've already built.

75%
of resumes are rejected by ATS before a human ever sees them.
Compatible with the systems used by 90% of Fortune 500
Workday Greenhouse Lever Taleo iCIMS SmartRecruiters BambooHR Ashby
✦ FAQ

Frequently asked questions

An ATS resume checker scans your resume the way an Applicant Tracking System would — testing whether the software can correctly extract your name, work history, skills and education from the file. It then flags formatting issues, missing sections, and weak content so you can fix them before you apply.
Yes. There is no signup, no email, no credit card, and no paywall. We built this as a free tool to introduce people to Hirime — our AI resume builder that goes a step further and rewrites your resume to match each job.
Our analyzer is modeled on the parsing rules used by major Applicant Tracking Systems (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, iCIMS). It tests the same signals: layout, fonts, section headers, encoding, and content density. No checker can perfectly mirror every ATS in production, but the issues we flag are the ones that consistently cause real-world parsing failures.
We test against the parsing logic of Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, BambooHR and Ashby — the systems used by the vast majority of Fortune 500 employers and high-growth startups.
A single-column PDF with standard section headers ("Work Experience", "Education", "Skills"), a clean sans-serif font (Helvetica, Calibri, Arial), no tables, no images, no text boxes, and contact information in the main body — not the header or footer. Save from the source document directly to PDF; never scan or screenshot.
Word templates are generally safe. Canva and other design-first templates often produce PDFs with multi-column layouts, decorative typography, or text-as-image elements that ATS parsers struggle with. If you use a designer template, run it through this checker before submitting.
Yes — modern ATS platforms read PDFs reliably, provided the PDF contains real text (not a scanned image). Older systems can struggle with complex layouts, so the safest path is a text-based PDF exported from your word processor.
Use a single-column layout, standard section headings, a common font, plain bullet points, and quantified achievements. Avoid graphics, columns, tables, headers and footers. Run your resume through this checker and address each flagged item — that's the fastest path to an ATS-ready file.
✦ Beyond the checker

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