ATS Resume Score Checker
Upload your resume and see how an Applicant Tracking System would actually parse it — an ATS score, parseability and keyword breakdown, and the specific issues to fix. Free, instant, no signup.
How it works
Upload your resume as a PDF, DOCX, or TXT file. The tool extracts the plain text an ATS would see, checks for standard section headers, contact info, and keyword variety, and returns an overall ATS score along with a parseability score and a keyword score, plus the specific issues and recommendations behind those numbers.
Parseability score vs. keyword score
The parseability score reflects how reliably an ATS parser could extract structured data from your resume — clear section headers, detectable contact info, and enough content to work with. The keyword score is a rough signal of how much specific, substantive terminology (tools, skills, technologies) your resume contains. Because this tool only looks at your resume in isolation, the keyword score is a density and variety signal, not a match against any particular job — use the Resume vs Job Match tool for that.
Common ATS parsing issues
Missing contact info, missing or non-standard section headings, and resumes that are too short all make it harder for an ATS to categorize your experience correctly. Tables, multi-column layouts, and text embedded in images or graphics are a separate, well-known risk: even a resume that reads perfectly here can still parse poorly once its original file layout is stripped out by an ATS — so keep your actual resume file layout simple regardless of what this text-based check reports.
Go deeper
Once your resume parses cleanly, check it against a specific role with the Resume vs Job Match tool, compare your skills to a target role with the Skills Gap Checker, or tighten individual bullet points with the Resume Bullet Rewriter.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the ATS Resume Score Checker actually check?
- It simulates how an Applicant Tracking System would parse your resume text: whether it can find standard sections (Experience, Education, Skills, etc.), whether contact info is detectable, and how much keyword signal your wording carries. It returns an ATS score, a parseability score, and a keyword score.
- Is a high score a guarantee I will get an interview?
- No. A high ATS score means your resume is structured in a way automated parsers can reliably read — it says nothing about whether your experience matches a specific job. Pair it with the Resume vs Job Match tool to check fit against an actual posting.
- Why does the tool warn about tables and columns even if my score is high?
- Many ATS parsers strip formatting before extracting text, so a resume that looks great with columns or tables in a PDF viewer can come out garbled or reordered inside an ATS. This tool reads the text you upload — it cannot see your original layout — so it always flags this as a known, general risk.
- Is my resume stored?
- No. Your resume file is processed in memory for this one request only and is never saved to disk or a database. Only anonymous usage analytics (that the tool was used) are recorded.
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