ATS resume checker
Upload your resume and get a parse-readiness score plus a named list of everything that would trip up an applicant tracking system — in about two seconds, without making an account.
Your file is read in your browser and never uploaded to a server.
What an ATS actually does with your resume
When you hit Apply, your file goes through a parser whose job is to turn an unstructured document into structured fields — name, email, employer, job title, dates, skills — and write them into a database row. A recruiter then searches that database. They type something like senior react engineer into a box and eyeball what comes back.
That's the whole game. There's no hidden score and no algorithm judging your worth — there's a human running a query, and the only question that matters is whether your record came back in the results and looked right when it did. Which means the failure mode to worry about isn't rejection. It's mis-parsing: your job title landing in the wrong field, or your skills section quietly vanishing.
The checks above target exactly those failures. For the full picture, read what actually gets parsed in 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is this ATS checker really free?
Yes, and there's no account. Your resume is analysed in your browser and never leaves your device — nothing is uploaded to a server, so there is nothing for us to store.
Does an applicant tracking system give my resume a score?
No, and be sceptical of any tool that implies otherwise. An ATS is a database: it parses your resume into fields and stores it so a recruiter can search. There is no official score a hiring team sees. What this tool measures is whether your resume would parse cleanly and read well — which is the part you can actually control.
What does this actually check?
Ten things: whether your contact details are findable, whether you use standard section headings, how many of your bullets contain a number, whether you lead with duties instead of results, length, resume register, filler phrases, dates, bullet length, and — if you paste a job description — how well your vocabulary matches it.
Is my resume uploaded to your servers?
No. The file is read and analysed inside your browser and never sent anywhere — there is no upload, no storage, and nothing for us to keep. That is also why the tool is free and needs no account: it costs us nothing to run.
What file types can I upload?
PDF, DOCX and plain text. If your PDF turns out to contain no selectable text, we'll tell you — that means it's a scanned image, and it is the single most fatal ATS mistake there is, because a parser reads exactly what we read: nothing.