Keyword & Skills Match
40%
Whether the job's key terms appear in your resume, in the right sections.
Free ATS Resume Checker
Get your resume score in seconds. See what applicant tracking systems can read, which keywords you're missing, and exactly what to fix. Free, no signup.
What is an ATS score checker?
An ATS score checker shows how your resume performs when scanned by an applicant tracking system, the software most employers use to filter applications before a human sees them. Upload your resume (and ideally the job description), and you get an overall score from 0–100, a keyword match breakdown, and a prioritized list of fixes, in seconds, free.
Roughly 98% of Fortune 500 companies use an ATS, so a resume that isn't built for automated screening can be filtered out before it's judged on merit. first and stop losing applications to gaps you didn't know you had.
What is an ATS score for resume
Your score comes from three weighted factors that mirror real ATS behavior:
Section & structure alignment
35%
Whether your headings (Work Experience, Skills, Education) parse cleanly.
Parse-rate & Formatting
25%
Whether a machine can read your file, flagging tables, columns, images, and file-type issues.
You get one 0–100 score plus a per-factor breakdown, so you know what to fix first.
What's a good ATS score for resume?
Anything above 75% or 80% generally gives you a strong chance of passing the automated screening.
90% – 100%
ExceptionalYour resume is fully optimized.
85% – 89%
StrongYou pass most automated and human checks.
80% – 84%
SolidYour structure is clear, but recruiters may still notice minor issues.
How applicant tracking systems actually read your resume
Different platforms parse differently, which is why one resume can pass one system and fail another. Our checker accounts for the major ones: Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS, Taleo, BambooHR, and SAP SuccessFactors. Each strips your file to raw text, slots it into fields, and indexes it by keyword. Anything it can't read, a skill in a graphic, a title in a table, contact info in the header, gets dropped silently.
How to improve your ATS score
Match keywords
From the job posting, using both the term and its acronym (e.g., "Search Engine Optimization (SEO)").
Use standard headings
"Work Experience," "Skills," "Education."
Remove parse-breakers
Tables, columns, images, icons. Keep contact info in the body.
Quantify results
"Grew organic revenue 42%" beats "responsible for SEO"
Use an ATS-safe file
Clean, single-column PDF or .docx with selectable text.
Real results. Real people. Specific numbers.
Honestly I didn't even know my resume was the problem. I was applying to 15+ SWE roles a week and hearing nothing back. Ran through the ATS Score Checker and saw my formatting was breaking the parser.. my skills section wasn't even being read. Fixed that, handed the rest to scale.jobs, and had 4 callbacks in two weeks. I spent that time on LeetCode instead of refreshing my inbox.
Arjun M
MS Computer Science, Arizona State
12 years in ops, and I still didn't know my resume was getting filtered before a human ever saw it. The ATS Score Checker flagged that my job titles weren't matching how the systems search for Director level roles. Once that was cleaned up and scale.jobs took over the actual applying, I had 3 senior interviews in New York in three weeks, while still working full time.
Rachel D
Director of Operations
Coming out of the bootcamp, my resume read like a clinical CV, not a healthcare IT one. The ATS Score Checker showed my keywords didn't match what recruiters were actually searching for. My concierge helped reframe my clinical background for those roles, and the applications actually started landing. First interview week 2, offer by week 7.
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Finally knew why I wasn't getting responses
Ran my resume through the ATS Score Checker and found out recruiters weren't even seeing half my experience. Fixed the formatting and started getting callbacks within days.
Priya Nair • 2 months ago
Caught what I couldn't see myself
I thought my resume looked fine. The tool flagged missing keywords for the roles I wanted and showed exactly what to fix. Wish I'd found this months ago.
Daniel Osei • 3 months ago
Went from 0 replies to 5 interviews
My score was a 42 before. Followed the suggestions, got it to 89, and started hearing back from companies that had ignored me for weeks.
Meera Iyer • 1 month ago
Simple, but it works
No fluff, just tells you what's broken and how to fix it. My skills section wasn't parsing right at all, small fix, big difference.
Tyler Brooks • 4 months ago
Made my resume actually machine-readable
Didn't realize my old resume template was invisible to most ATS systems. This caught it in under a minute.
Ananya Deshpande • 5 months ago
Good for H-1B applicants specifically
Appreciated that it flagged visa-related keyword gaps too, not just generic formatting stuff. Helped me tailor for sponsor-friendly roles.
Carlos Medina • 2 months ago
Took the guesswork out of applying
I was applying blind for weeks. This showed me exactly which sections were tanking my score and why.
Sneha Kulkarni • 6 months ago
Quick win before a big application push
Ran it the night before a networking event, fixed three issues in ten minutes, felt way more confident sending my resume out after.
Jordan Pierce • 3 months ago
Wish this existed when I graduated
As a new grad I had no idea ATS systems were even filtering resumes. This explained it clearly and gave me a fix list.
Rhea Chatterjee • 1 month ago
Helped me stop guessing on keywords
I kept tweaking my resume based on gut feeling. This gave me actual data on what was missing for each job description.
Marcus Webb • 7 months ago
Turns out my PDF wasn't the problem, my headers were
Spent months thinking file format was the issue. The tool showed my section headers weren't standard, which was actually blocking the parse.
Divya Ramesh • 2 months ago
Free version alone was useful
Didn't even need the full service to get value, the score breakdown alone told me enough to fix my resume myself.
Ben Hartley • 8 months ago
Solid before switching industries
Moving from healthcare to healthcare IT, my old resume didn't match the keywords at all. This showed the gap clearly.
Aditi Rao • 4 months ago
Straightforward score, straightforward fixes
No vague advice, it tells you what's wrong and why it matters for parsing. Fixed mine in one sitting.
Sam Okafor • 5 months ago
Changed how I write resumes now
I use it before every application now, not just once. Keeps me from repeating the same mistakes each time.
Kavya Menon • 1 month ago
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know.
Yes. Unlimited scans, no signup, no credit card. Upload your resume and get your score and fix list in seconds.
Upload it here. We score keyword match (40%), section structure (35%), and parse rate (25%), then combine them into one resume score out of 100 with a breakdown for each.
Not in a universal sense. Each employer's ATS is configured differently, and none share one standard score. Our score estimates how well your resume will parse and match a role, based on how the major platforms work.
An ATS checker tests whether software can read and match your resume. A resume checker also reviews the content a recruiter sees, like impact, clarity, and grammar. This tool does both.
Yes. Upload a CV and it checks parsing and keywords the same way. If you're applying in the US, it also flags where your CV differs from the US resume format.
Yes, if it's text-based. Most modern systems read PDFs fine. Problems come from tables, columns, images, and text in headers or footers.
It's optional but recommended. Without one, you get a formatting and structure check. With one, you also see exactly which skills and keywords you're missing for that role.
Yes. It checks title level, scope signals like budget and team size, and leadership evidence, which most checkers skip.
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