97% of Fortune 500 companies filter resumes before a human ever reads them. Paste yours in and find out exactly what they see — in 10 seconds, free.
An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is software that companies use to filter job applications before a recruiter ever reads them. When you submit a resume online, it almost certainly passes through an ATS first. The system scans your resume for keywords, formatting compatibility, and relevant experience — then assigns it a score. Resumes below a threshold are automatically rejected.
Studies consistently show that 75% of resumes are rejected by ATS before a human reviews them. The reasons are often fixable: missing keywords, incompatible formatting, or vague bullet points that don't demonstrate measurable impact.
Our checker compares your resume text against the job description using natural language processing. It identifies which keywords from the job posting appear in your resume, flags missing critical skills, analyzes your bullet points for quantified achievements (the X-Y-Z format), and checks for common formatting issues that confuse ATS parsers.
Google's hiring team popularized the X-Y-Z formula: "Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z]." Every bullet point on your resume should follow this pattern. "Responsible for managing a team" becomes "Led a team of 8 engineers to ship 3 major features per quarter, reducing time-to-deploy by 40%." Our checker flags every bullet that lacks a metric.
Scores of 85+ indicate strong keyword coverage and formatting compatibility. Scores of 70–84 are a pass with room to improve. Scores below 70 mean the ATS is filtering you out before a human sees your resume — but the fix is usually straightforward. Adding the missing keywords and quantifying a few bullets can move a 55 to a 75 in under an hour.