ATS Resume Checker
Load your resume as a PDF, DOCX or text file, or paste it. This free ATS resume checker shows what an applicant tracking system pulls out of it (name, contact details, sections, job dates), lists every problem with the fix first and the points it costs, and, if you paste a job description, shows which of its required skills your resume is missing. Nothing is uploaded: the file is read on your device.
What this ATS resume checker actually checks
An applicant tracking system does two separate things with your resume, and a useful ATS resume checker has to test both. First it parses the file: it pulls the text out, finds your name, email and phone, splits the text into sections, and reads the employer, title and dates of each job. Then recruiters search and rank the parsed text, usually by skills and job titles taken from the posting. A resume can fail at either step. A beautifully written resume whose phone number sits in a Word header, or whose two columns come out interleaved, fails the first step before anyone reads a word of it.
This tool runs both steps in your browser. The parse score starts at 100 and loses a set number of points for each problem, and the arithmetic is printed under the list, so you can see exactly why you got the number you got. The job match is separate: it only appears when you paste a job description, and it is the share of the posting's skills that appear in your resume, with required skills weighted above "nice to have" ones.
| Check | Points | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| No email address found | −20 | Without it the ATS cannot create a candidate record that a recruiter can contact. |
| Text comes out broken (letter-spaced or unreadable characters) | −20 | Some design tools export each letter separately, so "Python" is read as six one-letter words. |
| No Experience or Work History heading | −15 | Parsers locate your jobs by the heading; a creative heading hides your whole history. |
| Contact details only in the page header or footer (DOCX) | −10 | Many parsers skip headers and footers entirely. |
| No phone number, no job dates, text from two columns merged, text boxes | −8 each | Each one loses information a recruiter filters on, such as years of experience. |
| No Education or Skills heading, tables (DOCX) | −6 each | Degree and skills fields stay empty, and table cells can be read out of order. |
| Decorative bullets, icons or emoji | −5 | Icon fonts and symbols often come out as empty boxes or stray characters. |
| Unrecognised section heading | −4 each (max 3) | "My Journey" is not mapped to anything; "Experience" is. |
| Very short resume, name not on the first line, mixed date formats | −2 to −4 | Minor, but each makes the parsed record less complete. |
How an ATS reads a resume file
When you load a file, this checker extracts the text the same basic way a parser does, and what you see in the resume box afterwards is the plain text a machine got from your file. That is often the most useful part of the whole check. A PDF made in a design tool may come out with the right-hand column glued onto the end of each left-hand line. A Word file may have your phone number in the header, which this checker reads separately and flags, because many systems never look there. A scanned PDF has no text at all, only a picture of text, and the checker tells you so instead of scoring an empty page.
Here is a typical example of what a two-column layout turns into after extraction:
SKILLS Senior Data Analyst, Acme Retail Python, SQL Built 14 Tableau dashboards used by Tableau, Excel 300+ store managers, cutting weekly
A person sees two tidy columns. A parser reading line by line sees "Python, SQL Built 14 Tableau dashboards used by", which puts skills inside a job description and breaks both. The fix is a single-column layout with the skills in their own section. This checker flags merged lines like these as a column problem and costs them 8 points.
What an ATS score means, and what it does not
No checker can tell you the score an employer's system will give you, because there is no single ATS score. Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS, SAP SuccessFactors and the rest are configured differently by every employer, and most of them do not reject a resume automatically on a number. What usually happens is quieter: a recruiter searches the database for a job title and a few skills, and resumes that were parsed badly or do not use those words never show up in the results. So treat the two numbers here as practical guides. A parse score of 90 or more means the machine reads your resume cleanly. A job match of roughly 70% or more of the required skills means you are using the posting's language. Below that, the missing list shows what to add, but only add what is true; the interview will test it.
Soft skills such as communication or teamwork are listed separately and do not change the match, because recruiters rarely search a database for them. Job titles do matter: if the posting's title does not appear anywhere in your resume, the checker notes it, since a title search is often the first filter.
ATS resume checker for CVs in India and other countries
Most free ATS checkers assume a US resume, and quietly mark an Indian CV as broken. This one does not. Phone numbers are recognised in international formats, including +91 numbers written as 98765 43210. Degrees such as B.Tech, B.E., MCA and MBA are recognised alongside a bachelor's or master's degree. Headings common on Indian CVs, such as Career Objective, Key Skills, Academic Qualifications and Declaration, are mapped to the right sections instead of being called unknown. The keyword match works on any job description, whether it came from Naukri, LinkedIn, Indeed or a company careers page. One honest note: personal details such as date of birth, marital status or a photo are not read for ranking by most systems, so they spend space without helping the match.
ATS checker vs resume match checker vs keyword scanner
The Teamz Lab career tools split the job so each one does one thing well. This page is the full ATS check: file extraction, parse problems, contact and section detection, plus the job match. The resume–job match checker breaks the fit with one posting into skills, tools, experience and education percentages. The resume keyword scanner checks a list of keywords you choose, and the job description keyword extractor pulls the skills out of a posting before you start writing. When the resume is ready, the cover letter keyword checker does the same for your letter, and the action verb checker tightens your bullet points.
The check tells you what to fix; Resume Coach does the fixing, in your browser. It shows what a parser keeps and strikes through the lines it cannot read, rewrites your resume for one job post with the evidence for each change, writes the cover letter from your own history, and exports PDF, DOCX or plain text. The parse check is free; the rewrite and cover letter use credits, and new accounts start with a free allowance. It is also an Android app.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this ATS resume checker free, with no sign-up?
Yes. There is no account, no limit and no paywall. The whole check, including reading PDF and DOCX files, runs in your browser, so your resume is never uploaded to a server.
Can it read my resume as a PDF or Word file?
Yes. Choose a PDF, DOCX or TXT file and the checker extracts the text on your device and puts it in the resume box, so you see the plain text a machine gets from your file. For Word files it also reads the page header and footer separately and counts tables and text boxes, because those are where parsers most often lose information. A scanned PDF has no text layer, and the checker tells you so. Older .doc files are not supported: save as .docx or PDF first.
What is a good ATS score?
Here there are two numbers. A parse score of 90 or more out of 100 means a machine reads your resume cleanly; every lost point is listed with its fix. For the job match, aim for roughly 70% or more of the posting's required skills, added only where they are true. No checker can show the exact score an employer's system will give, because each employer configures its ATS differently.
Do I need to paste a job description?
No. Without one you still get the full parse check: extracted contact details, sections, job dates and every formatting problem. Paste a job description to add the job match, which lists the required and preferred skills your resume has and is missing, the years of experience asked for versus the years your dates show, the degree, and whether the job title appears in your resume.
Does it work for Indian CVs and +91 phone numbers?
Yes. Phone numbers are recognised in international formats including +91, degrees such as B.Tech, B.E., MCA and MBA are detected, and Indian CV headings such as Career Objective, Key Skills, Academic Qualifications and Declaration are mapped to standard sections.
Why is my score different from Jobscan or another checker?
Every checker uses its own rules, and none of them is the employer's system. This one prints its rules in the table above and the arithmetic under your result, so you can decide for yourself which deductions matter. The extracted text and the list of missing required skills are more useful than any single number.
How do I add missing keywords without keyword stuffing?
Add each missing skill once or twice where it is true: in the Skills section and in a bullet that shows you using it, such as "Built revenue dashboards in Looker for the sales team". Use the posting's exact wording and include both the acronym and the full term once, for example "search engine optimisation (SEO)". Do not add skills you do not have; the interview will find out.
Does this tool store my resume?
No. Your resume and the job description are processed by JavaScript on your own device and are never sent anywhere. Like every tool on this site, the text you type is remembered in your own browser so it is still there if you reload; press Clear to remove it.