Free ATS resume checker — score your resume against any job
Nearly all large employers route resumes through an ATS. Paste a job and attach your resume to see how well you match that exact role, and which requirements you have not shown.
Your first match is free · no account needed
Prefer to check it yourself? The DIY method
You don't need any tool to catch the biggest problems. Run these four checks right now:
- 1Copy all the text out of your resume PDF and paste it into a plain text editor. If your name, titles, dates, and skills come out in the right order, an ATS can read it. If it's scrambled, your layout is breaking the parser.
- 2Put your resume next to one specific job description. Highlight the role's top 8–10 required skills and check how many appear, in your own words, on your resume.
- 3Use a single-column, text-based layout. Columns, tables, text inside images, and headers/footers can all get scrambled or dropped before scoring.
- 4Aim to cover most of what a posting actually asks for. This is a coverage count, not a prediction about any employer's software — we cannot see their system. Tailor honestly, never keyword-stuff.
What an ATS check actually measures
Two things: whether the system can parse your resume (layout, fonts, sections) and how well your content matches the specific job. A clean parse with a weak match still goes nowhere — which is why tailoring matters more than templates.
Go deeper: how to check your resume against an ATS, what your ATS score means, why resumes get rejected, and how to tailor your resume to a job.
Frequently asked questions
How do I check if my resume is ATS-friendly for free?
Run the copy-paste test: paste your resume's text into a plain document and confirm it stays in the right order with contact info, titles, dates, and skills intact. Then compare it against a specific job and check your top skills line up. inteller.ai scores it automatically on this page — paste the job and your resume, no signup.
Is there a truly free ATS resume checker?
Yes — several tools offer free checks with limits, and you can also check by hand. The checker on this page scores your resume against a specific job with no account and no card. The key is that any check should be against a real job description, not a generic score.
What is a good ATS score?
There is no universal number, and we cannot tell you what any employer's software will do — we never see it. Treat this as coverage: how much of what the posting asks for is visible in your resume. High coverage means you have not left obvious things out. It is a way to decide where to spend your evening, not a prediction about getting an interview.
Why score against a specific job instead of a generic grade?
An ATS match is relative to each posting — the same resume can score 85% for one role and 45% for another because they want different skills. A generic 'ATS score' with no job attached tells you almost nothing useful.
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