Free ATS resume checker: your ATS score and what to fix

Upload your resume or CV. 30 seconds later you have your ATS score out of 100 and an AI fix next to every section that is losing you points. Over 30,000 resumes analyzed. No sign-up.

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Upload your resume or CV. 30 seconds later you have your ATS score out of 100 and an AI fix next to every section that is losing you points. Over 30,000 resumes analyzed. No sign-up.

Check your resume for ATS in 2 steps

Your ATS score and the fixes show up on the resume itself, section by section.

  1. Upload your resumePDF or image, scans included. Nothing to install, no account to create.
  2. Read the report on the pageThe score sits above your resume and each fix sits next to the line it is about. Edit in place, then run the check again.

What is an ATS, and why check your resume against one?

An ATS (applicant tracking system) is the recruiting software that receives applications before the recruiter does. It reads your resume, looks for the keywords of the role, checks how the document is structured and ranks it against the other applicants. All of this happens before a person opens your file.

Most large employers and many staffing agencies use one. Workday, Greenhouse, Taleo (Oracle) and SAP SuccessFactors are among the most common. A badly formatted resume, or one that does not use the words of the posting, can be passed over whatever the candidate's experience. That is why it pays to test yours before you apply.

To get through, your resume needs the exact keywords from the job posting and sections the software recognizes: experience, skills, education. What trips up automated reading is multi-column tables, images, and graphic headers standing in for text.

Our free ATS resume checker reads your resume as text, the way recruiting software has to, and tells you what holds up and what does not. In under 30 seconds you get an ATS score out of 100, a score for each section, and a fix next to every line that is losing you points. No account to create.

What does our ATS resume checker look at?

The checker grades your resume in 6 sections: Experience, Skills, Structure (spelling, length, industry vocabulary), General information, Education and Other. Each section gets its own score out of 100, then counts toward the overall score according to the weights below. Where your resume lacks the vocabulary your field expects, the report says so in the section concerned.

How to raise your ATS score after the check

After the check, Epimoni tells you what to add, point by point. Start with the missing keywords: they take minutes to fix and they land in the two heaviest sections, Experience and Skills, which make up half of the score between them. Then check the format: a PDF exported from Word reads cleanly, a scanned one often does not. And use standard section headings: "Work Experience" rather than "My Journey".

Once your ATS score is up, the next step is to compare your resume with a job description, or generate your cover letter or practice an interview before you send the application.

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What is a good ATS score?

< 50

Below 50/100, your resume is at real risk of being filtered out before it reaches a recruiter.

50 – 79

Between 50 and 79/100, it can get through, but there is still work to do before you can count on it.

80 – 100

You're in the green zone: your resume is clear, complete and readable by recruiting software.

Epimoni gives you your score out of 100 and tells you what to change to reach 80, the level at which the checker no longer finds a section holding your resume back.

How does our ATS resume checker score your resume?

An ATS checker reads your resume the way recruiting software does: it pulls out the text, works out which section is which, then checks whether the content uses the terms the job calls for. It is not judging how the document looks. It is measuring what a machine takes away from it.

Ours scores your resume on 33 criteria grouped into six sections. Each criterion is rated from 1 to 3, each section becomes a percentage, and the overall score weights the sections in the order a recruiter reads them: experience first, the "Other" section last.

A criterion your resume gives us nothing to judge on is left out, not scored zero. If you have no publications or side projects, you are not marked down on things most candidates have no reason to include.

This check rates the quality and readability of your resume on its own terms. To see how it fits a specific posting, use the resume vs job description match: it weighs a different set of sections (experience, skills, profile, certifications, education, culture) and scores only what that posting asks for.

The six sections behind your ATS score, and their weights

How much each section counts toward your overall score, exactly as our scoring engine computes it.

  • Experience30%

    Your job title or occupation, the industry, a consistent timeline, employers and departments, dates and durations, and above all your measurable results and responsibilities.

  • Skills20%

    Job-specific and industry skills, hard skills, soft skills, languages and management. This is where missing keywords cost you the most.

  • Structure15%

    Clear sections, a consistent layout, spelling and grammar, the right length, vocabulary that fits your role and industry, and action verbs.

  • General information15%

    Your name, location, complete contact details, a resume headline that names the role you are after and, where it matters, work authorization or willingness to relocate.

  • Education12%

    Schools, degree level and qualifications, graduation or expiry dates, majors, honors and awards, and certifications.

  • Other8%

    Activities outside work that set you apart, projects, publications and evidence that you keep learning. The lightest section, so a resume built around experience is not penalized here.

How to read your ATS checker results

< 50

The resume is at risk of being screened out at the first pass. Start with the sections in red: they are almost always Experience or Skills.

50 – 79

The resume gets through, but with no margin. At this level, missing keywords and results without numbers are most of the work.

80 – 100

The resume reads well to recruiting software. Now tailor it to each job you apply for rather than polishing it in the abstract.

The score covers the criteria your resume gives us something to judge. Run the check again after each fix: you will see which section moved, and by how much.

Read further

ATS resume checker FAQ

It is a resume that recruiting software can actually read. If it cannot, your application can drop out of the pile before a recruiter ever sees it. Epimoni30's ATS resume checker looks at that readability and gives you an ATS score out of 100, for free.
Three things matter: the keywords of the role, a structure the software recognizes, and a file format that does not get in the way. Upload your resume to Epimoni and you will see which of the three is costing you, next to the part of the resume it applies to.
Yes. An AI model reads your resume as text, the way recruiting software does, and grades it on 33 criteria in six sections. The score uses fixed weights. The AI also flags vague wording, results with no numbers and the industry terms you left out, and every rewrite it suggests is yours to accept or ignore.
Use the words from the job posting in your experience, keep the format simple (a text-based PDF, no tables) and give every section a standard heading. The checker shows you which of these is costing you points, and in which section.
It is a score out of 100 for how well your resume holds up when software reads it: whether the sections are recognized, whether the content uses the vocabulary of your field, whether the key facts are there. Epimoni30 breaks it down section by section, so you can see where the points went.
On our checker, 80 out of 100 or higher. Below that, the report shows you which sections are pulling the number down and what to change in them.
The ones the job posting names, in its own words. To see which ones a specific posting expects and your resume does not show, run our resume and job description match, which scores your resume against that one posting.
Yes. The ATS resume check is free and needs no account: you upload the file and read your score and recommendations.
An ATS resume is written to be read by software before a person sees it: a simple layout, the keywords of the field, no tables or images standing in for text. A regular resume often puts looks first and pays for it in machine readability.
Upload your resume or CV on this page. In under 30 seconds you get an ATS score out of 100, a score for each of the six sections, and a fix next to every line that is losing you points. No account needed.
Upload your resume as a PDF or an image on this page. The checker pulls out the text, checks that each section is recognized and scores the content on 33 criteria, then gives you a score out of 100 and a fix for each weak spot. No account needed.
Yes. A CV and a resume go through the same software and are checked the same way here, so you can upload either. The checker scores what is on the page, whatever you call the document.
On the objective points it is reliable: whether the sections are readable, whether dates and job titles are there, whether the vocabulary fits the field. It does not replace a recruiter's judgment of your fit for a role, but it catches the problems that get a resume set aside before anyone reads it.
After every significant edit, and before every application that matters. Fix what the report flags, run the check again and make sure the score moved in the section you worked on.

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