How the resume check works

The short version

The resume checker opens your file inside your browser tab, reads its text, sorts the text into sections and marks it against a fixed list of rules. No AI is used and no copy of your file is sent to us, so the same resume always gets the same marks. This page explains each step, so you can judge the score for yourself.

Step 1: your file is opened on your own device

A PDF is read with a PDF reader that runs in the page, and a Word file with a Word reader that runs in the page. Both turn the file into plain text, in the order a parser would meet it. If the file is a scan or a screenshot, there is no text to read, and the checker tells you so, because a recruiting system would see an empty resume too.

Step 2: the text is sorted into sections

The checker looks for headings it knows, such as Summary, Experience, Education, Skills, Projects, Certifications and Achievements, and groups the lines under them. A creative heading such as "My journey" is reported as non-standard, because parsers match standard names. It also looks for your name, email, phone number, links, dates and the order of your jobs.

Step 3: fixed rules mark it

• Parseability: readable text, a single column, sensible length, no icons or letter-spaced headings, a name at the top.
• Structure: contact details, standard sections, dates in one format and jobs in reverse order.
• Content: bullets that start with a verb, numbers that prove results, weak phrases such as "responsible for", generic buzzwords, repeated opening words and bullet length.
• Your stage and role: Fresher, Experienced or Between jobs, and the kind of role, add checks such as Class X and XII marks, the time since your last job, a portfolio link or the terms job posts for that role ask for.
• Optional job post: if you paste one, the checker shows which of its required skills your resume never mentions.

How the score is worked out

Every check has a weight. A pass earns the full weight, a warning earns half and a failure earns nothing. The score is the share of weight earned, from 0 to 100. Notes marked information, such as a suggestion to explain a gap, do not change the score. The score is a readability and writing score. It is not the score of an employer's hiring system, because no hiring system produces one universal number.

What leaves your browser

Your file and its text stay in your browser tab. The site records an anonymous event when you check a resume: the score, the stage and role you picked, whether you pasted a job post and the file type. It never records the file, its text or its name. The skills found are saved in your own browser so other tools can use them. If you ask for the full report, we also keep the email and WhatsApp number you typed. Read the privacy page for the full list.

What the checker cannot tell you

It cannot know which hiring system a company uses, how many people applied or whether your experience fits the job. It cannot judge the quality of your work, only how clearly it is written. Use it to remove the problems that a parser or a busy recruiter trips over, then match your resume to each job post honestly.

What to do next

• Check your resume
• Build a resume that parsers read
• Write a cover letter
• Practise the interview

Common questions

Last reviewed 2 November 2026.