Does Your Resume Pass
the ATS Filter?

An ATS resume checker reads your resume the way applicant tracking software does — as plain text placed into sections — and scores what recruiters and parsers act on: structure, complete sections, quantified achievements, skills shown in use and, against a posting, the exact terms it asks for. ATS First gives you a 0–100 score from published rules and tells you exactly what to fix.

No. Upload your resume alone and you get a standalone ATS score in under 30 seconds — good for checking whether it is generally ATS-safe. Paste a job description as well and the same check also scores you against that exact role: match rate, missing keywords ranked by impact, and a tailored cover letter.

The standalone score awards up to 100 points across Impact 30% · Structure 25% · Skills 20% · Writing 15% · Brevity 10%. With a job description, you are scored against that one posting: Keyword match 50% · Title match 10% · Experience 10% · Education 10% · Resume quality 20%. Every rule is fixed and published; AI is used only to structure the text, never to decide the number, so the same resume always gets the same score.

A score of 80+ is strong and will pass most ATS filters. 60–79 means you will pass some systems but need improvements for competitive roles. Below 60 means your resume is likely being filtered out before a human sees it.

Your first analysis is free and instant. After that, creating a free account takes 30 seconds and gives you additional analyses, saves your history, and lets you track your score improvements over time.

Your file is read into text to produce the score. A structured, de-identified copy — roles, bullets and skills, with your name, email, phone and links removed — is kept for up to 7 days so a re-check is instant and gives the same number, then deleted. A pasted job description is reduced to its keyword list, kept for 30 days. Resumes are never used to train models and never shared with employers or recruiters.

We accept PDF and DOCX files up to 10 MB — the same formats most ATS systems accept. Avoid image-based or scanned PDFs, as neither we nor real ATS can extract text from them.

Paste the job description — you'll see exactly which keywords you're missing. Add those keywords naturally to your Skills, Experience, and Summary. Then fix formatting: remove tables, text boxes, and headers/footers that block ATS parsing.