Free ATS resume checker
See what an applicant-tracking system actually reads from your resume. Upload a PDF or Word file: no sign-in, no AI, and nothing is stored.
Questions
What does this checker test?
Whether a tracking system can read your resume at all: that text comes out of the file, that your email and phone are findable, that the standard sections (Experience, Education, Skills) are recognised, that dates are readable, that no words are broken into spaced-out letters or ligature characters, and that the length is sensible.
Is my resume stored?
No. The file is read in memory to extract its text and discarded when the page loads. Nothing is saved and no AI model sees it.
Does passing mean I will get past every ATS?
No tool can promise that: tracking systems do not publish how they rank. Passing means the parsing problems that commonly break resumes are absent. Ranking also depends on how well your resume matches each posting, which Shortlist scores job by job.
Why does the extracted text matter?
It is what a parser works from. If a heading comes out as "E X P E R I E N C E", or two columns are mixed line by line, the system cannot find your experience, whatever the PDF looks like on screen.
Why parsers trip over resumes, with test results: our job search guides.