Resume quality score
A 0–100 score from our content rubric, with a breakdown you can act on. It is not an employer's ATS score.
Free ATS resume checker
See what your resume could explain better.
Upload your PDF for a free resume quality check. Freshers get feedback on projects as well as experience. Add a job description for a separate keyword match. No signup needed to see the results.
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Free · no signup · PDF up to 5 MB
Adds a keyword match score against that specific job.
Keyword gap diff
Two columns: what the JD wants vs. what your resume actually says. Missing keywords surfaced inline.
Improve your next draft
Review the free feedback, edit your resume, or sign up for AI help. Check every rewrite against your real experience.
How our checker works
A quality check, plus a separate job match.
Our quality rubric checks five categories: contact, summary, experience or projects, skills, and length and polish. Adding a job description runs a separate skill-keyword comparison. Neither score reproduces an employer's hiring system or guarantees an interview.
1Contact and summary
Check that recruiters can contact you and understand your focus. Contact details contribute up to 15 points and your summary up to 10 points in this rubric.
2Experience or projects
Experience contributes up to 35 points for entries, dates and useful bullets. If you have projects but no work experience, projects take that place. Describe your actual contribution; include numbers only when you can substantiate them.
3Skills and job keywords
Your skills section contributes up to 15 quality points. The optional JD matcher compares recognized skill terms and supported aliases separately. Missing terms are prompts to review relevance, not instructions to claim skills you lack.
4Length and polish
Length and polish contribute up to 25 points. Use concise, specific writing. This checker scores the content extracted from your PDF; inspect the original file too, because the score is not a full test of its layout or reading order.
How it works
Three steps. No setup ceremony.
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Upload your PDF
Use a text-based PDF up to 5 MB. No signup or card is needed for the free check.
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Add a job description
Optionally paste the JD text to compare recognized skill keywords alongside your quality score.
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Review and improve
Use the category feedback to edit your resume. Sign up when you want to save it or use AI help.
Before your next application
Six useful checks before you apply.
Combine the feedback with a careful read of the job requirements. Your examples and claims should make sense to a recruiter, whatever number the checker shows.
Skills hidden in the Skills section only
Where it is relevant and true, show how you used a skill in a project, internship or role.Two-column or template-heavy formats
Simple layouts can reduce reading-order issues. Inspect extracted text and follow the employer's requested file format.Generic verbs and missing numbers
Explain what you did and what changed. Include measurements you can support; do not invent numbers for the score.Section names the parser doesn't expect
Use “Experience,” “Education,” “Skills.” Avoid clever variants like “Where I’ve Been” or “Toolbox.”Photo, logos, or embedded icons
Keep important information as selectable text. Images may not be read by a resume parser.Same resume for every JD
Choose the projects and examples most relevant to each role, while keeping your underlying experience accurate.
Questions
Quick answers.
What is an ATS resume checker?
An ATS resume checker helps you review a resume before applying. This checker reads your PDF, applies CraftMyResume's own content-quality rubric, and optionally compares keywords with a job description. It does not access an employer's ATS or reproduce its hiring decisions.
Is the ATS checker really free?
Yes. Upload your PDF on this page and you get the score, the category breakdown, the top fixes, and an optional job-description keyword match — no signup and no card. Signing up (also free) adds 20 credits so AI can rewrite the weak bullets for you; credit packs start at ₹49 if you need more.
How accurate is the score?
The quality score checks contact details, summary, experience or projects, skills, and length and polish. When you have projects but no work experience, projects are scored in place of experience. The optional JD match checks recognized skill keywords separately. These are guidance scores, not a test of every ATS parser or a prediction of interviews.
Does it stuff keywords or lie for me?
No. The one-click fix only rewrites bullets to surface skills you've actually claimed elsewhere on the resume. It never invents experience you don't have. You see and approve every change before it commits.
Can I check against a job link instead of pasting the JD?
On this free page, paste the job description text into the optional field. You can also open the checker from a job listing on CraftMyResume to prefill its available description. The browser extension can capture supported job postings into your account.
What file formats does it accept?
This free checker accepts a text-based PDF up to 5 MB. Export a Word or Google Docs resume as a PDF first. For a new resume, start in the free builder and choose a single-column ATS-safe template when simple reading order is your priority.
What's a good ATS score?
There is no universal passing ATS score. Use the category feedback to improve clarity and completeness, then check the job's actual requirements. A high score here does not guarantee parsing, shortlisting or an interview; a low score does not mean you should not apply.
Why are most resumes scored so low?
Missing contact details, an incomplete summary, sparse experience or project bullets, and limited skills information can reduce this rubric's score. Inspect the specific checks rather than treating the number as an employer's decision. Only add skills and results you can support.
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