Free ATS resume checker

Make sure a poorly formatted resume is not sabotaging your applications. Upload yours and get an instant score on the checks applicant tracking systems run.

  • Fix the formatting mistakes that get resumes rejected
  • Get clear tips on resume best practices
  • Tailor your resume to the job you want

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recruiters do

Every figure below is our checker scoring a real sample resume.

Sample resume · results

  • PassContact information
  • PassStandard sections
  • PassAction verbs
  • ImproveQuantified results

    2 of 8 bullets contain a number. Add figures where you honestly can: team sizes, budgets, percentages, counts.

Results, itemized

Not a grade, a work list. Every check names exactly what to change.

64

Needs improvement

Sample resume · overall score

Know where you stand

One clear score out of 100, from the checks recruiters' software actually runs. Same resume, same score, every time.

What gets checked

  • Contact information
  • Standard sections
  • Action verbs
  • Quantified results
  • Length
  • Dates
  • ATS-friendly writing

ATS-compatibility guardrails

Seven checks cover the formatting failures that drop resumes before a person sees them.

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The seven checkpoints

Every rule the checker runs, and what it looks like on the page.

Jordan Avery

jordan.avery@example.com · (416) 555-0182 · linkedin.com/in/javery

Contact information

Email, phone, and LinkedIn, in plain text where parsers can read them.

SUMMARY
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
SKILLS

Standard section headers

Four conventional headers, so no block of your history gets orphaned.

• Led migration of campaign reporting from spreadsheets to Looker

Action-verb bullet openers

Bullets that open with what you did read stronger and parse cleaner.

• Increased newsletter open rate from 18% to 31% in eight months

Quantified results

Figures turn duties into results interviewers can quote back.

400800 words

Length

Most one-page resumes land between 400 and 800 words.

2022 - Present
2019 - 2022

Dates

Parsers build your timeline from years; undated work reads as stale.

I led the weekly team standup

Led the weekly team standup

ATS-friendly writing

First-person clutter and dense paragraphs are where details get lost.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. The checks run entirely in your browser, your resume is never stored, and there is no account or email gate. The paid product is different: it scores your resume against a specific job description with AI and rewrites weak lines.
Seven mechanical checks: contact details, standard section headers, action-verb bullet openers, quantified results, overall length, dates, and ATS-hostile writing patterns like dense paragraphs. These are deterministic rules, not AI guesses, so the same resume always gets the same score.
An applicant tracking system is the software employers use to collect and filter applications. Before a person reads your resume, the ATS parses it into fields. When parsing fails, through missing section headers, unreadable contact details, or no dates, the resume can rank low or drop out without anyone deciding to reject it.
PDF, DOCX, and plain text. Files are converted to text and the text is returned to your browser for checking; scanned or image-only PDFs cannot be read, and pasting your resume text works instead.
Passing means the mechanics will not sabotage you: parsers can find your sections, contact details, and timeline. What it cannot tell you is whether your content matches a given job, because that depends on the job description. That comparison is what the full Pronto score does.
No. Pasted text never leaves your browser. If you upload a PDF or DOCX, the file is converted to text, the text comes back to your browser, and nothing is kept.
Create a free Pronto account, paste the job description, and the full scorer rates keyword coverage, relevance, and writing quality against that exact posting, then proposes line-by-line fixes.

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