Free ATS check
Free ATS resume checker: score your resume against any job description.
Find out what an applicant tracking system sees before a recruiter does. Upload your resume, paste the job description, and get your ATS score with the exact keywords you’re missing.
- Free, no card needed
- Scored against the real job description
- GDPR-compliant
- 340
- applications land on the average open role. Yours has seconds to stand out.
- 88%
- of employers say their hiring filters screen out qualified candidates.
Ashby Talent Trends 2026 (applications per role); Harvard Business School & Accenture, “Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent”, 2021 (employer survey, incl. Germany).
Check your resume for ATS compatibility — free
Load a sample resume or your own, add the job description, and see your ATS score.
Drop your CV here, or
PDF only, up to 5 MB
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Free to start. We'll check your CV and provide an ATS score.
What is an ATS resume checker?
An ATS resume checker reads your resume the way an applicant tracking system does, then compares it against one specific job description. It shows which of the posting’s requirements your resume already evidences, and which ones it never mentions.
That second list is the useful one. Often the experience is already there and simply described in words the posting never used — a strong candidate reading as a weak match. An ATS check turns that from guesswork into a list you can act on in a few minutes.
How does the ATS check score your resume?
1. Add your resume and the job description
Upload your resume as a PDF, then paste the job description or drop in a link to the posting. You can also load a sample resume to see how the check works first.
2. Get your ATS score and the missing keywords
AppCV parses your resume the way an applicant tracking system does, scores it against that specific job description, and lists the terms the posting asks for that your resume never mentions.
3. Rewrite the gaps, keeping every line traceable
Each rewritten bullet is tagged verified or ai-suggested. Verified traces back to your original resume; ai-suggested is yours to accept, edit or drop. Nothing is invented for you.
ATS resume checker: common questions
Is the ATS check free?
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Yes. Scoring a resume against a job description is free and unlimited. You only need a paid plan if you want AppCV to rewrite the resume for every application.
Does an ATS automatically reject my resume?
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No, and any tool that tells you otherwise is overselling. An applicant tracking system stores and ranks applications; a recruiter still decides. What it does do is make poorly matched resumes much harder to surface in a search, which is the problem an ATS check actually solves.
Will you invent experience I don't have?
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No. Every bullet is tagged verified or ai-suggested, and anything that cannot be traced back to your original resume is removed.
What file types can I upload?
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PDF, up to 5 MB.
Is my resume data safe?
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AppCV is GDPR-compliant and EU-operated, and your resume is stored in private EU infrastructure. Scoring and rewriting run on AI providers in the US (Anthropic, OpenAI) under standard contractual clauses — see our privacy policy. You can export or delete everything at any time.