Free ATS Resume Score Checker

Most medium and large employers use some form of applicant tracking software to receive, parse and search resumes. Exactly how each system ranks or filters candidates differs by employer, by configuration and by recruiter behaviour — nobody outside the company can see those settings.

A free ATS check is therefore not a peek at an employer's screening result. It is an independent review of how well your resume represents the requirements in a specific job description, and how cleanly it is likely to be read as plain text. That is what GradVix produces: an ATS-style resume analysis you can act on before applying.

GradVix provides an independent resume analysis score. It is not a score issued by an employer or applicant tracking system. ATS behaviour and hiring criteria vary by employer and software.

When you paste or upload your resume with a target role and job description, the analysis covers:

• Overall match — a 0–100 indication of how closely your resume aligns with that job description.
• Keywords found and missing — the role-relevant terms present in your resume, and the ones that are not, with a short evidence snippet so you can verify each one.
• Skills coverage — whether the skills the role asks for are represented in your experience, projects and skills section.
• Section completeness — whether standard sections such as summary, experience, skills, education and projects are present and clearly labelled.
• Formatting and readability — wording and structure signals that can make a resume harder to parse or scan.
• Improvement suggestions — rewritten bullets and a suggested summary you can adapt.

Keyword relevance only means something relative to a role. "Strong communication skills" is noise for a backend engineering role and signal for a customer success role. GradVix therefore requires the target role and the job description you are aiming at, then measures the gap between the two.

If you are applying to several similar roles, run the analysis against the job description that matters most, fix the gaps, and then use job description matching for the remaining postings.

Free plan includes 2 ATS analyses. Pro unlocks full ATS access, subject to GradVix fair-use limits.

• A free GradVix account is required so your analyses and reports are saved to your dashboard.
• Each free analysis returns the full report on screen — score, strengths, gaps, keywords and suggestions.
• Downloading the ATS report as a PDF and applying suggestions directly into the resume builder are Pro features.

See pricing for the current plans.

• 80–100 — strong alignment. Many of the requirements appear represented. Review the remaining gaps before applying.
• 60–79 — moderate alignment. Several requirements are covered, but important skills, keywords or content still need attention.
• Below 60 — significant gaps. Work through the missing requirements, role terminology and structure first.

These bands describe the GradVix analysis only. They are not thresholds used by any employer's software, and a high score does not guarantee a shortlist.

There is no single universal standard, but layouts that are simple to read as plain text tend to carry less parsing risk:

• A single-column layout, with content in the document body rather than in headers, footers or text boxes.
• Standard section headings — Summary, Experience, Skills, Education, Projects.
• Consistent date formats such as MMM YYYY.
• Common fonts, plain bullet characters, and no critical information inside images or icons.
• PDF or DOCX rather than image files or a link to a shared drive.

If your current file fights those rules, it is usually faster to start from an ATS-friendly resume template than to patch a design-heavy document.