Guide
Free Resume Score & ATS Checker
A resume score is an instant 0-100 rating of how well your CV will perform with both recruiters and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Upload your resume and Recruit Myself grades it across content quality, ATS compatibility, keyword coverage, structure, and impact - then shows you exactly what is holding it back.
Recruiters spend about six seconds on a first pass, and the large majority of employers screen with an ATS before a human ever sees your CV. So the score answers two questions at once: will the software parse and rank you correctly, and will a recruiter be convinced in those six seconds? A low score almost always traces back to a handful of fixable issues, not to your actual experience.
Unlike checkers that paywall the result, your first full scan is free with no credit card. You get the total plus the per-category breakdown behind it, so the diagnostics point at the specific fixes rather than leaving you with a bare number - and the exact categories we grade, with the points each one carries, are listed further down so you know precisely what is measured.
Step by step
How it works
Scoring
What the score checks
Contact & completeness
up to 10 ptsChecks for your name, email, phone, location, and a LinkedIn or portfolio URL. A missing professional link is the most common easy points left on the table.
Work experience format & depth
up to 15 ptsEvery role needs Month-Year start and end dates and 3-5 bullet points. Roles with missing dates or a single one-line description lose points here.
Skills coverage
up to 10 ptsLooks for 10-12+ relevant, ATS-readable skills. Listing only five skills is no longer enough for most roles.
Education depth
up to 10 ptsWants the institution, a recognised degree (Bachelor, Master, MBA and so on), and graduation year - not just a school name.
Professional summary
up to 10 ptsRewards a 3-4 sentence summary (250+ characters) that states your role or title and includes at least one number.
Action verbs
up to 10 ptsTargets 80%+ of bullets opening with a strong verb (Led, Built, Shipped) and penalises weak openers like "responsible for" or "worked on".
Quantifiable impact
up to 15 ptsThe heaviest content signal: real metrics (%, $, users, time saved) in your bullets, with at least four bullets quantified.
Brevity & bullet length
up to 5 ptsKeeps bullets in the 8-25 word sweet spot - long enough to show impact, short enough for a recruiter’s six-second scan.
Writing style
up to 10 ptsDeducts for buzzwords, filler words, and first-person pronouns (I/we/my) that add length without adding information.
Worked example
How the breakdown reads
A worked example, not a real scan, showing how the nine categories add up to a total. Read it column by column: Education and Writing style are near full marks, so the points are not being lost there. Professional summary (3 of 10) and Quantifiable impact (5 of 15) are where this example bleeds, and those two are the fastest to fix - add a 3-4 sentence summary with a number in it, and put real metrics in at least four bullets. Your own scan returns the same nine rows with your figures.
- Contact & completeness8/10
- Work experience format & depth9/15
- Skills coverage4/10
- Education depth10/10
- Professional summary3/10
- Action verbs6/10
- Quantifiable impact5/15
- Brevity & bullet length4/5
- Writing style9/10
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the resume score really free?
Yes - one full scan per email is free, no credit card required. Sign up to unlock the full breakdown, AI rewrites, and PDF report.
Is a CV score the same as a resume score?
Yes - a CV and a resume are the same document, so a CV score and a resume score measure the same thing. “Resume” is the US and Canada term, while “CV” is used in the UK, the Gulf, India, and most of the world. Upload either and you get the same instant 0-100 rating across content, ATS compatibility, keywords, structure, and impact. (An academic CV - a longer publication and research record - is the one exception.)
How is my CV scored?
We score 0-100 across nine categories: contact completeness, work-experience format and depth, skills coverage, education depth, professional summary, action verbs, quantifiable impact, bullet brevity, and writing style - the same rubric a recruiter would apply, automated.
What is a good resume score?
Aim for 80 or above. The score is the weighted total of nine categories, so the number is only the headline - the breakdown underneath tells you where the points went. Quantifiable impact and work-experience format and depth carry the most weight, which is why an otherwise strong CV with unquantified bullets or missing Month-Year dates scores lower than its owner expects. The report shows your result in every category alongside the specific gap it found, so you can see whether the loss came from a thin professional summary, fewer than 10 listed skills, weak bullet openers, or formatting an ATS cannot parse.
Does the score work for ATS like Workday, Greenhouse, and Taleo?
Yes. The ATS-compatibility checks (clean single-column structure, standard headings, parseable Month-Year dates, no tables or text boxes) reflect how the major Applicant Tracking Systems - Workday, Greenhouse, Taleo, iCIMS, Lever - read a resume, plus the parsers behind Bayt and Naukri.
Will a higher score get me more interviews?
A higher score means your resume parses cleanly, surfaces the right keywords, and reads the way a recruiter expects - the three things that get it past screening and into the “yes” pile. It can’t guarantee an interview, but it removes the avoidable reasons a strong candidate gets filtered out.
How do I improve my score fast?
Quantify four or more bullets with real numbers, rewrite your summary to 3-4 sentences with your role and a metric, and list 10-12 relevant skills. Those three changes move the most points. The ATS Optimizer applies them in one click and re-scores instantly.
What file types do you accept?
PDF, DOC, DOCX, and TXT, up to 5MB.
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