Free resume checker

Check your resume’s format and content.

This checker combines a weighted rubric with an AI review of your upload: 18 weighted checks worth 100 points, computed in code, and a written review of the content underneath. No account is required, and the full review is free to view.

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AI assistance for your applicationYour experience as the starting pointReview and edit before sending

Two engines

One of these is arithmetic. The other is judgment.

Kept apart on purpose. A clean layout and empty writing are two different problems, and a single blended number hides whichever one you have.

The parse pass

in code

Layout, tables, text stuck inside images, where your contact details sit, bullet characters, file type, section headings, whether every role has a title and dates, whether those dates make sense, and how much of the role vocabulary you carry. Facts are extracted with AI and the points are added up in code. Extraction and inferred keywords can vary, so the same file can receive different scores.

The reading pass

judged

What your bullets claim and whether they prove it, whether your summary earns the space it takes, which of your strengths a recruiter would actually see, and the five to seven things doing the most damage. Every point has to name something real in your file: an employer, a section, a line it is reacting to. Advice that would fit any resume is treated as a failure of the review.

The limits

What a resume checker cannot tell you.

Use the review as editing guidance. These questions need evidence beyond its score.

Whether you will get the interview

A high score means the file met more of our checks. It does not establish that every employer system will read it correctly, or predict whether you will receive an interview.

What one specific company's system does

This review does not connect to the employer’s system or reproduce its configuration. Follow the employer’s file requirements and inspect any preview or extracted fields the application provides.

What it genuinely cannot see

A Word or text upload has no visible page, so the layout checks cannot be observed. Rather than assuming the worst or the best, those checks are marked not assessed and the score is recalculated over what was actually observable.

Whether a claim on your resume is true

The review does not verify employment, credentials or results. AI can misread the file or suggest unsupported wording. Check every proposed name, date, skill and number before using it.

Questions

Common questions.

Is this resume checker free?

Yes, completely, and there is no second paid version of it. You are not shown a score and then asked to pay for the reasons behind it. Everything the checker found is on the screen.

Do I need to sign up to check my resume?

No. Upload the file and the check runs. An email is only needed if you want the result kept, and even then there is no password step.

How is this different from an ATS checker?

Both pages use the same review engine and return the same types of findings. The ATS checker page explains the weighted rubric; this page explains the review and its limits.

Why did my score change after I edited my resume?

The score is calculated from fixed weights applied to extracted facts. Some extraction uses AI, so the facts and score can differ between runs. Compare the findings, not just the total.

Can it check a resume for a specific job?

The review infers role keywords from the resume. For a specific vacancy, use the job-description tailoring flow and verify any suggested additions against your actual experience.

The same engine, asked differently