Free ATS CV checker
Upload your CV and see which of 20 ATS parsing rules it passes, with a fix for each one it fails. No account, and the file is not kept.
What it checks
Applicant tracking systems read a CV as text before a person sees it. These are the rules from Guap’s CV playbook that code can test on the file itself:
- Single-column layout
- Standard section headings
- Dates a parser can read
- Contact details in the body
- No graphics or icons
- Real text layer
- Bullets start with action verbs
- Bullets carry numbers
- No personal pronouns
- Nothing that should be left out
- Short bullets
- Standard font
- No buzzwords
- Photo and personal data for the region
- Length for the region and level
- Section order
- Plain-text paste test
- Links printed in full
- File name
- File format for the ATS
Want it judged against a job?
The full CV check in Guap also judges relevant to the job, nothing inflated, consistent tense, clear visual hierarchy, the job's exact keywords, gaps explained, scores the CV and suggests rewrites of your bullets. It costs $1 in Guap credit, with 1 free each month. Guap can then fix the CV for you, with a free re-check, for $2 (1 free each month).
Create a free accountQuestions, answered
Is the ATS CV checker free?
Yes. It needs no account and no payment. One address can run it 40 times an hour.
Do you keep my CV?
No. The file is read in memory on Guap’s server and dropped as soon as the answer is sent. It is not saved, not added to any account and not sent to an AI model.
What does the free check test?
The 20 rules that code can decide on its own: single-column layout, standard section headings, dates a parser can read, contact details in the body, no graphics or icons, real text layer, bullets start with action verbs, bullets carry numbers, no personal pronouns, nothing that should be left out, short bullets, standard font, no buzzwords, photo and personal data for the region, length for the region and level, section order, plain-text paste test, links printed in full, file name and file format for the ATS. Each comes from Guap’s CV playbook, and each failed rule comes with a fix.
What does it not test?
Rules that need a reader or the job you are applying for: relevant to the job, nothing inflated, consistent tense, clear visual hierarchy, the job's exact keywords and gaps explained. The full CV check inside Guap judges those against a job and suggests rewrites of your bullets.
Which files can I upload?
A PDF or a Word (.docx) file, up to 5 MB and 6 pages. A scanned PDF has no text for a parser to read, and that is what the check will tell you.
Is this exactly what every ATS does?
No checker can run every employer’s system. This one tests the layout and wording problems that commonly break CV parsing, such as two columns, contact details in a page header and icons in place of text.