How resume scoring works — the full method

If a number is going to influence what you do next, you should be able to audit it. This page is the audit.

Content — 25 points

Six points for having a professional summary. Up to nine for work experience, three points per role to a maximum of three roles. Six for having four or more achievement bullets. Four when at least one bullet contains a real number. Up to four more as the document passes 250 words, to a maximum of four points per additional 150 words.

ATS readability — 20 points

The share of fourteen deterministic checks that pass, scaled to twenty. The checks themselves are listed on the ATS checker page, each with its own explanation and fix.

Structure — 15 points

Up to six for the number of visible sections, capped at five. Five when both experience and education are present. Four when every date range is internally consistent.

Clarity — 10 points

Five points for having achievement bullets at all, three when none exceeds 34 words, two when the summary lands between 180 and 620 characters.

Completeness — 10 points

Two points each for a full name, a valid email address, a phone number, a professional title, and a skills list with at least one entry.

Job relevance — 20 points

Evaluated only when you supply a job description. Up to twelve for matched terms, four when at least one of the posting's duty lines is covered by your experience text, four for direct overlap between your job titles and the posting. Excluded from the total otherwise, with the remaining categories rescaled so the score still reads out of 100.

Nothing here uses randomness, and nothing is scored on factors outside your resume.