See how well you match the job

What is a job match score?

A job match score is a percentage estimate of how completely one resume covers one job advert. It is calculated from the text of both documents: the requirements are extracted from the posting you paste, then matched against the resume in this browser. Nothing is guessed about your experience, and the same pair of documents always produces the same score.

How the score is calculated

• •Skills match — 32%. The share of the skills named in the posting that your resume shows evidence for. A skill described inside a role counts; a skill only present in a comma-separated list counts as weaker evidence.
• •Requirement coverage — 24%. How many of the posting's requirements are met, counting a requirement that is listed but not evidenced as half met.
• •Keyword coverage — 16%. How many of the posting's own repeated terms appear anywhere in your resume.
• •Experience match — 16%. The number of roles on your resume compared with any years-of-experience figure the posting states.
• •Evidence strength — 12%. The share of your experience and project entries that carry a measurable result — a number, amount, percentage or timeframe.

What the score does not tell you

It cannot see anything that is not written down, it does not know how the employer will weigh the same requirements, and it does not predict whether you get an interview. Treat it as a checklist of what the posting asks for and what your resume currently proves.

How the job match tool works

It works in three steps: it reads the resume already in this browser, reads the advert you paste, then scores the second against the first. Nothing is stored on a server and the same pair of documents always produces the same score.

1. 1Point it at a resume. It uses the draft from the resume builder on this device. If you have not started one, load the sample resume to see how a report is laid out.
2. 2Paste the job advert. Copy the text of the posting — responsibilities, requirements and the skills list. The analysis reads the literal terms in it, so a screenshot or a link cannot be used.
3. 3Run the analysis and read the breakdown. You get the overall percentage plus the five components that produced it and the requirements the resume does not evidence yet.

Who is the job match score for?

It is for anyone tailoring an application to a specific posting, or trying to work out why a resume that reads well is not getting called back. It measures coverage of the advert, not your suitability for the job.

• •You are about to apply and want to know what the posting asks for that your resume does not yet show.
• •You are applying to several similar roles and want to see which requirements recur.
• •You have rewritten a resume and want an objective before-and-after check.
• •You want to know whether a gap is a missing skill or a missing description of a skill you already have.

It is not a hiring prediction and it cannot read the employer's weighting: a high score is not an interview and a low one is not a rejection. The free ATS resume checker covers the other half of the question — whether the finished file can be read at all.

What do you need to run a job match?

You need two pieces of text and nothing else: a resume and the advert. There is no account, no upload and no file format to worry about.

• •A resume in the builder on this device, or the sample resume if you are only exploring the report.
• •The job advert as selectable text — the full posting, including the requirements and skills sections.
• •A few seconds to read the breakdown. The analysis is returned without a queue and without an email step.

How to use the result

1. 1Start with the missing requirements. The report lists them separately, because a required skill you cannot evidence is the biggest single deduction.
2. 2Add evidence, not keywords. If the gap is real, describe the work inside the role where you did it. A term added to a list without a supporting example scores half credit and reads as padding.
3. 3Fix the listed-but-not-described skills. A tool named in a skills block that no role ever mentions is the most common shape of this gap.
4. 4Quantify one bullet per role. Evidence strength is the smallest component but the fastest to improve: add a real number to the strongest bullet in each recent role.
5. 5Re-run, then check the file. Re-score after the edits, then run the exported file through the ATS resume checker to confirm the text still reads the way you think it does.

Related tools

• AI resume builderDraft the summary, bullets and skills the posting is asking for.
• Free ATS resume checkerSee how the exported file reads: structure, keywords and phrasing.
• Cover letter generatorTurn the same resume and posting into a matching cover letter.
• How to pass ATS screeningThe formatting rules that decide whether the text is readable.

Job match FAQ

The score is computed by the same deterministic analyzer that powers the resume tailoring suggestions — no ranking of candidates, no profile and no stored results. Read how the tools are built and who maintains them if you want the detail.