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title: "Free ATS Resume Checker - Scan Your CV Against Any Job | MORT"
description: "Check whether your resume will pass Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). MORT scans your CV against any job description and flags formatting, keyword, and parsing issues."
canonical: "https://mortit.com/ats-checker"
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ATS Checker

# Free ATS resume checker that tells you why you're not getting interviews.

Stop sending CVs into a black hole. MORT scans your resume against any job description, shows you a 0-100% match score, and flags exactly what needs to change - keywords, formatting, parsing issues.

[Scan your CV - free](https://app.mortit.com/signup) Under 30 seconds · No credit card

## How the ATS Checker works

01

Upload your CV

Drop your resume in PDF, DOCX, or paste text. MORT extracts content the same way an ATS would.

02

Add the job description

Paste any job posting. MORT extracts required keywords, skills, and experience signals.

03

Get your ATS score

See a 0-100% match score with a list of missing keywords, formatting issues, and parsing problems.

04

Generate a tailored CV

One click to produce an ATS-optimized version tailored to the specific job - same content, parsed cleanly.

## What MORT checks

Keyword match

Required skills, certifications, and tools from the job description.

Format parsing

Columns, tables, headers, and images that confuse parsers.

Section structure

Whether the parser can identify your experience, education, and skills sections.

Date formatting

Consistent month-year formatting (most ATS systems trip on mixed formats).

Action-verb diversity

Avoids the most-flagged generic verbs.

## Why this matters

The average corporate job posting attracts 250 applicants. The ATS parses, ranks, and surfaces them by how well each one matches the role - so a resume that doesn't parse cleanly or misses required keywords gets buried below better-matched applications and may never reach a recruiter. That's rarely because the candidate was unqualified. Closing that gap is the highest-leverage thing you can do in a job search.

## Tailor, don't just check

A score tells you the gap; tailoring closes it. MORT's [resume builder](https://mortit.com/features/resume-builder) takes the gap analysis and generates an ATS-optimized version of your CV tailored to the specific job - same content, restructured for the parser, with the missing keywords incorporated where they honestly fit your experience.

## ATS Checker FAQ

What is an ATS?

An Applicant Tracking System is software most employers use to parse, rank, and surface applications by how well they match the role. A resume that fails ATS parsing - wrong format, missing keywords, or columns that confuse the parser - can get buried or ranked below better-matched applications, so it never surfaces to a human.

Is MORT's ATS checker free?

Yes - the Free plan includes ATS scanning. PRO unlocks unlimited scans and the AI-powered tailoring step that generates an optimized CV in one click.

How is this different from Jobscan?

Jobscan is a standalone ATS scanner. MORT is a full job-search platform - the ATS checker is one step in a workflow that also matches you to jobs, generates tailored resumes, and tracks applications. See our full comparison at /compare/mort-vs-jobscan.

What ATS systems does MORT check against?

MORT models the parsing behavior of the ATS platforms most large companies hire through - Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, iCIMS, and SmartRecruiters.

Comparing free ATS checkers across all the major tools? See our independent breakdown: [Best free ATS resume checkers tested (2026)](https://mortit.com/blog/best-free-ats-resume-checkers).