Key Takeaways

  • 75% of U.S. employers use automated applicant tracking systems to screen resumes before a human reviews them (Harvard Business School & Accenture, 2021)
  • The most common ATS failures are missing keywords, incompatible formatting, and incorrect file types
  • ResumeGeni scores your resume across 8 parsing layers — modeled on the same steps enterprise ATS platforms like Workday, Greenhouse, and Taleo use to evaluate candidates

How ATS Resume Scoring Works

Applicant tracking systems parse your resume into structured data — extracting your name, contact info, work history, skills, and education — then score how well that data matches the job requirements. Many ATS rejections happen because the parser couldn't extract critical fields, not because the candidate wasn't qualified.

LayerWhat It ChecksWhy It Matters
Document extractionFile format, encoding, readabilityCorrupted or image-only PDFs fail immediately
Layout analysisTables, columns, headers, footersMulti-column layouts break field extraction
Section detectionExperience, education, skills headingsNon-standard headings cause sections to be missed
Field mappingName, email, phone, dates, titlesMissing contact info is a common cause of immediate rejection
Keyword matchingJob-specific terms, skills, certificationsKeyword overlap affects recruiter search visibility and ATS scoring
Chronology checkDate ordering, gap detectionReverse-chronological order is expected by most ATS
QuantificationMetrics, numbers, measurable outcomesQuantified achievements help human reviewers and some scoring models
Confidence scoringOverall parse quality and completenessLow-confidence parses get deprioritized in results

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ResumeGeni free?
Yes. ResumeGeni is currently in beta — ATS analysis, scoring, and initial improvement suggestions are free with no signup required. Full guidance and saved reports may require a free account.
What file formats are supported?
PDF, DOCX, DOC, TXT, RTF, ODT, and Apple Pages. PDF and DOCX are recommended for best ATS compatibility.
How is the ATS score calculated?
Your resume is processed through an 8-layer parsing pipeline that extracts structured data the same way enterprise ATS platforms do. The score reflects how completely and accurately your resume can be parsed, plus how well your content matches common ATS ranking criteria.
Can ATS read PDF resumes?
Yes, but not all PDFs are equal. Text-based PDFs parse well. Image-only PDFs (scanned documents) and PDFs with complex tables or multi-column layouts often fail ATS parsing. Our analyzer will flag these issues.
How do I improve my ATS score?
Focus on three areas: use a clean single-column format, include keywords from the job description naturally in your experience bullets, and ensure all sections (contact, experience, education, skills) use standard headings.

ATS Guides & Resources

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Solutions Consultant

Binalyze · UK

🚀 We're Hiring: Solutions Consultant

🌍 Location: UK (Remote)

👥 Team: CERT / Solutions Consultants

Binalyze is an innovator in Cyber Investigation and Response Automation. In an environment where prevention alone is not enough, Binalyze delivers AIR — a browser-based investigation and response automation platform that strengthens cyber resilience by:

  • Delivering forensic-level visibility without complexity

  • Acting as a force multiplier for defenders through automation

  • Enabling seamless, borderless investigation

As a Solutions Consultant with us, you'll be the technical heart of our sales process — the person who takes a prospect from "interesting" to "I need this." You'll bring deep cybersecurity knowledge into customer conversations, shape how Binalyze fits into real-world security environments, and help defenders understand exactly what's possible when they have the right tools. This is a role for someone who loves the technical side of security but also gets energy from working with people, translating complex ideas into clear value, and being the reason a deal lands.

🔥 What You'll Do

You'll work closely with prospects, customers, and partners across the UK and Europe, bridging cybersecurity expertise with pre-sales engagement. From early discovery through to proof-of-concept and close, you'll be a trusted technical voice throughout the customer journey — and a key source of field intelligence that shapes how our product evolves.

Pre-Sales & Customer Engagement

  • Deliver compelling technical demonstrations, product presentations, and proof-of-concept engagements

  • Engage with customers to understand their incident response workflows, investigation challenges, and security architecture

  • Design and recommend solution architectures and deployment strategies tailored to each environment

  • Support integration of Binalyze solutions into SOC workflows, IR processes, and enterprise security stacks

  • Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the full customer lifecycle

Technical Value & Collaboration

  • Articulate technical value, key differentiators, and solution fit to both technical and non-technical audiences

  • Provide best practices guidance on endpoint investigation and digital evidence collection

  • Collaborate with sales, product, engineering, and customer success teams to feed field insight back into the business

  • Support enterprise evaluations, pilot engagements, and technical sales cycles

🧠 What You Bring

  • Strong background in cybersecurity, incident response, or threat investigation — DFIR, SOC, or threat hunting experience is particularly relevant

  • Hands-on experience with incident response investigations, SOC operations, or threat hunting using YARA, Sigma, and/or osquery

  • Familiarity with enterprise security technologies including SIEM, EDR/XDR, SOAR, and endpoint investigation tooling

  • Solid understanding of IR workflows, threat detection and investigation processes, and containment and remediation procedures

  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical practitioners and business stakeholders

  • Comfortable in a customer-facing role, building trusted relationships and presenting confidently

  • Experience with or genuine interest in automation and AI-assisted workflows

🎁 What We Offer

  • 28 days annual leave + wellbeing days + your birthday off

  • Vitality private medical insurance, including family cover

  • Cycle to Work Scheme

  • Home office setup support

  • Monthly wellbeing and entertainment allowances

  • Wellbeing support with Oli

  • Fully remote and flexible working with central London office also available.

You'll join a team of experienced security professionals working on technology that genuinely changes how defenders operate. This role puts you at the intersection of deep technical work and real customer impact — with the autonomy to own your region, shape deals, and influence product direction based on what you're seeing in the field.

+ Ready to make an impact? If you have a strong security background and you're energised by the idea of helping organisations investigate and respond to threats faster — and you want to do that by being the technical expert in the room rather than behind a keyboard — we'd love to meet you.

+ Diversity & Inclusion At Binalyze, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.