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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Senior Frontend Developer

Gong · Tel Aviv

Gong harnesses the power of AI to transform how revenue teams win. The Gong Revenue AI Operating System unifies data, insights, and workflows into a single, trusted system that observes, guides, and acts alongside the world’s most successful revenue teams. Powered by the Gong Revenue Graph, AI-powered intelligence, specialized agents, and trusted applications, Gong helps more than 5,000 companies around the world deeply understand their teams and customers, automate critical sales workflows, and close more deals with less effort. For more information, visit www.gong.io.

At Gong, you will join a company built on innovative products, ambitious goals, and passionate people. We are shaping the future of revenue intelligence and we want people who are excited to build what comes next. You will work with a team that dreams big, moves fast, and cares deeply about the craft and about each other. Here, transparency and trust are core to how we operate, and every person has the opportunity to make a visible impact. If you want to grow, stretch, and do work that truly matters, Gong is the place to do the best work of your career.

As a Senior Frontend Developer at Gong, you'll lead the development of intuitive and scalable applications, collaborate closely with diverse teams, drive impactful and shape cutting-edge SaaS solutions in our innovative, fast-paced environment.

You’ll Own:

  • The Full Feature Lifecycle: Taking accountability for your features from the initial ideation and wireframing phases—collaborating closely with Product and UX—all the way to production.
  • Architectural Voice: Participating in our "Architecture Huddles," where you will directly influence the future of our codebase and define the engineering best practices for the entire team.
  • Your Professional Growth: Utilizing dedicated learning time and attending professional workshops and lectures provided by Gong to continuously sharpen your technical edge.

You’ll Solve:

  • Multilayered Technical Challenges: Tackling complex issues across architecture, code, and product, ensuring your solutions balance immediate "must-haves" with long-term system health.
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You’ll Impact:

  • Gong’s Frontend Community: A key contributor to the Frontend Guild, where you will exchange knowledge and set standards with developers across the company.
  • Product Transformation: Translating high-level company vision into a robust, high-performance product that defines the Revenue AI category.
  • Technical Excellence: Raising the bar for SaaS development by contributing to a team culture that prioritizes solid, scalable code and seamless user experiences.

How You’ll Succeed Here:

  • Have 5+ years of industry experience developing web applications.
  • Enjoy taking responsibility and having a strong sense of ownership over the product you help create.
  • Understand JavaScript in depth.
  • Have strong experience with React (must-have).
  • Are familiar with backend languages such as Java, Node.js, C#, or others (an advantage).
  • Have experience building large-scale, cloud-based web applications.
  • Proven experience in designing architecture for systems and components.
  • Hold (preferably) a degree in computer science or a related field.
  • Communicate effectively and work well in a team, with strong verbal and written English skills.
  • Enjoy working both independently and within a team of highly skilled peers.

*We operate in a flexible hybrid work model.

What makes Engineering at Gong unique? 

Here at Gong, we trust and empower our employees with ownership to solve complex problems, make the right decisions, and build the best products that create radical impact. We call this “Own. Solve. Impact.”  For our engineers, it means it's not just about writing code. You are involved and able to influence the entire process to create the best product. If you are curious to discover Gong's wonderful and challenging world, what are you waiting for? Don’t delay - fill in your application details. Who knows, maybe there’s a Gongster in you!

About us

We encourage our employees to express their personality and identity (whether gender, ethnic, religious, or sexual), and we ensure fairness and equal opportunities. We follow a hybrid working model that combines working from home, on the go, or at the office. This allows us flexibility, autonomy, positive work relationships, and effective work habits.                                         

If these considerations are important to you when choosing a workplace, we'd love to see you with us. To review Gong's privacy policy, visit www.gong.io/privacy-policy/ for more details.

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