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

Built by engineers with 12 years of experience building enterprise hiring technology at ZipRecruiter. Last updated .

Engineering Talent Community

Noyocareers · San Francisco, California

About The Company

Noyo is the leading benefits infrastructure company, enabling seamless data connectivity across the benefits ecosystem. We believe every person should have access to great benefits that are easy to understand, easy to use, and have them covered when they need it most.

In service of that mission, we provide modern infrastructure to power the next generation of consumer health and benefits experiences. Like Stripe in payments and Plaid in financial services, Noyo makes it possible for developers to embed benefits into any app.

We are a rapidly-growing technology company backed by the best investors in Silicon Valley, and we are building a team of ambitious and creative people looking to change the face of benefits.

We’re always on the lookout for builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who want to shape the future of benefits. If you don’t see the perfect role for you right now, but you’re excited about what we’re building, we encourage you to join our Talent Community.

At Noyo, we believe the best ideas shine through when we’re together. Headquartered in San Francisco, we balance the energy of in-person collaboration with the flexibility to support work-life integration. Our required in-office days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and one additional day of your choosing. We believe this hybrid approach creates more organic opportunities to connect, collaborate, and make magic for our users as a team. If you thrive in an environment where in-person interactions drive impact, we’d love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

  • You will spend the majority of your day building products. You will often be tasked with solving a problem rather than just implementing a specific solution. 
  • You will work closely with other engineers on the team, our architects, and team lead to build new features from ideation to launch and beyond. This includes collaborative designing, programming, and code reviews.
  • You will work directly with product managers from the Noyo Product Team and cross-functional stakeholders to design, build, and validate that the product and your solution genuinely solve impactful problems.

What You'll Be Collaborating On

  • You have built modern web applications in a product-driven environment. You should feel comfortable balancing risk, speed, and quality in your development process.
  • You have worked in an agile environment with continuous integration and rigorous logging and monitoring practices in a production environment.
  • Experience working with or developing AI-powered vertical agents, particularly in leveraging AI to understand system behavior, automate workflows, or enhance user support, is a nice-to-have 
  • You have experience with Python or similar language, building public-facing REST APIs, developing new feature functionality, and improving existing system architecture.
  • Relevant practical experience or Bachelor's degree in an engineering field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of full-time professional software development experience.

What to Expect

Within two weeks of submitting your resume, we’ll review your background. If there’s a strong potential fit for future opportunities, we’ll add you to our prospect list.

Please note: You won’t receive an immediate response unless we identify a possible match.

When we open a role that aligns with your experience and interests, we’ll reach out with the full details—job scope, compensation, and more—so you can decide if you’d like to opt into the process.

 

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