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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Finance & Strategy Partner

Stripe · Dublin OR London

Who we are  

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Finance & Strategy (F&S) team is an integral thought partner to Stripe’s business leaders. We bring understanding and predictability to Stripe’s bottom line financials.  We work cross functionally to help steward Stripe’s resource investments to improve the durability of our long term financial performance.

What you’ll do

This role is on the EMEA F&S team. We partner with the EMEA business leads by providing data analytics, business insights and strategic recommendations to help the business optimize ROI and achieve long-term growth.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with EMEA business leaders to influence key strategic decisions
  • Create frameworks to assess and influence business performance by country and segment
  • Partner with other F&S teams on defining ROI frameworks to drive recommendations on resource allocations
  • Support annual planning for the EMEA business
  • Own reporting of leading indicators of business performance
  • Build and own models for in-depth analyses, as well as ensure their quality, timeliness, and accuracy
  • Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification and reporting enhancements

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

  • 8+ years of work experience in FP&A, corporate planning, business finance, investment banking, consulting, PE/VC or similar.
  • Experience executing finance processes (e.g. budget, forecast reviews, negotiations).
  • Deep analytical rigour, able to find trends hidden in millions of data points.
  • A self-starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision. You must be able to partner with cross-functional teams to unblock things.
  • Solid business acumen, strong written and verbal communication skills (interacting with Stripe C-Suite).
  • A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners.
  • The ability to maintain high performance under tight timelines and a “roll up your sleeves” mindset to get any job done.
  • The ability to bring structure to ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment.
  • Solution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices.
  • Experience with SQL (intermediate/advanced skills are a must).
  • Experience working with large and complex datasets.

You will also likely have (not required):

  • Experience working with Sales teams, preferably in a high growth technology company
  • Experience working closely with technical teams (Data Science, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, etc)
  • Experience working in a global capacity (this team interacts with all regions)
  • Oracle, Anaplan, Tableau or other equivalent application experience
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