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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Website Developer Backend

Wrike · Bangalore

Wrike is the most powerful work management platform. Built for teams and organizations looking to collaborate, create, and exceed every day, Wrike brings everyone and all work into a single place to remove complexity, increase productivity, and free people up to focus on their most purposeful work.
 
Our vision:  A world where everyone is free to focus on their most purposeful work, together. 
 

About the Role:

As a Website Backend Developer at Wrike, you will own the backend development of our global marketing website and related internal tools. Your work will power key customer-facing experiences, enable marketing and business teams to operate efficiently, and directly support Wrike’s growth by ensuring our web infrastructure is scalable, secure, and optimized for performance and SEO.

Your Impact:

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services for Wrike’s website, admin panels, and internal tools.
  • Build and enhance components in our CMS and component management system.
  • Develop and improve internal tools for managing incoming requests from marketing and other business stakeholders.
  • Implement and optimize REST APIs to support website features and integrations.
  • Contribute to SEO-oriented backend solutions that drive traffic and conversion.
  • Proactively identify, propose, and implement technical improvements to increase performance, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Participate in code reviews, ensuring high code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices.

Your Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 5+ years of production web development experience.
  • Strong experience with PHP and Laravel (experience with YII2 or Symfony is a plus).
  • Solid understanding of REST APIs, OOP, SQL, and Git.
  • Proven experience working on SEO-oriented web projects.
  • Ability to architect web applications and tools independently, from concept to deployment.
  • Experience developing admin panels or content management systems.
  • Hands-on participation in collaborative code review processes.
  • User experience with advanced AI coding assistants (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex).
  • Full professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).

Standout Qualities:

  • Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, Vue), HTTP requests, and TypeScript.
  • Background in performance optimization for high-traffic websites.
  • Practical application of engineering principles such as KISS, DRY, and SOLID in day-to-day work.
  • General understanding of Continuous Integration (CI) processes and pipelines.
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization.
  • A team player who contributes to a fun, supportive, and productive team environment.

Team Dynamics:

You will join the Web Team, which is part of Wrike’s Business Development department. The team is organized into two Scrum teams composed of frontend engineers, backend engineers, QA, and designers. You will be a backend developer within one of these cross-functional squads, collaborating closely with marketing, customer-facing, HR, and other internal teams that rely on our websites, web tools, and admin panels. You’ll work in an environment that values openness, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Our Work Style:

  • Methodologies: Scrum, with clear goals set via OKRs.
  • Backend: PHP 8.4, Laravel.
  • Frontend/CMS: Twill CMS + Vue.js.
  • Infrastructure: MySQL, Nginx.
  • Additional Services: Several microservices and standalone projects using Node.js.

We combine a modern PHP/Laravel stack with a component-based CMS and a strong focus on SEO, performance, and marketing enablement. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact, customer-facing web properties at scale, while also building internal tools that directly empower business teams—giving you a broad scope of influence compared to many traditional backend roles.

Why Join Wrike?

  • 18 calendar days of paid vacation (12 days of National & Festival holidays (10 fixed, 2 flexible))
  • Sick Leave Compensation (5 Paid Uncertified Sick Days)
  • Menstrual Leave: Twelve (12) days per calendar year. Women employees are eligible for up to 1 day of menstrual leave per month.
  • Parental Leave: 26 Weeks Maternity / 4 Week Paternity 
  • 2 Volunteer Days
  • Group Medical Insurance (Employees + Dependents)
  • Term Life Insurance (Rs 50,00,000)
  • Personal Accident Insurance (Rs 50,00,000)
  • Monthly Broadband / Internet Reimbursement (INR 1500)
  • Hybrid Working Model + Complimentary Lunch & Snacks

Your recruitment buddy will be Tripti Sachan , Senior Recruiter 

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Who Is Wrike and Our Culture

We’re a team of innovators and creators who solve the complex work problems of today and tomorrow.
 
Hybrid work mode

Wrike promotes a hybrid model for team members near our office hubs in San Diego, Prague, Dublin, Nicosia, and Tallinn, with 2–3 in-office days per week to foster collaboration and teamwork. This work mode supports our culture of collaboration and solving problems fast to deliver business outcomes and win together.

Our persona 

💡  Smart: We love what we do, and we’re great at it because this is our domain. Our combined knowledge in this space is unmatched.
💚  Dedicated: We get up every day focused on helping our customers win. We’re committed to helping our teammates win, too!
🤗  Approachable: We're friendly, easy to get along with, considerate, and helpful. 

Our culture and Values 

🤩 Customer-Focused

We care about our customers. We understand the customer journey, experience, and value derived from Wrike. Decision-making and action-taking are done with the customer in mind.

🤝 Collaborative

We work as one and win together, each bringing unique strengths that contribute to diversity of thought for better outcomes. Leveraging our own work management platform, we foster an environment of creative collaboration and shared achievement.

🎨 Creative

We strive to succeed through continuous innovation. It’s our pursuit of novel concepts that helped us create a market category. We continue to cultivate a workplace that fosters creative thinking as a means of transcending conventional boundaries and empowers us to break new ground to deliver extraordinary work management solutions. 

💪 Committed

We believe in ownership at all levels of the organization, by owning workflows from start to finish. Each member of our team is an integral part of this commitment, establishing work as a platform for personal growth and transformation, as well as collective success and growth.

 
Check out our LinkedIn Life Page, Company culture page, Instagram, Wrike Engineering TeamMedium, Meetup.com, Youtube for a feel for what life is like at Wrike. 

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