AI-powered · Recruiter-focused
The free AI resume checker that makes your resume skim-proof
Recruiters skim before they read. SkimProof scores how your resume holds up in that first look — every issue found, with the exact fix, free.
- Instant 0–100 score with a five-category breakdown
- Every issue quoted from your own resume, with the exact fix
- Private by design — parsed, scored, discarded
Free · No sign-up · Results in ~20 seconds
Read this like a recruiter
You get 7.4 seconds with this resume. Then we'll ask you one question about it.
7.4 seconds, then it’s gone — same as a recruiter’s first pass.
~20s
From upload to a full scored report
Free · No sign-up
41
Named checks behind every score
Every verdict shown in your free report
Get your free score in ~20 seconds
Upload or paste your resume — full report, no sign-up, nothing stored.
What you’ll get back — a condensed sample:
- ATS Readability & Format84/100
- Impact & Quantification52/100
- Keywords & Skills66/100
- Brevity & Clarity79/100
- Red Flags90/100
Most bullets are missing a number
“Responsible for weekly reporting and dashboard maintenance for the sales team.”
Unquantified bullets read as vague duties rather than measurable impact.
Fix: Add a metric — how many reports, for how many people, and what changed because of them.
Your report will appear here.
How it works
Upload or paste your resume
PDF, DOCX, TXT, RTF, or pasted text — parsed on the spot and never stored.
Get your score in ~20 seconds
An overall score plus a breakdown across five categories, each grounded in your own text.
See exactly what to fix
Every issue we find, with the evidence and a concrete fix — no vague advice.
41 named checks. Nothing vague.
Your score isn’t a mystery number — it’s built from 41 specific checks, and your report shows a verdict for every one of them. 28 are exact rule-based checks that give the same answer every time; the rest are judged line-by-line against your actual text, with a quote as evidence whenever one is flagged. See how scoring works.
ATS Readability & Format
- Machine-readable text
- Contact info present
- Experience section found
- Education section found
- Summary or profile found
- No table/column artifacts
- Consistent mechanics
- Clean hyperlinks
- Contact details in the body
- Standard section headings
- Consistent formatting
Impact & Quantification
- Bullet points used
- Bullets carry numbers
- Strong bullet openers
- Outcomes over duties
- Concrete metrics
Keywords & Skills
- Skills section found
- Skills backed by results
- Acronyms spelled out
- Role-relevant keywords
- Skills coverage
- Industry terminology
Brevity & Clarity
- Length fits experience
- No first-person voice
- Free of generic phrasing
- First screen covers the basics
- Detail sits on your recent roles
- The basics land on page one
- Concise bullets
- Professional tone
Red Flags
- No outdated conventions
- Consistent date format
- Recent dated activity
- Tenure reads steady
- Month and year on dates
- No hidden AI instructions
- Nothing set too small to read
- Spelling & grammar
- No unexplained gaps
- Internally consistent
- Nothing that makes a recruiter pause
Common myths
Myth
“The parser will auto-reject my resume.”
Truth
Most parsers extract whatever text they can find — the real risk is a table or column layout scrambling that text. See how scoring works.
Myth
“My resume has to fit on one page.”
Truth
One page makes sense early in a career. Once you have several years of experience, two pages of relevant, well-organized content reads as normal — we only flag length for shorter track records.
Our honesty contract
The full score and every issue we find are free, always. The same resume in gives the same score out. If your resume is already in good shape, we’ll say so instead of manufacturing a reason to worry.
Read the full honesty contract →Pricing
The score, the category breakdown, and every issue we find are free — always, no email required. You only pay when you want the rewritten, tailored document to send.
Free
$0
The whole diagnosis. No sign-up, no card.
- Overall score out of 100
- All five category scores
- Every issue we find, with severity
- What a parser actually reads from your file
- Compare against a job posting
- Re-check as often as you like, forever
One Application
$9 one-time
Your resume rewritten and aimed at one job posting, ready to send.
- Every weak bullet rewritten — your facts, your voice
- Aimed at one posting you paste in
- Interview prep notes: what to lead with, how to talk about gaps
- Download as Word and PDF, not just a web page
- No account, nothing recurring, nothing to cancel
Added on your results page, after a check — there's nothing to rewrite until then
Job Hunt Pass
$9 once, or about the same again — $9.99 — for a week of the pass, which covers 7. Applying to more than one job? Take the pass.
Weekly
$9.99 / week
Up to 7 tailored applications a week
Monthly
$29 / month
Up to 50 tailored applications a month
Annual
$149 / year
Up to 50 tailored applications a month
No credits, ever — allowances reset, they don’t bank, and nothing expires on you. When you do pay, you get 14 days to change your mind: one click, no questions, including your first purchase.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Upload your resume and get your overall score, category breakdown, and the full list of issues found with zero signup. Enter your email only if you want line-level detail on the top 3 issues.
Is my resume private?
Your uploaded file is parsed for text and discarded immediately — we never store the original file. Your results page has a one-click "delete my data" button that permanently removes everything.
Will recruiters know I used AI on my resume?
Not from the fact that you used it — no major applicant tracking system runs AI detection, and 90% of hiring managers say AI in application materials is acceptable anyway (Canva, 2024). What does get noticed is writing that could belong to anyone, so keep your own numbers, your own specifics and your own phrasing and there is nothing to spot.
What screening myths hold up, with sources →Will this beat the ATS?
We won't promise that — no tool honestly can. What we do is flag concrete parse risks (tables, missing sections, inconsistent dates) and recruiter-skim risks (unquantified bullets, filler) so a human and a parser can both read your resume cleanly.
Does it check for ATS compatibility?
Yes. The ATS readability check flags table/column layouts, missing sections, and formatting quirks that commonly cause applicant tracking systems to misread a resume's structure.
What file types can I upload?
PDF and DOCX, up to 5MB. You can also paste your resume text directly if you'd rather skip the file upload.