Resume Keyword Matcher
See which keywords from the job description are missing from your resume — free, no signup, no scan limits.
Keyword Match
31%
4 of 13 key terms found in your resume
✓ Matched (4)
experience
react
typescript
docker
✗ Missing (9)
developer
graphql
aws
familiarity
kubernetes
communication
skills
mentoring
engineers
About Resume Keyword Matcher
Applicant tracking systems filter resumes largely by keyword overlap with the job description before a human ever reads them. Most 'free' ATS checkers online gate the actually useful part — the specific missing keywords — behind an account or a paid plan. This tool does the one thing that matters: paste the job description, paste your resume, and instantly see which of the job posting's most frequent, meaningful terms show up in your resume and which don't. It's a simple keyword-overlap heuristic, not a simulation of any specific company's real ATS software (which varies widely and considers far more than keywords) — treat a low match as a prompt to review wording, not a verdict on whether you'll get an interview.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Real ATS software varies by vendor and often does more than keyword matching (parsing sections, work history, etc). This tool does one thing well — keyword overlap — as a quick, free sanity check.
Work the relevant ones naturally into your resume where they're actually true of your experience — don't stuff keywords you can't back up in an interview.
The matcher extracts the job posting's most frequent words after filtering common stop words — a few generic terms can still slip through. Focus on the technical and role-specific terms in the list.
No — everything runs in your browser with plain JavaScript. Nothing is uploaded, saved, or sent anywhere.