Question 1

What is an ATS and why does keyword matching matter?

Accepted Answer

An applicant-tracking system (ATS) is the software most companies use to screen resumes before a human reads them. It scans your resume for the skills and keywords listed in the job description. If your resume is missing the terms the role calls for, it can be filtered out automatically. Our free ATS checker shows exactly which keywords you have and which you are missing.

Question 2

Is the ATS keyword checker really free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The keyword match score, matched-keyword list, and missing-keyword list run entirely in your browser with no AI and no account. Paste a job description and your resume and you get an instant score, free.

Question 3

Does the AI make up experience I do not have?

Accepted Answer

No. The AI is strictly instructed to never invent, fabricate, or exaggerate experience, employers, dates, titles, or metrics. It only rewords, reorders, and reprioritizes what is already in your resume, and it tells you what it changed.

Question 4

Do I need to pay for the AI tailoring?

Accepted Answer

The AI resume rewrite and cover-letter generator use OpenRouter, which offers free models. Create a free key, pick a free model, and you are set. Your key is stored only in your browser.

Question 5

How does the AI cover letter generator work?

Accepted Answer

After you paste a job description and your resume, the AI cover letter generator writes a complete, ready-to-send cover letter tailored to that exact role — a short, professional letter that references your genuine achievements from the resume. Like the resume tailoring, it never fabricates experience, and you can download it as a PDF or copy the text.

Question 6

How do I tailor my resume to a job description?

Accepted Answer

Paste the job posting and your current resume, read the ATS report to see which keywords you are missing, add any that genuinely apply to you, then run the AI tailor to get a rewritten summary, reprioritized bullets, and a matching cover letter to download as PDFs.

Question 7

Is my resume data private?

Accepted Answer

Your resume and the job description stay in your browser. The ATS check never leaves your device. Only when you run the optional AI tailor is your text sent — directly to the AI model you chose via your own key. Nothing is stored on our servers.