Free AI resume screening tool for recruiters

An AI resume screening tool compares resumes with a job description and ranks candidates by fit. You start with the strongest matches and see why each candidate scored the way they did.

It reads your job description and pulls out the required skills, years of experience and minimum degree. It then finds skills in each resume using a skills library that understands common synonyms (such as ReactJS and React), measures how closely the resume wording matches the job description, works out total experience from job dates, and checks the highest degree. These signals are combined into one match score from 0 to 100.

The score combines skills match (45%), role relevance (25%), experience fit (20%) and education (10%). Must-have skills count double, and a candidate missing any must-have is capped at 55.

75 and above is a strong match, 60 to 74 is good, 45 to 59 is partial and below 45 is low. Treat the score as a way to order your review, not a final decision.

Yes. You can screen 10 resumes free. Enter your name, work email and phone number once to see your results. The sample job needs no details and does not count. To screen more, book a demo of Peoplebox.

No. Files and pasted text are read and scored inside your browser and are never uploaded to Peoplebox. Only the name, work email and phone number you enter are sent to Peoplebox.

PDF, DOCX and TXT files up to 5 MB each, or resume text pasted in. You can screen 10 resumes for free. Re-screening the same resumes with a different job description or must-haves does not use up your limit. Scanned resumes saved as images cannot be read, and the screener flags them so you can review them manually.

Yes. CVs and resumes are screened the same way. Upload CVs as PDF, DOCX or TXT and the screener ranks them against your job description.

You can paste resumes into a general chatbot and ask it to rank them, but answers can change with the wording of your prompt, scores are not applied the same way to every candidate, and you would be sharing candidate data with a third-party service. This screener applies the same weights and must-haves to every resume and keeps the files in your browser.

In most places, yes, as long as a person makes the final decision and the criteria are job-related. Some places add rules: New York City requires a bias audit and candidate notice for automated employment decision tools (Local Law 144), and the EU AI Act treats AI used in recruitment as high-risk. Check the rules where you hire. This is general information, not legal advice.

It depends on your hiring volume. For a handful of resumes, a free AI resume screener like this one gives you a ranked shortlist in seconds. If you hire for many roles or receive hundreds of applicants per job, look for AI resume screening software that saves jobs, connects to your ATS and can interview shortlisted candidates, such as Peoplebox with Nova.

This tool is built for employers ranking several candidates for one role. A job seeker can add their own resume with a job description to see which skills from the posting are missing, but the score compares candidates against each other, so it works best with more than one resume.