Question 1

What is a good ATS score for a resume?

Accepted Answer

A good ATS score is 75 or above out of 100. Scores of 80–90 mean your resume is well-optimised and unlikely to be filtered. Scores below 60 indicate significant issues — missing keywords, formatting problems, or weak content — that are causing your resume to be automatically rejected before reaching recruiters.

Question 2

How do companies use ATS in India?

Accepted Answer

Most Indian companies with 200+ employees use ATS software (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS, or custom systems like Naukri's recruiter portal). The ATS automatically scans resumes for keywords matching the job description, ranks candidates, and filters out those below a threshold score. Recruiter typically never sees resumes that fail ATS.

Question 3

Why is my ATS score low?

Accepted Answer

Common reasons for a low ATS score: not having role-specific keywords (check the exact job description), using a two-column or table-based layout that ATS can't parse properly, missing or non-standard section headers, too few measurable achievements, and using images or graphics for text content.

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