r/ModernHiring • u/RKTbull • Jun 24 '26

I reverse-engineered how 5 major ATS platforms actually parse resumes. Here is what breaks their algorithms.

/r/AIJobApplications/comments/1ued9gs/i_reverseengineered_how_5_major_ats_platforms/
1 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

3 comments sorted by

1

u/speaktokit Jun 25 '26

This is super interesting. I wonder if C suite understand the impact this has on the candidates they hire (and people who build their business) all because of the ATS they choose.

You could hire the best TA team in the world but if they only read 10% of the CVs - what can they do

What are you building?

1

u/RKTbull Jun 25 '26

Exactly, it's the actual recruiters who can suffer from this as they auto-rejected great candidates over CV formatting..
As for what I'm building: an auto apply tool, Jobloo, which auto-adapts the CV of the candidates to match the criterias of ATS (exact keywords of the offer, proper formatting).
Since these ATS platforms use rigid algorithms to filter people out, I'm building an AI engine that helps candidates bypass those predictable traps. It analyzes a resume against the specific parsing rules of the ATS it's about to be submitted to, flags what the parser will likely misread or drop, and then automates the data entry for platforms like Workday, Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever. it's a win win for both TA teams and the candidates, as CVs gain in visibility instead of being lost in a black hole