Greenhouse resume checker
Greenhouse takes files up to 100 MB but reads nothing from one over 2.5 MB. Check the file you’ll send before you hit apply.
Check your resume for Greenhouse
PDF, Word, RTF or text, up to 12MB
Read on your device: your file is never uploaded. If you open it in the Studio, its text goes to our AI for suggestions. We never sell it or train AI on it.
How to check a resume for Greenhouse. Four steps, about a minute.
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Drop the file you plan to send
PDF or Word, the exact file. It’s read on your device and never uploaded.
Check it against Greenhouse’s rules
The file type is checked against the list Greenhouse publishes, and the size against its published limit.
Fix what a parser could misread
Columns, tables, text that is a picture, a missing email or a job with no dates. Each one is listed with the fix.
Fix it and send a clean file
Open it in the Studio to fix what was flagged, then download a one-column PDF of real text.
What Greenhouse takes. From its own documentation.
| Feature | Greenhouse | Source |
|---|---|---|
| File types | PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF and TXT | Greenhouse Support, supported resume file types |
| Upload limit | 100 MB | Greenhouse Support, supported resume file types |
| Read limit | 2.5 MB. A bigger file uploads but isn’t read | Greenhouse Support, supported resume file types |
| Fills the form from your resume | Yes, the fields it recognises | Greenhouse Support, unsuccessful resume parse |
Greenhouse scans an uploaded resume and auto-fills the fields it recognises when a candidate or prospect is added, confirming when it succeeds and showing an error when it does not. When a parse fails, the documented fallback is for the recruiter to enter the details by hand. A failed parse is a worse first impression, not an automatic rejection.
What Greenhouse does differently. Each one sourced.
- The upload limit and the parsing limit are different numbersGreenhouse will accept a file far larger than it will read. The support documentation states plainly that it cannot parse resumes larger than 2.5 MB, while the upload itself allows much more. A heavy, image-rich export can therefore go through without a single warning and still arrive as an empty record. Greenhouse Support, unsuccessful resume parse
- Contact details in a header, footer or text boxGreenhouse lists name and contact information placed in the header, footer or a text box as a direct cause of an unsuccessful parse. This is the single most common way a resume that looks immaculate produces a record with no email address on it. Greenhouse Support, unsuccessful resume parse
- Columns and tablesA columned layout and complex layouts using tables both appear on the official list of parse failure causes. Two columns look organised to a person and interleave into nonsense for an extractor reading the page in a single pass. Greenhouse Support, unsuccessful resume parse
- Abbreviated job titlesGreenhouse specifically names shortened titles (“Sr. Account Exec” instead of “Senior Account Executive”) as something that trips the parser. Abbreviation costs you nothing to undo and is one of the few fixes the vendor asks for by name. Greenhouse Support, unsuccessful resume parse
Everything we know about Greenhouse, with sources: the Greenhouse guide.
What this check can’t tell you. So you don’t trust it for the wrong thing.
This isn’t Greenhouse’s own view of your resume. We have no access to Greenhouse, and each employer sets it up their own way. What we check is what Greenhouse publishes about files, plus how a typical parser reads your layout.
To see which keywords a posting wants and which ones you’re missing, run the ATS resume checker with the job post.
Applying through a different system? Same check, its rules.
- Workday resume checkerWorkday’s own careers site takes files up to 5 MB. Each employer sets its own limit.
- Taleo resume checkerOracle Taleo ships with a 1 MB file limit. Raising it, to 5 MB at most, takes a support request to Oracle.
- iCIMS resume checkeriCIMS publishes no size limit.
- Lever resume checkerLever takes files up to 10 MB.
Questions about checking a resume for Greenhouse
The Greenhouse guide, with sourcesMatch your resume to a job postConvert it to one clean columnEvery ATS we track
What file types does Greenhouse accept for a resume?
PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF and TXT, per Greenhouse Support, supported resume file types. PDF or DOCX is the safe pick: both keep real text, and every system in our ATS guides takes them.
What is the Greenhouse resume file size limit?
Greenhouse takes files up to 100 MB but reads nothing from one over 2.5 MB. A one- or two-page resume without photos is usually well under 1 MB.
Will this tell me my Greenhouse score?
No. We have no access to Greenhouse, and Greenhouse doesn’t publish how it ranks resumes. This check covers what Greenhouse does publish, its file rules, and how a parser reads your layout.
Is my resume uploaded?
No. The file is read in your browser and never leaves your device. If you open it in the Studio, its text goes to our AI for suggestions. We never sell it or train AI on it.
Is it free?
Yes. The check is free with no sign-up.
Fix it before you apply.
Open it in the Studio to fix what it flagged and download a clean PDF. Every line is checked as you edit.
Optional: ATSPrep Pro, $9 for 7 days, $29 for 3 months or $12 a month, adds more AI, tailoring and Word downloads. See the plans