# 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.

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| What you bring | The resume file you plan to send through Greenhouse |
| Price | Free |
| Rendered page | https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/greenhouse |
| This document | https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/greenhouse.md |

Free Greenhouse resume check: the file types it takes, its 2.5 MB read limit and what a parser could misread in your layout. Runs in your browser.

## How to check a resume for Greenhouse. Four steps, about a minute.

Updated 13 November 2026.

1. **Drop the file you plan to send.** PDF or Word, the exact file. It’s read on your device and never uploaded.
2. **Check it against Greenhouse’s rules.** The file type is checked against the list Greenhouse publishes, and the size against its published limit.
3. **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.
4. **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.

Greenhouse file rules, with sources:

|  | Greenhouse | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File types | PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF and TXT | [Greenhouse Support, supported resume file types](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/360052218132-Supported-formats-for-resumes-cover-letters-and-other-candidate-uploads) |
| Upload limit | 100 MB | [Greenhouse Support, supported resume file types](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/360052218132-Supported-formats-for-resumes-cover-letters-and-other-candidate-uploads) |
| Read limit | 2.5 MB. A bigger file uploads but isn’t read | [Greenhouse Support, supported resume file types](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/360052218132-Supported-formats-for-resumes-cover-letters-and-other-candidate-uploads) |
| Fills the form from your resume | Yes, the fields it recognises | [Greenhouse Support, unsuccessful resume parse](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/200989175-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 numbers:** Greenhouse 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](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/200989175-Unsuccessful-resume-parse)
- **Contact details in a header, footer or text box:** Greenhouse 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](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/200989175-Unsuccessful-resume-parse)
- **Columns and tables:** A 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](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/200989175-Unsuccessful-resume-parse)
- **Abbreviated job titles:** Greenhouse 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](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/200989175-Unsuccessful-resume-parse)

Everything we know about Greenhouse, with sources: [the Greenhouse guide](https://atsprep.com/ats/greenhouse).

## 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](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker) with the job post.

## Applying through a different system? Same check, its rules.

- **Workday resume checker:** [Workday’s own careers site takes files up to 5 MB. Each employer sets its own limit.](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/workday)
- **Taleo resume checker:** [Oracle Taleo ships with a 1 MB file limit. Raising it, to 5 MB at most, takes a support request to Oracle.](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/taleo)
- **iCIMS resume checker:** [iCIMS publishes no size limit.](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/icims)
- **Lever resume checker:** [Lever takes files up to 10 MB.](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/lever)

## Questions about checking a resume for Greenhouse

### 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.

Open the full resume Studio: https://atsprep.com/studio

## About ATSPrep

ATSPrep (https://atsprep.com) is a free resume and application workspace. Match experience to a posting, strengthen claims with evidence, and track the next action. Its PDF check shows text recovered by ATSPrep's extractor, not an employer's proprietary ATS or hiring decision.

- **Price:** Free plan forever: your ATS score, every fix, job match, 3 AI rewrites and PDF downloads, with no card or watermark. Optional ATSPrep Pro ($9 once for 7 days, $12/month, or $29 once for 3 months) adds 300 AI edits a day, Fix all with AI, AI tailoring, Word downloads, all 13 templates and unlimited practice with Pip.
- **Account:** none needed to import or edit a resume, or for its first check and 3 rechecks a day. A free sign-in is needed for PDF downloads (Word files come with ATSPrep Pro), to sync, and for more than 1 AI edit.
- **Your file:** parsed and exported inside the browser. The resume file itself is never uploaded.
- **Sent:** matching a job by meaning, on by default once you add a job (the lines involved). Only on a button press: AI edits (the lines involved), a job link (the link) and Pip voice calls (your speech). Never your contact details, and none of it is stored.
- **Connection:** some tools load on first use and need a connection to download. Local storage is not a cloud backup.
- **Accepts:** PDF, DOCX, TXT, Markdown, or pasted plain text.

Start here: https://atsprep.com/studio