Hiring for one role can mean 50, 100 or even 200 resumes in your inbox. Reading them in the order they arrived is slow, and it's unfair to the people at the bottom of the pile.

So I built the Free Applicant Checker on Noloii: paste a job post, add the resumes you received, and get a ranked list from best match to lowest match.

No signup. No server upload. It runs in your browser.

What Is the Applicant Checker?

The Applicant Checker compares many resumes against one job post and sorts the applicants by fit. Instead of opening hundreds of files one by one, you see the strongest candidates first, with a match percentage and a clear explanation for each person.

👉 Try it free: noloii.com/applicant-checker

How It Works (3 Steps)

  1. Paste your job post. The tool detects the job title, field, years of experience, education level and skills.
  2. Review the detected skills. Tap a skill to switch it between must-have and nice-to-have, remove it, or add your own.
  3. Add the resumes (PDF, Word or text) and press the button to get a ranked list.

What Gets Checked in Each Resume

Every resume is compared with your job post on five things:

  • Skills, tools and licenses the job asks for
  • Words from the job title, especially near the top of the resume
  • Years of work experience, calculated from job dates
  • Education level, from diploma to PhD
  • Other important words repeated in the job post

How the Match Score Works

I wanted the score to be explainable, so it uses clear rules instead of a black box.

Factor Points (typical job)
Skills 50
Experience 20
Job title 15
Education 10
Other important words 5

If a job post lists only a few known skills (common in non-technical roles), skills count for 30 points and other job-post words for 25, so the score stays fair. Must-have skills count double, and a missing must-have lowers the final score noticeably.

You can open the details for any candidate and see which skills were found, which were missing, and exactly how the score was worked out.

A Simple Example

Say you're hiring an Accounts Officer. The job post asks for bookkeeping, payroll, Excel and two years of experience.

  • Applicant A has all of these plus five years of work history, so A lands near the top with a high percentage.
  • Applicant B is a software engineer with none of these skills, so B lands near the bottom.

You read A first. That's the whole idea.

Works for Every Industry, Not Just Tech

Most resume screening demos are about software jobs. Most hiring isn't. The skill library covers:

  • Finance and accounting
  • Healthcare and nursing
  • Sales and marketing
  • HR and office work
  • Education
  • Engineering and construction
  • Logistics, hospitality, legal, design and technology

It also understands different ways of writing the same thing, such as MS Excel vs Microsoft Excel, or customer support vs customer service. If your job needs a skill the tool doesn't know, add it yourself.

Your Resumes Stay Private

This was a non-negotiable for me. Resume files are read and scored inside your own browser. They are not sent to a server. When you close or refresh the page, the results are gone.

That makes it much easier to use with personal data. You're still responsible for following the privacy rules of your country and hiring process.

Limits and Supported Files

  • PDF, Word (.docx) and plain text files
  • Up to 200 resumes at a time
  • Up to 5 MB per file
  • Scanned images and image-only PDFs can't be read, and the tool tells you which files had the problem

Export the Shortlist as CSV

When the ranking is ready, download it as a CSV that opens in Excel or Google Sheets. It includes rank, name, email, phone, match percentage, years of experience, missing must-have skills and notes, so you can share the shortlist with your team or hiring manager.

Who Is It For?

  • HR teams and recruiters handling high-volume hiring
  • Small business owners hiring their first employee
  • Recruitment and staffing agencies
  • Hospitals, schools, NGOs and government offices
  • Hiring managers short on time
  • Job seekers who want to test their resume against one job post

Be Honest About What It Can't Do

The tool matches words and numbers. It can't judge how good someone's work was, their attitude, or their potential. A great candidate who describes their skills in very different words may score lower than expected.

Use the ranking to read faster, not to make the final decision. Always read your top candidates yourself, and take a second look at people near your cut-off line.

Tips for Better Results

  • Paste the full job post, including requirements and duties
  • Keep separate Requirements and Preferred sections so must-haves are detected correctly
  • Review the skill chips before you rank and remove anything that isn't truly needed
  • Ask applicants for text-based PDFs or Word files, not photos of documents
  • Open the details of people close to your cut-off before rejecting them

Quick FAQ

Does it use AI?
No. It uses clear, rule-based matching, so you can see why each person got their score.

Are my resumes uploaded anywhere?
No. Files are processed in your browser and disappear when you close the page.

Is it free?
Yes, free to use.

Does it work on mobile?
Yes, but a laptop is easier when selecting many files at once.

Can I use it for entry-level jobs?
Yes. If the job post says fresher or entry level, the tool doesn't penalize a resume for having no work history.

Related Free Tools on Noloii

If you're working on the job-seeker side or want to improve your own resume, these might help too:

Final Thoughts

Screening shouldn't mean spending a weekend opening PDFs. Give every applicant the same criteria, read the best matches first, and keep a human in charge of the final call.

👉 Try the free Applicant Checker at Noloii and tell me in the comments which industry you'd like me to improve next.

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