How screening works in SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters is a talent acquisition platform that mid-sized and large employers use to publish jobs, collect applications and manage candidates in a single pipeline. Resumes are parsed into a candidate profile that recruiters search, filter and compare.
How SmartRecruiters processes and ranks applications
The technical criteria the software uses to read, rank and evaluate resumes.
Resume parsing into a profile
The system reads your file and turns it into a structured profile: contact details, work history, education and skills. Anything it cannot read as text may never reach the recruiter.
Application questions
Employers can add screening questions to the form, such as work authorisation, location or required experience, and recruiters use the answers to filter the candidate list.
Team evaluation
Recruiters and hiring managers review profiles side by side, so a clear, scannable summary and quantified results make comparison easier.
- Multi-column layouts, tables or text boxes that scramble the order in which the parser reads your history.
- Contact details or key skills placed in headers, footers or images, which parsers often skip.
- Wording that does not mirror the job description, which weakens search and filter results.
- Checks whether a typical parser reads your resume as clean text, in the right order.
- Compares your skills and wording with the job description to find missing keywords.
- Audits how clearly achievements and metrics stand out when a recruiter compares profiles.
- Generates a cover letter targeted at the specific role.
Full 8-dimension audit for ATS approval
GriffoWork reviews your document structure, keyword alignment, metric density and career positioning so your profile clears automated recruitment filters.
ATS Compatibility
Impact & Metrics
Keyword Density
Career Positioning
Questions about SmartRecruiters and the GriffoWork audit
Does SmartRecruiters reject my resume automatically?
It depends on how each employer configured the job. Many use screening questions and filters, and recruiters decide the rest. A resume the parser cannot read properly is easier to overlook, so a clean layout matters.
Which file format works best?
Follow the format the employer asks for. If it is open, a text-based PDF or a simple single-column .docx is the safest choice.