Past the Bots parses your résumé the way applicant tracking software does, shows what it extracted and what it dropped, and scores it against any job posting. Fix it free, then tailor it with AI that only uses your real experience.
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Rod, and I built Past the Bots.
For years my résumé was a sharp two-column design with a skills sidebar and a little icon next to my email. People complimented it. Applications went quiet. When I finally ran it through a parser, my phone number had vanished inside a graphic and my job titles were wedged between dates. The design I was proud of was working against me, and nothing ever told me.
So Past the Bots shows you what hiring software actually extracts from your résumé:
🔍 What the bot saw: every field and section a parser pulled, and what it dropped, with a plain-language fix for each issue 🧪 Audit the Bots: the same file read by three parsing strategies, side by side (free, no account) 🎯 Job match: paste a posting or its link, see the key skills and phrases you're missing ✍️ AI tailoring: a tailored résumé and cover letter written only from your real experience. If the job wants something you don't have, it shows up as a gap, not an invented bullet. 🧩 Chrome extension: match score on any job posting in one click
Something surprised me once real people started using it. We publish anonymous aggregate numbers as the State of the ATS report, and about 9 in 10 résumés actually parse fine. Where most fall short is the match to the specific job. So the honest pitch isn't "the robots are shredding you." For most people, it's "you're not speaking the job's language yet," and that's fixable.
Pricing: checking, fixing, and matching are free (an account removes the guest limit). The AI tools are a $29 Job-Hunt Pass that lasts 3 months, because a job search shouldn't be a forever subscription. [Offer line if you run one.]
I'd love your feedback, especially: what did the report get wrong about your résumé? I'm here all day. 🙏