Show HN: CV Mirror – see what 5 ATS parsers do to your CV
CV Mirror is a tool that shows how five different applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse a resume by simulating their parsing behaviors, highlighting extraction differences field by field without assigning arbitrary scores. It provides a side-by-side comparison of parsed results, overlays reading order on PDFs, and identifies potential parsing issues specific to each system. Users can also check keyword matches against a job description and spot formatting risks. The tool emphasizes privacy by ensuring CV data never reaches its servers.
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Why CV Mirror exists Every other ATS scanner online makes up a 0-100 score. Recruiters confirm there is no real ATS score to give. CV Mirror does it differently — we simulate the documented quirks of five real ATS systems and show you, field by field, which parser extracts what. What you get Multi-vendor parse view — same CV, 5 simulated parsers, side by side. Reading-order overlay — numbered red arrows on your PDF showing the literal text-extraction order. Vendor-specific lint — date format failures, section header risks, Unicode tripwires, all per-ATS. Keyword extraction + JD match — paste a job description and see which keywords are missing. Privacy by architecture — your CV bytes never reach our servers.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at CV Mirror.