I built a free ATS resume scanner after watching friends get rejected by robots

A few months ago, a friend sent me their resume. Looked great. Clean formatting, strong experience. They'd applied to 50+ jobs with zero responses.

I ran it through an ATS scanner I was building. Score: 32%.

The resume had hidden tables. Section headers said "My Journey" instead of "Experience." Keywords didn't match. A human would never notice. An ATS rejected it in milliseconds.

That moment made me angry enough to build Dokets — a free AI resume builder with a built-in ATS scanner.

What it does:

• Upload or paste your resume → instant ATS score

• 8-point breakdown: formatting, action verbs, quantified impact, skills, and more

• Import LinkedIn profile in one click (Chrome extension)

• 12 ATS-optimized templates

• Privacy-first: all processing happens on your device

What I've learned so far:

• 52 features built

• 28 pages live

• Launched on Product Hunt

• 6 real users from a 3-day ad test (all signed up, none stayed — working on that)

What I'm working on now:

• Making the onboarding smoother so users stick around

• Building organic traffic through Reddit and SEO

• Talking to job seekers to understand what they actually need

Free to try — no sign-up required:
doketsrb.com

Would love feedback from anyone who's been through the job search grind. What's the most frustrating part of resume building for you?