Will Your Resume Pass the ATS? I Built an AI App to Find Out
Last Updated on April 16, 2025 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Mukundan Sankar
Originally published on Towards AI.
Have you ever received those dreaded cold rejection emails that read, “Thank you for your interest in our company X. After careful consideration, we have decided to move forward with other candidates whose experience closely aligns with the job requirements”? Unfortunately, most rejection emails I’ve ever received sound precisely like this. Cold and heartless!
Only the top 0.1% may not have received this message from a company they applied to. Whenever we receive this message, it hurts — every single time! Yes, your level of dealing with rejections may make this hurt less, but a little hurt is definite.
I read a similar LinkedIn post where someone shared their frustration of getting rejection after rejection — all from no-reply emails. Cold. Mechanical. Emotionless. It’s not just the rejection — it’s the wall they build to prevent any connection, any hope for closure.
For numerous jobs I have applied for, while some were clear that they made the ATS rejection list, others were not. Some like Workday application portal makes me never doubt I get rejected in ATS if I received a “no-reply” email. For these other ones, I still thought maybe someone is reading my Resume, albeit… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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