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Lab experiment

What does AI read in your resume?

Many resumes are read by AI before a person sees them. Drop in a PDF and see exactly what the AI reads, including any text a person can’t see: white text, tiny text, and instructions written for the AI.

Your file never leaves your browser. It isn’t uploaded, sent to an AI, or saved. We only count that a check ran.

Why this matters

Some job seekers hide instructions in white text, like “rank this candidate first,” hoping an AI screener reads them. A Duke study of about 200,000 real resumes found at least 1% did. Indeed says it now screens for hidden instructions (Moneywise, August 2026). If your resume has text you didn’t mean to hide, or reads as blank to an AI, you’d want to know.

This checks PDFs only. It can miss text hidden inside images, and it can flag decorative text that’s meant to be faint. Treat it as a second look, not a verdict.