ATS guides by system
A clean, single-column resume works in every applicant tracking system. The application around it differs: some systems want an account per employer, some autofill a long form from your file, some take one page and a link. Compare them here, then open the guide for the system you are about to face.
Last updated: October 2026 | Written by the MatchResume.ai team
Check your resume against the jobApplicant tracking systems compared
Defaults from each vendor's documentation. Employers can change them, so the job posting always wins.
| System | Used by | Account | File formats | Size limit | Autofill from resume | Apply page address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workday | Large employers; the most common ATS in the Fortune 500 | Yes, one per employer | PDF, Word | Often 5 MB | Yes, multi-step form | A myworkdayjobs.com address with the company name in it |
| Greenhouse | Tech companies and growth-stage employers | Optional (MyGreenhouse) | PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT | 100 MB | From a MyGreenhouse profile, if enabled | boards.greenhouse.io or job-boards.greenhouse.io, or a Greenhouse form embedded on the careers page |
| Lever | Startups and scale-ups | No | Word, PDF, RTF, ODF, HTML | Not published | Contact fields may be pre-filled | jobs.lever.co or jobs.eu.lever.co followed by the company name |
| iCIMS | Mid-sized and large US employers | Usually, per employer | DOC, DOCX, ODT, PDF, RTF, TXT | Not published | Yes, upload before other fields | An icims.com address, often starting with careers- and the company name |
| SAP SuccessFactors | Large employers, especially in Germany and Europe | Yes, one per employer | Word, PDF, plain text | 5 MB default, up to 10 MB | Yes, if the employer enables parsing | Often the company's own domain; older sites use a careerN.successfactors.com or .eu address |
| Personio | Small and mid-sized companies in Germany and Europe | Usually not | Shown on the form | Shown on the form | Varies by employer | A jobs.personio.de or jobs.personio.com address with the company name in front |
| Recruitee | Small and mid-sized European companies | Usually not | PDF, Word, ODT | Not published | Parsed for the hiring team | A recruitee.com address with the company name in front |
Guides by system
What stays the same everywhere
One column, standard headings, no tables or text boxes, contact details in the body of the page, and text you can select. The details are in ATS resume formatting: what to avoid. For how these systems fit into hiring as a whole, see the ATS landscape for job seekers.
FAQ
Which ATS is the most common?
It depends on the employer's size. Jobscan reports Workday at more than 40% of the Fortune 500 in 2026. Across its broader 2025 sample of about 12,000 companies, Greenhouse (19.3%), Lever (16.6%), Workday (15.9%) and iCIMS (15.3%) are close to each other. In Germany, Personio is the most common HR tool on company websites.
How can I tell which ATS a company uses?
Click Apply and look at the address of the application page. Most systems host it on their own domain, such as myworkdayjobs.com, greenhouse.io or jobs.lever.co. The table above lists what to look for.
Do I need a different resume for each ATS?
No. One clean, single-column file with standard headings works across all of them. What changes between systems is the application around the file: accounts, autofill and questions. What should change per application is the wording, tailored to each job.
Do all applicant tracking systems accept PDF?
Every system compared here lists PDF among its accepted or parseable formats, except Personio, where the employer's form shows the allowed types. Use a PDF with selectable text; a scanned PDF is an image to every parser.