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Rippling is an all-in-one HR, IT and payroll platform with recruiting built in, popular with US startups and growing companies. Two of its features act before a recruiter reads anything: knockout questions that filter applicants out, and AI Application Review, which checks you against the hiring team's criteria.

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73 /100

Your resume has a solid foundation but is missing several key ATS optimizations. Better keyword alignment and measured results will meaningfully boost your score.

Machine readability 13/15
Keyword coverage 12/20
Quantified results 5/15
Standard sections 10/12
Layout & formatting 9/12
Titles & dates 10/10

Missing quantified achievements: most bullets describe responsibilities, not results

Low keyword density for common industry terms in the target role

Clear chronological work history with start and end dates

The difference

What Rippling does differently

US startups and mid-size companies, especially in tech, that already run Rippling for HR and payroll.

How to tell it's Rippling: The job board address is ats.rippling.com followed by the company's name and /jobs.

  • Read every knockout question twice. A wrong answer about a certification, travel or eligibility can filter you out before anyone sees your resume.
  • Make each requirement in the posting easy to find in your resume. Rippling's AI writes a summary of which requirements you did or did not meet, and that summary is often what a busy recruiter reads first.
  • Rippling does not publish how it reads resume files, so stick to a text-based PDF or DOCX in a single column.

The honest version

No tool, including this one, can see inside Rippling's software or predict a specific employer's configuration. What a checker can do — and what this one does — is read your resume the way any parser must, and tell you what it could not extract. That is where nearly every avoidable rejection comes from.

From the source

What Rippling says, in its own words

  • Knockout questions automatically filter out candidates who don't meet basic requirements, such as specific certifications or willingness to travel, before they reach the recruiter's review queue. [1]
  • Application Review uses AI to screen candidates against criteria the hiring team defines, and gives recruiters summaries explaining why each candidate did or didn't meet the requirements. [1]
  • Rippling says it flags screening criteria that could unfairly screen out protected groups before the filter is run. [1]
  • Jobs are posted to job boards with native LinkedIn and Indeed integrations. [1]

Sources

  1. Rippling: Rippling Recruiting review 2026

Rippling questions, answered

It can filter them. Knockout questions automatically remove candidates who don't meet basic requirements, such as a certification or willingness to travel, before they reach the recruiter's queue. Those answers matter more than any resume formatting.

It can. Application Review screens candidates against criteria the hiring team sets and writes a summary of why each one did or didn't meet them. Put the evidence for each requirement where it is easy to find.

Contact the company. Rippling is the employer's HR software; the hiring team sets your status and decides the next step. Your confirmation email is the first place to look for contact details.

Rippling does not publish how it reads resume files. A text-based PDF or DOCX in a single column with standard headings is the safe choice.

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