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How the 8-dimension rubric works

This is the rubric that scores your profile out of 100. Every competitor we looked at either buries its rubric (Jobscan), hides it behind opaque rewrites (ResumeWorded's AutoFix), or skips scoring entirely — we publish it so you can see exactly what you are being measured against.

Weight breakdown · 8 dimensions
Headline
About
Experience
Skills
Education
Activity
Recommendations
Media
Headline20 pts · 19% About25 pts · 24% Experience20 pts · 19% Skills15 pts · 14% Education8 pts · 8% Activity8 pts · 8% Recommendations5 pts · 5% Media4 pts · 4%

What each dimension measures

Every dimension is scored 0 to its max. The 8 subscores sum to your total out of 100.

Headline
20 pts · 19%

Specificity of role, keywords recruiters and ATS systems scan for, and whether the headline opens with a value proposition or a generic title.

Weak

Senior Software Engineer at Acme Corp

Strong

Senior Engineer at Acme | Scaled platform to 10M daily users | Python, ML, Distributed Systems

About
25 pts · 24%

Hook strength in the first two lines, quantified outcomes, narrative coherence, and whether it ends with an invitation for the next step.

Weak

Experienced full-stack engineer with 8+ years building scalable web applications. Passionate about developer experience and clean architecture. Previously led platform team at TechCo.

Strong

I built the platform that 10M people use every month — now doing it for Acme. Previously led platform at TechCo, where we cut p99 latency by 40%. Open to: staff IC roles, founding-engineer opportunities.

Experience
20 pts · 19%

Quantified impact per role, seniority indicators (scope, scale, team size), and progression across positions.

Weak

Led platform team of 5 engineers.

Strong

Led 5-person platform team; architected migration to microservices, cutting p99 latency 40%. Owned quarterly reliability roadmap; reduced incident count from 12 to 2 per month.

Skills
15 pts · 14%

Coverage of the modern stack for the role, ATS-friendly keyword breadth, and reorder alignment with the headline and About.

Weak

AWS, Docker

Strong

AWS (5+ yrs), GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Python, TypeScript

Education
8 pts · 8%

Institutional credibility, degree relevance to the role, and complementary credentials (certifications, advanced coursework) for senior candidates.

Weak

BS, generic state university, no certifications listed.

Strong

Stanford MS Computer Science · AWS Solutions Architect Professional · ongoing.

Activity
8 pts · 8%

Recent posting cadence, presence of enablers like Newsletters or long-form Articles, and engagement signals (comments, reactions).

Weak

No posts in the past 12 months.

Strong

1 post per month + a quarterly LinkedIn Newsletter on platform engineering.

Recommendations
5 pts · 5%

Number of recommendations, credibility of recommenders (direct managers, cross-functional peers, senior leaders), and specificity relative to scope of work.

Weak

0 recommendations on the profile.

Strong

4 recommendations: 2 from skip-level managers, 1 from a peer PM during a launch, 1 from a startup founder you advised.

Media
4 pts · 4%

Featured section content (articles, talks, repos, podcasts) and presence of visual artifacts that demonstrate work.

Weak

Featured section is empty.

Strong

Featured section: 1 conference talk link, 2 GitHub repos, 1 long-form blog post on distributed systems.

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