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Product Designer Resume Checker

The product designer resume checker is an AI review for UX and product designers applying for jobs. Upload a PDF or Word file, or paste your resume, and add a job post if you have one. You get a score out of 100, what to fix first, a portfolio tip and, with a job post, the keywords you are missing.

What should a product designer resume include?

A portfolio link right under your name, a one line summary of your role and level, and 3 to 5 bullets per recent job that show outcomes for users and the business, not just tasks. Show your process (research, testing, iteration) and how you worked with PMs and engineers. List tools once, near the end. Keep it to one page if you have under 8 years of experience.

Your resume

The job (optional)

Example: a mid-level designer's first check

Alex is a fictional product designer with 5 years of experience. Here is part of what they pasted in and what the checker said.

What Alex pasted

Top
Alex Tan, Product Designer, email and city. No portfolio link.
Current job
Product Designer at an e-commerce company. Bullets: designed screens for checkout, worked with PMs and engineers, made design system components.
Earlier job
UI Designer at a startup. One bullet: made mockups.

What the checker said

Score: 42 Fix first: - Add your portfolio link on the contact line. Without it, most design recruiters stop reading. - Turn tasks into outcomes, for example: Redesigned the checkout flow for [number] monthly users, cutting drop-off by [X%]. - Show your process: research, usability tests and how the design changed. Portfolio tip: - Lead your portfolio with the checkout case study and link it from that bullet.

Fictional example, shortened. Your result depends on your resume.

How to use the designer resume checker

  1. Add your resume

    Upload a PDF or .docx, or paste the text. You can edit it before checking.

  2. Add a design job post

    Optional. Paste a Product Designer or UX job post to see missing skills and keywords.

  3. Fix and check again

    Start with the Fix first list and the portfolio tip, then run it again.

Questions people ask

What makes a strong product designer resume?

A portfolio link that is easy to find, bullets that show outcomes for users and the business, and clear signs of process like research and testing. A list of tools matters much less than what you achieved with them.

Should a designer resume be one page?

Yes, for most designers with under 8 years of experience. Your portfolio carries the detail, the resume gets you to click it.

Is this the score a real ATS gives?

No. It is an AI estimate based on what design recruiters and ATS software look for. Use it as a guide.

Is it free?

Yes. It is free and you do not need to sign up. You can check again after each round of edits.

Is my resume stored?

The text is sent to our AI service to be checked and is not saved or shown to anyone.

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