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Greenhouse ATS Guide

by Greenhouse Software — used in US, UK, DE, CH · ~8% of tech companies

Used by

Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, Nubank

Strengths

  • Modern API
  • Structured hiring pipelines
  • Good candidate experience

Score Weighting

keywords
30%
format
20%
completeness
20%
experience
20%
education
10%

Greenhouse ATS Guide

Greenhouse is popular among tech companies and startups. It emphasizes structured hiring and application form data over raw CV parsing.

How Greenhouse Parses Your CV

Greenhouse extracts text from your CV but displays it alongside structured form fields. The recruiter sees both the form answers and the CV side-by-side. Form fields carry more weight than CV content.

What Greenhouse Looks For

  1. Keywords (30%): Matched in form answers and CV.
  2. Format (20%): Clean PDF with selectable text.
  3. Completeness (20%): All form fields filled, all CV sections present.
  4. Experience (20%): Job titles and companies parsed from CV.
  5. Education (10%): Degree and field matched.

Tips for Greenhouse

  • Fill out all application form fields carefully
  • Keep CV concise — Greenhouse displays it alongside form data
  • Use a clean PDF with selectable text
  • Mirror job description keywords in form answers
  • Include a short summary at top

Weaknesses

  • Less keyword-focused
  • Relies on application form fields
  • CV parsing secondary