Clear answers for a smarter job search.
Everything you need to know about ApplyIQ, match scoring, resume privacy, and how the platform helps you apply more strategically.
How is ApplyIQ different from ChatGPT?
ChatGPT can help rewrite text, but ApplyIQ is built around a job search workflow. It stores your resume, analyzes specific jobs, tracks match scores over time, saves your analysis history, and gives you structured hiring manager perspective.
Does ApplyIQ guarantee interviews or job offers?
No. ApplyIQ does not guarantee outcomes. It helps you understand fit, identify gaps, improve positioning, and apply more strategically.
Will ApplyIQ fabricate experience?
No. ApplyIQ is designed to improve how your real experience is positioned, not invent skills, employers, credentials, achievements, or responsibilities.
What is a Match Score?
The Match Score estimates how closely your resume aligns with the job description based on skills, experience, keywords, industry, responsibilities, tools, and qualifications.
What is a Fit Score?
The Fit Score estimates whether the role is strategically appropriate based on seniority, career direction, transferable skills, and likely hiring manager perception.
What resume formats are supported?
ApplyIQ currently supports DOCX resume uploads. PDF support is planned as part of the product roadmap.
Is my resume private?
Your resume is stored privately and associated with your account. ApplyIQ is designed around user-specific access controls so users can only view their own data.
Why does ApplyIQ give honest scores instead of optimistic ones?
Because false confidence wastes time. ApplyIQ is built to help job seekers make better decisions, even when that means identifying real gaps or recommending that a role may be a stretch.