Job compatibility checker

What the compatibility checker does

The skills matcher helps you find roles. The compatibility checker helps you examine one. Select a listing, paste its requirements, or enter required keywords yourself. For pasted descriptions, it detects a limited vocabulary of common skills, not every requirement. Your own required keywords take priority. The percentage shows how many comparison terms match your highlights; it is not an assessment of the entire role.

The percentage is the least interesting output. The valuable part is the list of terms from the listing that you did not mention. Each one is either a gap, a skill you have but forgot to list, or a requirement that is not really essential. Sorting those three apart is most of the work of deciding whether and how to apply.

A step-by-step workflow

1. Start with the original listing. Copy the responsibilities and requirements sections. Skip the company boilerplate and benefits, which add noise.
2. List your skills honestly. Include tools, methods and domains you have actually used. Do not pad. The tool would only be flattering yourself.
3. Run the check. Note the overlap, then read the missing terms one at a time.
4. Classify each missing term. Mark it as forgotten (you have it, add it and rerun), learnable (adjacent experience, mention it in your application), or real gap (you lack it and the listing treats it as essential).
5. Check the logistics yourself. The tool reads skills, not conditions. Look separately at where the employer can hire, time-zone overlap, contract type and salary basis.
6. Decide, then write. If real gaps are few, build your cover note around the overlap and address one gap directly. If they are many, save the role and look for a closer fit.

Reading the result sensibly

A higher percentage means more of the listing's vocabulary appears in your list. A lower one means less. Neither is a prediction. Long listings dilute the figure because they mention many tools "nice to have". Short listings inflate it. As a rough habit, compare how you score on the required section alone versus the whole text, and put more weight on the former.

Worked examples

Example 1: the stretch role

A data analyst pastes a listing for an analytics lead. Missing terms include "stakeholder management", "roadmap" and "mentoring". She realises she has done all three informally as a senior analyst. She adds them, reruns, and rewrites her application to lead with those examples.

Example 2: the real gap

A support specialist checks a technical support engineer role. The list of missing terms includes "Linux", "API debugging" and "SQL" in a requirements section. These are real gaps. Rather than apply, he picks one, SQL, to learn, and saves the listing as a target.

Example 3: the logistics trap

A marketer scores highly on a "remote" role, then reads the original listing and finds it limited to one country. The tool could not see this, which is exactly why the workflow includes a manual logistics check.

Limitations

• Overlap is by words and phrases, not by depth of experience.
• Different wording for the same skill is not recognised.
• Listings written in a language other than the one you type will compare poorly.
• Nothing here is a hiring prediction, career advice or a statement about what an employer will decide.
• Pasted text can be incomplete if you copy only part of a listing.

Frequently asked questions

Is the job description I paste stored?

It is processed in your browser. hjobs does not receive it, and there are no accounts to attach it to. Details are in the privacy policy.

Should I only apply above a certain score?

No. People are hired with partial overlap all the time, and some listings are wish lists. Use the missing-terms list to prepare, not to self-reject.

Can I use it for roles not listed on hjobs?

Yes. Any text you paste will work, whatever its source.

How is this different from the skills matcher?

The skills matcher compares you against many listings to help you discover roles. This tool compares you against one in depth.

Does it check visas or work eligibility?

No. Always confirm eligibility with the employer.