Check your CV before a reviewer does
A free CV checker built for UK scholarships, NHS jobs and research grants. Upload your CV or paste it in, and see in seconds what to fix first, with a plain-English reason for every point.
Check your CV
What the instant check looks at
Eleven checks across four areas, each worth a fixed number of points. Your score is simply the share of points earned, and every finding says why.
Structure
Length against UK norms, the sections reviewers look for, and whether your contact details are there. We confirm they exist without ever showing them back.
Impact
How many achievements carry a number, percentage or £ amount, and whether your bullets lead with a strong verb rather than "Responsible for".
Clarity
Generic phrases, buzzword density, overuse of "I" and "my", and bullets too long to skim.
Consistency
British versus American spelling, mixed "-ise" and "-ize" endings, and date formats that change from line to line.
Your CV stays yours
Your file is read in memory to pull out the text, checked, and discarded when the response is sent. We don't save it to storage, write it to a database or record its text in our logs. Contact details are only checked for, never shown back.
AI feedback works the same way, with one difference: the result is cached for 24 hours, keyed by a fingerprint of the text, so checking the same CV again is instant. After that it is gone.
When you're ready to apply, MeriApply can draft applications from your own documents, with every claim citing where it came from. See how drafting works