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Read the 20 resumes worth reading. Skip the other 280.
Upload the whole pile. Write down what you actually need. ClearMatch hands back a ranked shortlist so the only resumes you open are the ones worth your time. Lightweight, no contract, no learning curve.
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Senior Software Engineer — 312 applicants
Ranked in 2.1 minAlex Chen
#1 match
Sarah Kim
#2 match
Marcus J.
#3 match
Priya R.
#4 match
David L.
#5 match
Alex Chen — requirement breakdown
5+ years backend engineering
8 years of backend experience at Amazon and two early-stage startups.
AWS or GCP certified
AWS Solutions Architect Professional certified (2024).
Python or Go proficiency
Primary languages; shipped 6 production services in both.
Distributed systems design experience
Led design of a distributed job queue processing 10 M req/day.
Read the 20 worth reading. Skip the other 280.
You know the feeling: a full inbox, 300 resumes, a role that needed to be filled last week, and a business that still needs you to run it. ClearMatch ranks the pile so you only spend time on the ones that actually fit — and skip the rest with confidence.
Without ClearMatch
- Reading all 300 resumes to find the 20 worth your time
- 10–20 hours per role, before you talk to a single person
- No consistent way to compare candidate #4 to candidate #187
- Skill equivalencies and transferable experience get missed
- Your best applicant is buried somewhere in the pile
With ClearMatch
- Open only the 20 resumes that match what you asked for
- Hours back in your week — and your weekend
- Every candidate ranked against the same criteria you wrote
- Equivalent skills and transferable experience surfaced for you
- Your top match is the first one you read
How we figure out which 20 are worth reading
Not a full hiring platform. Not a workflow to learn. Just a ranker that points you at the resumes that actually fit your role.
It understands context, not just keywords
Most resume tools do keyword matching, which is why "10 years cloud infrastructure" gets rejected by a filter looking for "AWS." ClearMatch reads each resume against the requirements you wrote — it knows that "AWS Certified Solutions Architect" is relevant when you asked for "cloud infrastructure," and that three years at a Series A can outweigh six years at a big company for certain roles. You get a per-requirement breakdown, not an opaque score.
Bias stripped before scoring
Names, photos, graduation years, and other demographic signals are removed before any scoring happens. Candidates are ranked on qualifications alone. It is baked into the pipeline so you cannot accidentally turn it off.
Slots in. Does not take over.
No onboarding call, no implementation timeline, no per-seat pricing that punishes you for adding a colleague. Paste your job description, upload your resumes, get your list — then take the shortlist into whatever interview process you already run. You keep your workflow; ClearMatch just removes the hours of reading.
"I built ClearMatch after losing an entire Saturday to 240 resumes for one role. By resume 80, I had no idea if I was still making good calls. I just wanted someone to tell me which 20 were worth reading — not a whole hiring platform to learn."
— Founder, ClearMatch
Pay only when you have a role to fill.
Buy a credit when you need it. Credits do not expire. No monthly fee, no per-seat charge, no annual commitment to a tool you use a few times a year.
Starter
$49 / job
Up to 250 applicants
One role to fill, hiring once in a while.
- Per-requirement score breakdown
- Plain-English notes on every rank
- Bias stripping included
- Basic analytics
Essential
$99 / job
Up to 1,000 applicants
Larger applicant pools or back-to-back hires.
- Per-requirement score breakdown
- Plain-English notes on every rank
- Bias stripping included
- Priority support
Pro
$199 / job
Up to 3,000 applicants
High-volume roles and competitive pipelines.
- Per-requirement score breakdown
- Plain-English notes on every rank
- Bias stripping included
- Custom integrations
- Credits never expire
- 100% money-back guarantee
- Free trial — no card needed
- Five-minute setup
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