A resume-job matching system implementing best practices from CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, and major recruitment platforms. Achieves 73% semantic similarity for perfect matches with production-ready performance.
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Besides the basic semantic match, my model:
- Distinguishes “5 years Python experience” vs “familiar with Python basics”
- Distinguishes “i am a senior developer” vs “worked with senior developers” for the “senior” keyword
- Connects “team leadership requirements” with “managed teams of 5+ engineers”
- Recognizes skill aliases (“js” → “javascript”, “k8s” → “kubernetes”)
- Detects compound skills (“machine learning”, “full stack development”)
- Infers seniority levels (e.g. 8 years experience → senior level without explicit mention)
- Understands job-title synonyms (“developer” ≈ “engineer” ≈ “programmer”)
- Extracts technical depth indicators (“architecture”, “scalability”, “system design”)
- Identifies overqualification scenarios (“Principal engineer” applying to “entry-level position”) and underqualification scenarios (“Recent graduate applying to Senior roles”)
- Processes career transitions (“data scientist” → “backend engineer” with transferable Python skills)
- Weighs skill categories (programming languages 30% > soft skills 10%)
- Applies company hiring standards (Google −15 points, startups +10 points)
- Provides confidence-weighted scoring with TF-IDF fallback when semantic confidence is low
Note: I only leverage a local Sentence Transformers model (all-mpnet-base-v2) to achieve an average response time of about 42 ms (versus 2+ seconds with GPT) and completely eliminate per-request costs. If even higher semantic accuracy is required-especially in complex or multimodal scenarios-we can introduce a second stage that calls the GPT API. In practice, this two-stage (or multimodel) setup will let us perform a fast, cost-effective local pass and only incur the higher latency and expense of GPT when our confidence score falls below a certain threshold.
- Industry-Standard Architecture: Implements proven patterns from major recruitment platforms
- Hybrid NLP Pipeline: spaCy + Sentence Transformers + TF-IDF fallback for 99.9% reliability
- Multi-Dimensional Scoring: Skills (60%) + Semantic similarity (20%) + Experience (20%)
- Advanced Skill Taxonomy: O*NET/ESCO-based standardization with 150+ normalized skills
- Context-Aware Analysis: Professional text preprocessing with confidence weighting
- Company Intelligence: Data-driven hiring adjustments (-15 to +10 points)
- Production Performance: 24 requests/second with 42ms average latency
- Deterministic Results: MD5-based caching ensures identical outputs for identical inputs
- Comprehensive Testing: 95%+ edge case coverage with graceful error handling
| Metric | Industry Target | Our System |
|---|---|---|
| Perfect Match Accuracy | 50-70 points | 56 points |
| Skills Differentiation | 30-50 points | 42 points |
| Semantic Understanding | >60% similarity | 73% similarity |
| Response Time | <50ms | 42ms average |
| Throughput | >20 req/sec | 24 req/sec |
Backend:
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FastAPI with automatic OpenAPI documentation
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spaCy 3.7+ with transformer integration
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Sentence Transformers (all-mpnet-base-v2)
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scikit-learn for similarity calculations and TF-IDF fallback
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Deterministic caching with MD5 keys
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Modular scoring components in
scoring.py -
FastAPI app configuration in
main.py
Frontend:
- TypeScript React with modern hooks
- Real-time form validation
- Interactive data visualizations
- Error boundary and loading states
project-root/
├── backend/
│ ├── main.py
│ ├── scoring.py
│ └── requirements.txt
└── frontend/
├── src/
│ ├── types.ts
│ ├── api.ts
│ ├── components.tsx
│ ├── App.tsx
│ └── index.tsx
├── public/
│ └── index.html
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json
- Navigate to backend and install dependencies:
cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt- Download spaCy model:
python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm- Start the backend server:
uvicorn main:app --reload- Navigate to frontend and install dependencies:
cd frontend
npm install- Start the development server:
npm startTested 15 different scenarios, each resume and job description can be found in backend/tests/test_advanced
cd backend
python -m tests.test_advancedTest Coverage:
- ✅ Perfect matches (85-95% expected)
- ✅ Skills mismatches (30-50% expected)
- ✅ Experience level validation
- ✅ Company-specific adjustments
- ✅ Edge cases and error handling
- ✅ Performance benchmarks
- ✅ Frontend component rendering
- ✅ API integration tests
- Frontend UI: http://localhost:3000
- Backend API: http://localhost:8000
- API Documentation: http://localhost:8000/docs
- Health Check: http://localhost:8000/health
fastapi==0.104.1
uvicorn==0.24.0
spacy==3.7.2
sentence-transformers==2.7.0
scikit-learn==1.3.2
huggingface_hub==0.20.3
numpy>=1.21.0
{
"dependencies": {
"@types/node": "^16.18.0",
"@types/react": "^18.2.0",
"@types/react-dom": "^18.2.0",
"react": "^18.2.0",
"react-dom": "^18.2.0",
"typescript": "^4.9.0"
}
}1. Skills Analysis Engine (60% weight)
- Programming Languages (30%): Python, JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, etc.
- Frameworks/Libraries (25%): React, Django, Flask, Spring, etc.
- Databases (20%): PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc.
- Cloud/DevOps (15%): AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
- Soft Skills (10%): Leadership, communication, mentoring
2. Semantic Similarity Engine (20% weight)
- Sentence Transformers (all-mpnet-base-v2) for professional content
- Context-aware preprocessing and confidence scoring
- TF-IDF fallback for reliability
3. Experience Analysis Engine (20% weight)
- Automatic seniority inference from years of experience
- Leadership detection and team size extraction
- Technical depth indicators (architecture, system design)
4. Company Intelligence System
- Big Tech (Google, Meta): -15 points (higher standards)
- Startups: +10 points (flexible hiring)
- Unicorns (Uber, Airbnb): -10 points (competitive)
1. User Input (Frontend):
- Paste resume text (50+ characters)
- Paste job description (30+ characters)
- Select company from dropdown
- Click "Score Resume"
2. API Request:
{
"resume_text": "Software Engineer with 8 years Python experience...",
"job_description": "Senior Python Developer position requiring 5+ years...",
"company_name": "google"
}3. API Response:
{
"overall_score": 87,
"semantic_similarity": 0.7188,
"skills_breakdown": {
"programming_languages": {
"resume_skills": 2,
"job_requirements": 2,
"score": 100,
"weight": 0.3
}
},
"experience_match": {
"resume_years": 8,
"resume_level_final": "senior",
"job_years": 5,
"job_level": "mid"
},
"company_modifier": -15,
"final_score": 72,
"explanation": "Skills match: 90.0%, Semantic similarity: 71.9%..."
}Input Form:
- Side-by-side textarea layout for resume and job description
- Real-time character count validation
- Company dropdown with popular tech companies
- Responsive design for mobile and desktop
Results Dashboard:
- Color-coded score displays (green 80+, yellow 60-79, red <60)
- Interactive skills breakdown with category icons
- Experience level comparison with visual indicators
- Company adjustment explanation
- Backend Latency: 42ms average response time
- Frontend Bundle: <2MB optimized build
- Throughput: 24 requests/second sustained
- Memory Usage: ~500MB with models loaded
- Resume Upload: PDF and DOCX file processing
- Batch Analysis: Multiple job descriptions at once
- Historical Tracking: Save and compare previous scores
- Industry Customization: Sector-specific scoring weights
- AI Recommendations: Specific improvement suggestions
- Integration APIs: ATS and job board connections
- Fork the repository
- Create feature branches for new functionality
- Ensure tests pass before submitting PRs
- Follow TypeScript/Python coding standards
- Update documentation for new features
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