The 12-point pre-submit checklist.
| Check | What to verify |
|---|---|
| 1. Name | Check spelling and which field holds each part of your name. |
| 2. Contact details | Confirm the email, phone number and country code you actually use. |
| 3. Resume attachment | Open the selected file and verify its contents, not only the filename. |
| 4. Employment dates | Match every start and end date to the correct employer; check current roles. |
| 5. Titles and education | Check that roles, promotions, degrees and schools were mapped to the right fields. |
| 6. Relevant experience | Make the experience this role asks for easy to find, without adding qualifications. |
| 7. Eligibility and sponsorship | Read the exact wording and answer for your situation. Do not reuse an answer to a different question without checking. |
| 8. Compensation | Check currency, pay period, base versus total compensation, and the allowed field format. |
| 9. Voluntary disclosures | Choose your own response or the available decline option. Do not infer a personal disclosure from a profile. |
| 10. Written answers | Read every sentence. Verify examples, numbers, company names and any claim about your work. |
| 11. Links and documents | Open the portfolio links and check the cover letter and any other required attachments. |
| 12. Final submission | Review all steps, resolve validation errors, submit yourself and save the confirmation. |
Use the interactive pre-submit checklist beside the application. If the file is wrong, consult the wrong-resume guide before withdrawing or sending another submission.
A populated field can still contain the wrong information.
A date can belong to the wrong role, a dropdown can show a suggestion without a saved selection, or a previous answer can be unsuitable for this employer. Check what the destination form actually contains.
Greenhouse’s resume-parsing documentation describes partial or unsuccessful imports and the need to correct details manually. That is a reason to inspect the result; it is not evidence of a universal parsing-failure percentage.
Reuse stable facts with a quick comparison.
Names, contact details, employment history and education can be useful saved inputs. Verify that the source profile is current and that each fact reached the right destination field. A correct profile does not guarantee a correct mapping.
Still choosing a tool? Check extension permissions, data storage and submission control before adding your reusable profile.
Some answers require a fresh decision.
Read work-authorization and sponsorship wording carefully. Review salary expectations against the role and input format. Make voluntary self-identification choices yourself. A saved answer to a similar question may not fit this one.
For written answers, remove any detail you cannot support and any statement about the employer that you have not checked. Follow separate rules for tests and assessments; permission to use a writing tool on a resume does not establish permission during an assessment.
Keep the reusable profile and the submitted record separate.
Update your reusable facts when your contact details, job, availability or qualifications change. Keep the exact resume and answers used for each application as a separate record. Changing today’s profile does not prove that an employer received a corrected earlier submission.
If you discover a material error afterward, use the submitted-application correction guide.
Allow the time the form needs.
A short contact form and a multi-stage employment history need different amounts of review. Measure your own fill, correction and review time with the application time calculator. Do not trade accuracy for a promised two-minute finish.
After you submit, save the application ID, confirmation message or portal record. If you are unsure, check how to verify a submission.
How to use this checklist.
This is an editorial review framework, supported by the linked platform documentation. It is not a measured error rate, a guarantee of ATS compatibility or a promise of an interview.