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Every applicant to a job opening automatically gets a Job Fit Score from 0 to 100, along with a one-line AI explanation of why they scored that way. You can steer the score by choosing up to 3 ranking criteria, and re-rank existing candidates whenever you change them.
The Job Fit Score is part of Equip’s free ATS. It ranks your applicants so you review the most promising ones first.

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How Scoring Works

When a candidate applies, Equip’s AI reads their parsed application against your job description and produces the score and its explanation. The score appears next to every candidate in the applications table, and you can sort the table by Fit Score.
Applications table for a Full Stack Developer role sorted by Fit Score, with the top applicants showing scores from 93.1% to 88.2% and a short AI explanation under each score

Applicants sorted by fit score, each with a one-line AI explanation

Scoring is relative, not absolute: the AI compares each new applicant against benchmark candidates from the same job’s applicant pool.
A score of 75 means the candidate ranks well within this job’s applicant pool. Scores are not comparable across different job openings.
If a candidate does not have a score yet, for example one added through bulk CV import, their row shows a Calculate button.

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Ranking Criteria

By default, the AI uses its own judgment about what makes a candidate a good fit for your job description. To steer it, select up to 3 ranking criteria from these six options: Drag your selected criteria to prioritize them: the one at the top carries the most weight. If an option appears disabled, enable the field it depends on in your application form first.
Change ranking criteria dialog with Skills, Experience and Education ticked and showing drag handles, and Previous Companies, Seniority and Industry unticked

Up to three criteria can be selected, and dragging reorders them by weight

You can also add additional criteria as free text, up to 200 characters, such as “Prefer candidates with AWS experience”.
Changing your ranking criteria affects future applications only. Candidates who already applied keep their scores, and moving a candidate to a different job post does not re-score them either.

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Using the Score in Your Workflow

The fit score is a prioritization signal, not a verdict. Confirm your read with the candidate’s full profile, scorecards, and assessment results before rejecting anyone. The score also shows up beyond the applications table: