--- title: How to Build a Résumé Screening System Using Python and... description: Build an automated résumé screening system that parses PDF and DOCX files, extracts skills and keywords, and ranks candidates using a weighted scoring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-r-sum-screening-system-using-python-and-multiprocessing-ixtif9k3f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Build a Résumé Screening System Using Python and Multiprocessing | daily.dev og:description: Build an automated résumé screening system that parses PDF and DOCX files, extracts skills and keywords, and ranks candidates using a weighted scoring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-r-sum-screening-system-using-python-and-multiprocessing-ixtif9k3f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iXtIf9k3F.png og:image:alt: How to Build a Résumé Screening System Using Python and Multiprocessing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Build a Résumé Screening System Using Python and Multiprocessing **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@abdultalha](https://daily.dev/abdultalha) · 8 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Build an automated résumé screening system that parses PDF and DOCX files, extracts skills and keywords, and ranks candidates using a weighted scoring algorithm. The tutorial covers text extraction from documents, keyword matching against a skills taxonomy, implementing a scoring engine with configurable weights (50% required skills, 25% preferred skills, 15% experience, 10% keywords), creating a Streamlit web interface, and deploying to Streamlit Cloud. The system processes hundreds of résumés in seconds and promotes objective evaluation by applying consistent criteria across all candidates. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI tool scours the web for job openings, preps your resume and cover letter](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-tool-scours-the-web-for-job-openings-preps-your-resume-and-cover-letter-m4tufpl3c) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I Built a System to Get My Time Back. 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