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Without a CV, arco scores using your profile answers alone: your stated role, level, location, and preferences. Scores in this state are directional rather than precise. Once you upload a CV, arco measures your actual work history against each job posting for a much more accurate result.

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What arco assesses with a CV

With a CV uploaded, arco evaluates:
  • Which positions you have actually held across your whole history
  • How long you have worked in each discipline
  • The domains and industries you have operated in
  • The level you have been operating at, judged from responsibilities rather than titles alone

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Relevant experience, not total experience

If you have had a 13-year career and 8 of those years are in the discipline a particular job is asking for, arco scores that job against the 8, not the 13. A long career in one field will not inflate your scores in a different field.
Scores can go down after uploading. This surprises people, and it is usually correct. Before a CV, arco takes your stated level at face value. After a CV, it assesses what is actually there. If the two do not fully agree, scores adjust, and the new number is the more useful one.

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One master CV, many variants

Your master CV scores everything on your Board. When you are pursuing one specific role, you do not need to overwrite it. The AI Coach lets you work on a job-specific version without touching your master. See Using a different CV for one job.