Job Posting Lens

Know what a job posting really asks before you apply

A side panel for Edge and Chrome that reads the posting you have open and sorts it out: what is required, what it should pay, what looks off, and how your CV fits.

Free Coming to Microsoft Edge Add-ons. The install link goes here when the listing is live.

A job posting on the left; on the right the side panel shows the salary stated in the posting, a typical band from Eurostat and three red flags with quotes.

Requirements, sorted

Must-haves and nice-to-haves are split by the posting's own headings and wording such as "is a plus", in English, Romanian, German, French and Spanish. About 120 technologies, years of experience, seniority, work mode, contract type and language levels are picked out.

Salary with a source

The range written in the posting is turned into a yearly figure, whatever the currency or period. Next to it you get a typical band for the role from public statistics: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS) and the Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey for 30 European countries. Each figure links to its source.

Red flags, with the quote

Vague pay, "we're a family", always-available expectations, unpaid trials, commission-only pay, junior titles with senior asks, "12+ years of Kubernetes", and common scam patterns such as chat-app interviews or upfront fees. Every flag shows the words that triggered it, so you can judge it yourself.

CV match

Paste your CV once. For each posting you see a score, the must-haves you cover and the ones that are missing. The CV stays in your browser's local storage.

The side panel showing a CV match score with matched and missing skills.

How it works

  1. Open a job on LinkedIn or Indeed, or select the posting text on any other site.
  2. Click the Job Posting Lens icon in the toolbar. The side panel opens next to the page.
  3. Press Analyse this page. The result appears in about a second.

Questions

Does it send my CV or the posting anywhere?

No. The analysis is rules and a bundled dataset that run inside the extension. There is no server, no account and no tracking. The privacy policy is one short page.

When does it read a page?

Only when you press Analyse, and only the tab you are looking at. It does nothing in the background and does not click, apply or message anyone for you.

How accurate is the salary band?

It is a statistical band for the occupation and country, not an offer. European figures come from the 2022 survey and are scaled for seniority by an estimate, which the panel says each time. Treat it as a starting point for your own research.

Are the red flags a verdict on the employer?

No. They point at wording that is worth a question in the interview. A posting with flags can be a good job, and one without flags can be a bad one.

Which browsers?

Microsoft Edge and Chrome 116 or newer on desktop. Firefox and mobile browsers are not supported.