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Screening guide
HR and recruiting candidates are the only applicants who have read the other side of the screening process professionally. Their resumes are well-formatted, keyword-aligned and quantified, because they know what a rubric rewards. That makes surface signals weak here. What holds up is scope of ownership and judgement in situations where the policy did not give an answer.
Signal
Scheduling interviews and owning a requisition to close are very different jobs described with similar verbs.
Time-to-fill means nothing without role type, market and volume. Ask for the denominator.
Whether the candidate generated pipeline or worked inbound applications — the single most transferable recruiting skill.
For HR generalist roles, evidence of handling genuinely difficult cases rather than administering policy.
Familiarity with the employment law regime you operate under, especially where automated screening is regulated.
Noise
None of these is disqualifying on its own. Each is a reason to ask a question rather than assume an answer.
Hiring metrics with no role type or volume context
"Full-cycle recruiting" claimed with a history that reads as coordination
No mention of sourcing in a market where inbound alone could not have filled the roles
Policy knowledge listed with no example of applying it under pressure
Rubric
Write the criteria down before you look at anyone. An undocumented standard drifts, and it cannot be audited afterwards.
Evidence of owning roles end to end, at comparable difficulty.
Demonstrated pipeline generation, not just application processing.
Hiring volume and role types comparable to what you need filled.
Working with hiring managers who disagreed, and what happened.
Grounding in the employment and data protection rules that apply to your hiring.
Next step
Ask the same ones of every candidate. Comparability is the whole point.
FAQ
Put it into practice
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