Reviewing Applications

💡 Goal - Filter applicants into different categories and create templates.

After reading over candidates applications, we filter into 3 buckets:

1. No.
2. No but possible future.
3. Yes move onto trial piece.

We usually have 2 team members to review each application and decide their no’s, maybes and yes’s. Once both team members have their list they share with each other to discuss candidates and make a final decision.

Below are the templates we use. Recommend creating templates as it saves a lot of time!

NO ---------------------------

Hey [NAME] 👋 I hope you’ve had an excellent start to the week.

Thank you for sending in your application! After reviewing dozens of extremely competitive applications, we decided to move forward with another candidate who more closely matched our current needs. It was NOT an easy decision, and we very much appreciate that you took the time to apply.

Thank you again for your interest in working with us.

Wishing you all the best 🙏

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If we’re struggling to choose between candidates or someones previous work was really strong then we send them a message letting them know it hasn’t worked out for this role but we have other roles in the coming months.

NO + FUTURE ----------------------------

Hey [NAME] 👋 I hope you’ve had an excellent start to the week.

Thank you for sending in your application! After reviewing dozens of extremely competitive applications, we decided to move forward with another candidate who more closely matched our current needs. That said, we plan to hire multiple people in the coming months. Would it be alright if I reach back out to you when we’re ready?

Thank you again for your interest in working with us.

Wishing you all the best 🙏

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YES + TRIAL ----------------------------

Hey [NAME] 👋 I hope you’ve had a wonderful start to the week.

Thank you for the excellent application! We’d like to move forward if you’re still available 🎉 Are you open to doing a paid trial project (at your full hourly rate)?

We’ve narrowed down our applicants from 60+ to just 3, but we only have 1 positions to fill. We’ve found trial projects are the very best way to make sure there’s a good fit for you and for us. (Also, we ****plan to hire multiple people for this same role in the coming months - so even if it doesn’t work out this time we can skip the interview process next time).

Here’s the project brief → LINK HERE

You’ll have access to us via Slack throughout the entire project where you can ask questions. Let me now if that sounds good and I’ll send you invite to Slack.

I hope we get the chance to work together!

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