A ranked candidate shortlist with the reasons
A shortlist is only useful if you can say why someone is on it. JobQuisitor ranks every applicant against your role and writes down the reasons, so the hiring manager gets five names and the case for each.
No card needed. Hosted in the EU.
How it works
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Set the bar
The must-have skills come straight from your job description. Edit the role’s requirements if the posting undersells what the job needs.
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Rank everyone
Each applicant is checked skill by skill. The score follows the requirements: full matches at the top, candidates with a missing must-have capped below them.
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Read the reasons
For each person: strengths, weaknesses, the skills found and missing, and the lines of the CV that prove it.
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Interview with a plan
Questions are prepared for each gap. Record the candidate’s answers and the shortlist re-orders itself.
What you get
Five names and the case for each.
Send the hiring manager a ranked list with the reasoning attached, not a spreadsheet of scores to argue about.
A ranking that follows your requirements.
A candidate missing a must-have never outranks one who has it, because the score is capped. The order is explainable to anyone who asks.
Skill gaps you can act on.
Each gap comes with a question to ask in the interview and a note on why it matters for this role.
Shortlists that improve after interviews.
Record answers against the questions and the candidate’s score is updated, so the list reflects what you learned.
A shortlist with its reasons
Sales role, 180 applications, the top of the list. Names are made up.
M. Okafor
Account executive
All must-haves. Strength: closed enterprise deals in two markets.
92
J. Müller
Sales development rep
All must-haves. Weakness: no team leadership yet; question prepared.
84
L. Rossi
Account manager
Missing: outbound prospecting. Score capped at 70.
69
P. Novak
Customer support lead
Missing three must-haves. Not a match.
35
Who it is for
- Recruiters who present shortlists to hiring managers or clients
- Hiring teams of up to ten people working the same roles
- Agencies that need to show why each candidate was put forward
Common questions
JobQuisitor does. Upload a job description and the applications; every candidate is scored 0 to 100 against the role and the shortlist shows each person’s strengths, missing skills and the evidence from their CV, with interview questions for the gaps.
Define the must-haves, check every application against them, rank by fit, then interview the top few with questions aimed at what the CV does not show. JobQuisitor does the checking and ranking and prepares the questions; the recruiter sets the bar and makes the calls.
Yes. Each candidate’s page lists the required skills, whether each was found, the evidence quoted from the CV, and the resulting strengths and weaknesses. The score caps for missing must-haves are visible too.
Record the candidate’s answers to the prepared questions. The score is recalculated with that new information and the shortlist re-orders.
Yes. The Team plan includes five recruiter seats on one shared workspace, with team analytics, for €79 a month. Your first role is free to try.
Try it on your own pile of CVs
Your first role is free. No card, nothing to install.
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