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Automatic preselection: points and disqualifying answers

How to score answers, and why the system never rejects anyone by itself.

Written by Maciej Michalewski

Preselection scores form answers to make reviewing a large number of applications easier. You enable it on a specific question.

In the project settings, on the "FORM" tab, click the pencil next to a question, switch on "Automated preselection" and click "Configure".

Question editing with the Automated preselection switch and the Configure button

Two options per answer

  • Points — a value from 0 to 100.

  • Reject candidate — marking the answer as disqualifying.

There are no weights, thresholds or compound conditions. It is a deliberately simple mechanism.

Points for an answer and the Reject candidate icon next to each answer

The score is a hint, not a decision

This is the most important thing in this article: the system never rejects or moves anyone automatically. Even an answer marked as disqualifying only flags the candidate — a person makes the decision.

You see the score as "obtained / possible" on the candidate card and in a list column, so you can sort applications and start with the best matches.

Which questions can be scored

Scoring works on questions with a closed list of answers — yes/no, one answer, multiple answers, rating. Open questions, files and dates have nothing to score.

Changing scores mid-recruitment

Scores are calculated when an answer is saved. Changing the points during a running recruitment does not recalculate people who already applied — set it before the intake starts.

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