Vantage Screening Group — Candidate Disqualification Matrix v4.2

VANTAGE SCREENING GROUP — TALENT OPERATIONS

Candidate Disqualification Matrix — v4.2

Internal. Do not distribute. Specifically, do not leave it in the job posting.

PURPOSE

To standardise first-pass rejection at scale. Previous guidance (“use judgement”) was found to be doing too little.

DISQUALIFY ON SIGHT

• The #OpenToWork badge. Ambition, when visible, is a liability.

• A layoff, ever, for any reason. Especially performance.

• “In between roles” — i.e. currently a person.

• Stated interest in AI, LLMs or crypto. They will want to talk about it.

• Contract or part-time history. They have learned to leave.

• A gap of two to four months. Note for the file: this is roughly parental leave.

• Job-hopping, defined as 1.5 to 2 years per role — i.e. normal.

• Big Tech only. They expect things.

• More than eight years' experience. See attached note on “trajectory”.

ESCALATE

• Anyone who asks what the salary is.

• Anyone who asks what the salary is, twice.

APPROVED WORKAROUND

• If every applicant is disqualified and the team still needs a person, hire an internal referral and skip this form.

SIGN-OFF

• Reviewed by: Talent Operations.

• Not reviewed by: Legal, which has asked us to stop.

— Vantage Screening Group. We find the one who survives the process.

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