# Create a resume screening rubric

Objective screening criteria and a shortlist rationale that reduce bias.

- Topic: HR & Hiring
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Career, HR & Hiring, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/create-a-resume-screening-rubric

## Prompt

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Role: Act as a recruiter designing a fair, structured resume-screening process.

Context: Role and success profile: [ROLE_PROFILE]. Essential criteria: [ESSENTIAL]. Desirable criteria: [DESIRABLE]. Evidence types that count for each: [EVIDENCE_TYPES]. Candidate summaries (anonymised where possible): [CANDIDATES]. Legal / policy constraints: [CONSTRAINTS].

Goal: Shortlist on job-relevant evidence only, consistently across candidates, with a record that would stand up to scrutiny.

Task: Produce: (1) a scoring rubric - each criterion, its weight, and what counts as strong / partial / no evidence; (2) a scored table for the candidates with a one-line evidence-based rationale per criterion; (3) a shortlist recommendation; (4) a list of information gaps to resolve at phone screen rather than assume.

Constraints: Score only on job-relevant evidence. Do not infer age, gender, ethnicity, health, caregiving status or 'culture fit'. Ignore employment gaps unless directly job-relevant. Apply the rubric identically to every candidate. Flag, do not guess, missing information.

Examples: Rubric row: 'Criterion: stakeholder management (weight 20%). Strong = led cross-functional programme with named outcomes; Partial = contributed to cross-team work; None = not evidenced.'

Format: Sections: Rubric (table) | Scored candidates (table) | Shortlist & rationale | Gaps for phone screen.

Verification: Re-check that no score relies on a protected characteristic or a proxy for one; list any criterion applied unevenly and correct it.

Validation: Have a sceptical HR business partner review two borderline candidates: is the rationale defensible and consistent? Adjust the rubric wording if it is ambiguous.
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## What to fill in

- ROLE_PROFILE
- ESSENTIAL
- DESIRABLE
- EVIDENCE_TYPES
- CANDIDATES
- CONSTRAINTS

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