shortlisting
Selecting top contenders
Shortlisting is the process of narrowing a larger group of candidates or options down to a select few for final consideration.
Job applicants who make the shortlist advance to interviews; books being shortlisted for an award are finalists: After shortlisting five candidates, the committee scheduled interviews.
The term comes from the noun shortlist—the reduced list itself.
Formal evaluation of worth
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- scoringEarning points in competition
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- rankingOrdered position assignment
judging · appraisal · review · deliberation · comparison · weighing · benchmarking · merit-based
Those seeking selection
- finalistsLast competitors standing
- applicantsThose seeking acceptance
- nomineesThose proposed for selection
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
screening · vetting · interviews · resumes · portfolios · auditions · recruitment · headhunting
Selective passage of elements
- siftingSeparating by particle size
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- paring downGradual reduction process
- cullingSelective population reduction
refining · trimming · reducing · distilling · condensing · focusing · winnowing · eliminating
Those seeking to win
- qualifiersWords limiting scope
- semifinalistsThose nearing championship round
- finalistsLast competitors standing
- auditionTrial performance for selection
tryouts · heats · knockout rounds · bracket · seedings · tournament · playoffs · elimination
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
ranking · judging · appraisal · review · deliberation · comparison · weighing · benchmarking · merit-based · grading
candidates
Those seeking selection
- finalistsLast competitors standing
- applicantsThose seeking acceptance
- nomineesThose proposed for selection
prospects · screening · vetting · interviews · resumes · portfolios · auditions · recruitment · headhunting · hiring
filtering
Selective passage of elements
- siftingSeparating by particle size
- whittlingKnife-carving wood into shapes
- paring downGradual reduction process
culling · refining · trimming · reducing · distilling · condensing · focusing · winnowing · eliminating · weeding out
contenders
Those seeking to win
- qualifiersWords limiting scope
- semifinalistsThose nearing championship round
- finalistsLast competitors standing
audition · tryouts · heats · knockout rounds · bracket · seedings · tournament · playoffs · elimination · showdown
- decision makingchoice, preference, picking, selection, options
- decisionschoice, make a decision, choices, yes, no
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
- hiring processjob posting, job postings, application, resume review, screening
- online actionsposting, click, commenting, tap, replying
- recruitingrecruiter, recruiting, recruit, recruiters, headhunter
shortlistinglonglisting
Creating initial candidate roster
hiring · appointing · awarding · eliminating · initial screening
shortlistingrejecting
Refusing to accept
excluding · disqualifying · eliminating · cutting · weeding out
short, shorten, shortcut, shorter, shortness, shortening, shortest, shortlist, shortlisted