HansaFeaturesCandidate Shortlisting
FEATURECandidate Shortlisting

The right candidates,
surfaced automatically.

Hansa ranks every applicant by fit, advances the best automatically, notifies the rest, and hands your team a shortlist ready for interviews — with zero manual sorting.

Auto-advance top fits
Instant notifications
Team collaboration
Free forever
HANSA · SHORTLIST
Senior Product Manager47 screened · 12 shortlisted
Shortlisted (12)
In Review (8)
Scheduled (4)
Rejected (23)
PR
Priya Ramesh
Product Lead · Razorpay
94
AK
Arjun Kamath
Sr. PM · Swiggy
88
MN
Meera Nair
Product Manager · CRED
82
SM
Sneha Menon
Associate PM · Paytm
71
4 interviews scheduled today
Auto-advance on
0
Faster shortlist
vs manual process
0
More interviews
per recruiter/week
0
Candidate
notification rate
0
Companies
using Hansa
How It Works

From scored CVs to interview-ready shortlist
in minutes, not days

1

Set Your Threshold

Define the ACE Score cutoff, must-have criteria, and any hard filters for each pipeline stage. Takes under 5 minutes.

You control the rules
2

Hansa Ranks Everyone

Every applicant is scored and ranked automatically. Candidates above your threshold advance. The rest are held or declined — with notifications sent instantly.

Automatic ranking
3

Bulk Review or Auto-Advance

Review your shortlist, bulk-advance the top candidates, leave notes for your team, and assign interviewers — all from one screen.

One screen
4

Candidates Get Notified

Shortlisted candidates receive a personalised WhatsApp or email. Rejected candidates get a professional decline. All in your brand voice.

100% notified
Capabilities

Everything you need to shortlist
at any scale

🏆

ACE Score™ Ranking

Every candidate gets a proprietary 0–100 score based on criteria you define. Shortlists are sorted by fit, not by application date or luck.

Consistent ranking

Auto-Advance Rules

Set thresholds per stage. Candidates above your score cutoff advance automatically. Below it, they get a polite decline or move to a review queue — your choice.

Zero manual triage
📢

Automated Notifications

Every candidate is notified — shortlisted, rejected, or on hold. WhatsApp, email, or SMS. Sent instantly in your brand name. No one falls through the cracks.

100% candidate notified
👥

Team Collaboration

Leave notes, vote on candidates, assign interviewers, and track every decision. Full activity log per candidate. Role-based permissions for hiring managers.

Full team visibility
⚙️

Custom Pipeline Stages

Build any hiring pipeline — CV screen, phone screen, technical, final, offer. Add or remove stages at any time. Automation rules attach independently to each stage.

Fully flexible
📊

Shortlist Analytics

Track pass rates, time-to-shortlist, drop-off by stage, and quality-of-hire metrics. Identify where good candidates are lost and continuously improve your funnel.

Data-driven hiring
Under the Hood

Built for real hiring workflows

Your pipeline.
Your rules at every stage.

Most ATS tools give you a board to move cards around. Hansa gives you an automated pipeline where candidates move themselves — based on the rules you set for each stage.

Define auto-advance thresholds per stage independently
Mix automated stages with manual review stages
Set stage-specific email and WhatsApp templates
Clone pipeline templates across similar roles instantly
PIPELINE · SENIOR PM
CV Screening47Auto
Shortlisted12Auto
AI Phone Screen8Auto
Hiring Mgr Review5Manual
Final Interview3Manual
Offer Sent1Auto

Review dozens of candidates
in minutes, not hours.

Select multiple candidates, apply bulk actions, and move on. Hansa's shortlist view is built for speed — keyboard shortcuts, one-click advance, and batch notifications so you spend seconds per decision, not minutes.

Select all, select top-N, or cherry-pick individually
Bulk advance, hold, or reject with one action
Notifications fire automatically on every bulk action
Full audit log — who moved who and when
BULK ACTIONS · 6 SELECTED
Shortlisted candidates6 of 12 selected
Priya Ramesh94Advance
Arjun Kamath88Advance
Meera Nair82Advance
Rohit Verma77Advance
Divya Gupta71Hold
Karan Mehta68Hold

Every candidate notified.
Automatically. Instantly.

One of the most common hiring complaints from candidates is silence. Hansa eliminates it — every person who applies gets a response, whether they advance, are held for review, or are declined. All in your brand's name.

Shortlisted candidates get an advance message + interview link
Rejected candidates get a warm, professional decline
All messages sent via WhatsApp, email, or SMS
Fully customisable templates per stage in your brand voice
NOTIFICATIONS · SENT
💬
Priya Ramesh
Congratulations! You've been shortlisted for the Senior PM role. Book your interview →
2 min ago
Sent
✉️
Arjun Kamath
Great news — you're through to the next round. Click to schedule your slot.
2 min ago
Sent
💬
Meera Nair
You've been shortlisted! Schedule your phone screen at your convenience.
2 min ago
Sent
✉️
Rahul Sharma
Thank you for applying. After review, we won't be moving forward at this stage.
2 min ago
Sent
📞
Divya Gupta
AI screening call scheduled for tomorrow 10 AM. You'll receive a confirmation shortly.
5 min ago
Scheduled
Before vs After

What changes when shortlisting
runs automatically

MetricManual shortlistingWith Hansa
Time to shortlist 50 CVs4–8 hoursUnder 10 minutes
Candidate notification rate30–50% (whoever replies)100% — every applicant
Consistency of decisionsVaries by reviewerSame criteria every time
Team visibilitySpreadsheets & emailLive shared pipeline
Bulk actionsManual one-by-oneSelect all, advance all
After-hours processingNext business dayImmediate, 24/7
Audit trailNone or manual notesFull activity log per candidate
Candidate experienceDays of silenceInstant acknowledgement
Customer Stories

Teams shortlisting faster with Hansa

"We used to have a weekly shortlist meeting where three people spent two hours arguing over CVs. With Hansa, candidates are ranked before anyone even opens a laptop. The meeting is now 20 minutes of confirmations."
📈 2-hour weekly shortlist meeting → 20 minutes
NR
Neha Rajan
Talent Acquisition Lead · EdTech startup, Hyderabad
"The thing that surprised me most was the candidate feedback. They love getting an instant response. Our employer brand scores went up just because we stopped ghosting people. Hansa handled that without us even thinking about it."
📈 100% candidates notified · employer brand NPS up 28pts
VK
Vikram Kumar
CHRO · Logistics company, Delhi
"We hired 60 field sales reps across 8 cities in 6 weeks. One recruiter managed the entire shortlisting pipeline. That would have been impossible before. Hansa just ran it — we reviewed the final 15 per city and picked."
📈 60 hires across 8 cities · 1 recruiter · 6 weeks
PA
Preethi Arun
VP Talent · FMCG company, Bangalore
FAQ

Common questions about
candidate shortlisting

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