Master the collocations used at every stage of the software engineering hiring process.
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The recruiter used LinkedIn and GitHub to ___ passive candidates for the senior backend role.
Source candidates is the standard recruitment collocation for proactively finding potential hires. 'Find out' means to discover information. 'Scout around' is informal. 'Dig up' has a negative or investigative connotation.
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The hiring team used an automated tool to ___ 300 applications and identify top candidates.
Screen candidates/applications is the standard HR collocation for the initial filtering stage of hiring. 'Filter through all' and 'cut down all' are informal. 'Sort away' is not a standard phrase.
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Only six candidates were invited to ___ with the engineering manager and a panel of two engineers.
Interview (with someone) is the correct collocation when candidates go through formal evaluation. 'Talk to' and 'meet up for' are informal. 'Speak with about' is grammatically correct but not the professional term for a hiring interview.
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After reviewing all feedback, the panel agreed to ___ the second candidate without moving further.
Reject a candidate is the standard HR term for not proceeding with a candidate. 'Turn away' is informal. 'Decline down' is not a standard phrase. 'Refuse off' is not valid English.
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After the final interview, the recruiter was ready to ___ an offer to the lead candidate.
Extend an offer is the formal recruitment collocation for formally presenting a job offer. 'Make an offer' is also correct, but 'extend' is specifically used in professional hiring language. 'Give away' and 'push' are too informal.