Where applications show up š„
Open the job from your Jobs page. You'll see three tabs at the top:
Student jobs: Applications Ā· Shortlist Ā· Offers
Direct hire jobs: Community Ā· Applications Ā· Shortlist
Your applications list š
Your applicants are sorted by Relevance, so the people most aligned to your key criteria are at the top. Each one shows their key criteria, where they're based and whether they meet your screening requirements, so you can Shortlist or Decline straight from the list. Not ready to decide? Star them and come back later.
You can switch between list and grid view in the top-right, or click Select to shortlist, star, archive or decline several applicants at once.
Who shows up here
You'll see everyone who completed the Hatch application, including students you invited from the Community. On direct hire jobs, people you invite from the Community skip the application and go straight to your Shortlist once they accept.
Filtering applicants š
Use the filters above your list (Screening, Starred, Answer format and More) to narrow it down:
Working rights: permanent resident, temporary visa or no visa.
Screening fit: only applicants who meet all your screening requirements.
University: student jobs only.
Reading an application šÆ
Fit summary
The Fit summary is your shortcut to the best applicants. Hatch reads everything in an application, from their profile, experience and education to their answers, and checks it against the key criteria you set for the job. Each criterion gets a rating, Strong, Transferable, Partial or Missing, with the specific evidence behind it. So you can see why someone's a fit before opening their full application. Every application has one, on every job type.
Want to know where a point came from? Click the numbered source next to it to jump straight to that part of the application, like a qualification, a past job or an answer.
If your criteria aren't quite right, you can change them. Click the ā¦ on your job and select Application settings, then click Refresh on the prompt above your tabs. Every applicant gets a new Fit summary based on your updated criteria.
š„ Hot tip: keep your criteria skills-based. Skills like stakeholder management or data analysis show up in profiles and applications, so Hatch can find the evidence. Practical requirements like a driver's licence usually don't, so they're better as screening or application questions. Yes/no requirements work best as screening questions, so you can filter by them.
š” What does Transferable rating mean? The applicant hasn't shown this criterion directly, but has related experience that could carry over, like running uni society events for an event planning job. Worth a closer look, especially for students early in their careers.
Scored answers š
Answers to application questions get a Score breakdown showing what the applicant did well and where they fell short. You can view this by clicking View score in the upper right of their answer.
Our AI reads for meaning rather than keywords, so someone who explains the right idea in their own words won't be missed. Every answer is scored against the same rubric, so it's fair across all your applicants.
Also worth a look š
Video introductions and detailed profiles give you a real sense of someone before you meet them. On student jobs, open a student's profile to see their answers to other Hatch Students questions, not just the ones on your job.