toggle menuMENU Shortlisting Question:ShortlistingAnswer: Once the deadline has passed and all applications are received, read through all of them and narrow them down to a shortlist of those you want to interview. Shortlisting and interviewing are usually done by a panel of people from your organisation, which can include some managers and some trustees. Having the same group of people look at the applications means they will all get the same consideration. Having diverse perspectives and experiences on the panel can help to balance out personal biases that sometimes happen when the work is done by just one person. Shortlisting should assess how well an applicant’s application meets the person specification and/or is a good fit for the job description. It can help to use a scoring process to help with this.