Screen, filter, reject
These verbs can indicate a tool is narrowing the candidate pool or shaping who receives human attention.
Workflow verbs
Find AI hiring exposure by looking for action verbs.
Product pages and admin screens often reveal risk faster than policy language. Words like rank, screen, recommend, and summarize tell teams where evidence questions should start.
Verb scan
Terms worth logging in the first inventory pass.
Rank, score, match
These verbs can indicate the system is ordering people or assigning comparative outputs that influence review priority.
Recommend, suggest, shortlist
These verbs can indicate the tool is proposing next steps, interview slates, or candidate lists to the hiring team.
Summarize, extract, enrich
These verbs can indicate the tool changes what the reviewer sees first, even when the vendor says the final decision remains human.
Predict, infer, forecast
These verbs can indicate an assessment or workforce tool is estimating future performance, fit, retention, or promotion readiness.
Route, queue, prioritize
These verbs can indicate the system controls timing, visibility, or escalation, even without a final automated rejection.
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