Application Ingestion

The initial ingestion gate where candidate CV and structured application fields enter the talent acquisition database / ATS.

Passing Condition: Application record is successfully received, validated for minimum schema, and linked to the active job requisition.

Preceded By (Inbound Gates):

Precedes (Outbound Gates):

Mechanisms Operating at this Gate (4)

Multi-column formatting, graphics, custom fonts, or unsupported document layouts cause ATS parser to corrupt or omit critical work history.

Requisition was publicly advertised to satisfy corporate policy or legal compliance while an internal employee was already earmarked for the role.

Job posting remains active on careers page and aggregator portals despite the team having ceased active hiring or closed headcount.

ATS configuration automatically issues bulk rejections to all pending unreviewed applications after 45 or 60 days.

Implement automated ATS policy to expire public listings when headcount authorization lapses or no interview activity occurs within 60 days.

Machine-readable static endpoint: /api/v1/barriers/B-001.json