Q.Explain the purpose of

These are the two earliest, cheapest stages of selection, and each has a distinct, limited purpose before the more detailed stages begin.

(a) Screening of applications — every application form or resume received is scrutinised against the minimum requirements laid down for the job (qualification, experience, age, and other essential criteria). Applications that clearly fail to meet these basic requirements are rejected at this stage itself, saving the time and expense of processing candidates who were never going to be suitable. …

Confusing the brief preliminary interview with the later, detailed selection interview — the preliminary interview only eliminates the ob …