The exact change
"My job in the first screen is not to evaluate technical competence. My engineering partners will do that. My job is to confirm that the candidate meets the basics, that they are who they say they are, and that they would not create a problem if we moved them forward. Most candidates who do not advance past me fail the third criteria." - Talent Acquisition Partner, enterprise technology company
The recruiter's job in the first screen is generally not to evaluate technical competence, since engineering partners handle that later. Instead, the job is to confirm that the candidate meets the basics, that they are who they say they are, and that they would not create a problem if moved forward. Most candidates who do not advance past this stage fail on that third criterion.
Suggested change
De-attributed the quote to plain unattributed prose preserving the underlying claim.
Why this is better
De-attributed the unverified 'Talent Acquisition Partner' quote about first-screen criteria to unattributed prose, preserving the underlying claim.
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