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Hiring manager review

A hiring manager review is the stage in a hiring process when the manager responsible for filling the job examines a candidate’s application or profile to decide whether the candidate should move forward.

In plain English

This is a check by the person in charge of filling the role. They look at the application or profile and decide whether the person should continue in the hiring process.

In context

Here, “Hiring manager review” names the stage where the manager responsible for filling the job is examining the application or profile to decide whether the candidate should move forward.

Situation
Applying for jobs, reading vacancy labels, and following recruitment status
What it communicates
names the stage where the hiring manager is reviewing the application.

Meaning limits

The term by itself does not say whether the candidate will move forward.

Examples

“By Friday, her application was in Hiring manager review, and the department manager was deciding whether to move her to the next step.”

Core meaning

“The recruiter told him that Hiring manager review had begun and the manager for the role was now reading his profile.”

In context