Applications
Global Application Questions & Global Auto-Reject Rules
10 min
this feature allows you to create global application questions that are displayed below your application form on the job postings that meet the criteria you set you can also set auto reject rules that will automatically archive candidates based on their answers to your global application questions this gives you the option to configure application questions and auto reject rules across many job postings, so any company wide or department specific questions can be linked to job postings quickly global application questions and auto reject rules for these questions can only be configured on the enterprise plan foundations legacy plus plus enterprise ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅ overview configuring global application questions to configure global application questions, head to admin > jobs & applications > https //app ashbyhq com/admin/organizational settings/global application questions/questions click + new to add a question you’ll then be asked to pick a question field type you can pick from the following short answer single line of unformatted text linkedin url responses will be auto populated on the candidate's profile long unformatted answer multiple lines of unformatted text phone only domestic or international phone numbers email only valid email addresses multiple choice select a single option checkboxes select multiple options date only dates that can be selected via a date picker yes/no yes, no, or, if not required, no answer number only allows whole numbers (e g 1) or decimals (e g 1 5) file upload a single file location input a location question settings & scopes on the create application form question menu, you can add your question and determine whether it is required or not you can then set your scope, so your application form question will only be included on the job postings that meet your criteria click + add field to match to add your requirements for example, you could opt to only display your created question for jobs in a specific department if you’d like the question to be displayed on all postings, leave the scope section blank once you’ve determined your criteria in the scope section, you can then choose the job boards the posting should show on using the select job boards drop down click create to add your job to the active questions list editing or archiving a global application question if you need to make any amendments or archive a question, click on the question within the active questions list, then click edit if you need to make changes, or archive if the question should not be removed from all postings moving forward re ordering global application questions the global application questions you configure will appear beneath the job posting’s application form and above any diversity or eeoc surveys if more than one question meets the criteria in your scope, the questions will be shown in the order they are listed in the active questions list if you’d like to change the order in which your global application questions are shown, you can click and drag them into your desired order using the sliders to the left of each question configuring auto reject rules for global application questions for more on configuring rejection conditions including more information on operators, check out our docid\ pdgw wrubwyfnzhka9ota to create an auto reject rule for a global application question, click the auto reject rules tab, then click + new give your auto reject rule a title, then click submit from here, you can create a draft configuration click + add field to match to determine your rejection conditions the fields you can choose from will be from your global application questions once you’ve determined the conditions that would need to be met for the candidate to be rejected, you can use the archive reason drop down to confirm the archive reason that would be applied when they’re rejected finally, the rejection email template drop down allows you to determine the email template used to send a rejection email once an email template is selected, you can then set the delay for the rejection email (in days) and the sender address once your draft configuration is complete, click activate your auto reject rules will then be live and applied to candidates meeting your set criteria moving forward editing & archiving an auto reject rule click on an auto reject rule within the rules list to pull up the rule configuration you can click edit to create a new draft configuration remember to activate the draft to ensure your changes are applied on future applications click archive to archive the auto reject rule it will not be applied to future applications faq can i restore an archived global application question or auto reject rule? no, once a global application question or auto reject rule for a global application question has been archived, this cannot be undone