METHODOLOGY

The 40 rules HireGPS checks on a CV

Name: 40 CV Screening Rules: Severity and Weights
Creator: HireGPS

Every risk in a HireGPS analysis comes from one of these 40 named rules. Each rule has a severity and belongs to one of 8 scoring categories.

40 rules, by severity

Which of them appear depends on your CV and target role: some only apply when a job posting you paste asks for the requirement, and a few are not active yet.

2 BLOCKER Stops a shortlist outright.
10 HIGH Lands as a recruiter objection.
21 MODERATE Slows the read.
7 LOW Polish-grade noise.

Rule	Name	Severity	Category
K20	Language Blocker	BLOCKER	Language & Market Fit
K40	Blocker Aggregation	BLOCKER	Role Relevance
K01	Function Mismatch	HIGH	Role Relevance
K03	Triple Career Change	HIGH	Role Relevance
K04	Seniority Overreach	HIGH	Seniority Match
K06	Leadership Gap	HIGH	Seniority Match
K08	No Measurable Impact	HIGH	Achievement Evidence
K12	Chronic Short Tenure	HIGH	Career Stability
K16	Missing Mandatory Degree	HIGH	Education & Certification Fit
K17	Missing Mandatory Certification	HIGH	Education & Certification Fit
K18	Expired Credential	HIGH	Education & Certification Fit
K19	Insufficient Formal Education in Regulated Role	HIGH	Education & Certification Fit
K02	Industry Mismatch	MODERATE	Role Relevance
K05	Overqualification / Retention Risk	MODERATE	Seniority Match
K07	Title Inflation Concern	MODERATE	Seniority Match
K09	Weak Measurable Impact	MODERATE	Achievement Evidence
K10	Unanchored Achievement Claims	MODERATE	Achievement Evidence
K11	Recent-Role Impact Weakness	MODERATE	Achievement Evidence
K13	Single Unexplained Gap	MODERATE	Career Stability
K14	Multiple Unexplained Gaps	MODERATE	Career Stability
K15	Stagnation / Lateral Drift	MODERATE	Career Stability
K21	Language Shortfall	MODERATE	Language & Market Fit
K22	Relocation Friction	MODERATE	Language & Market Fit
K23	Authorization Uncertainty	MODERATE	Language & Market Fit
K25	Weak Context Relevance	MODERATE	Experience Context Signal
K27	Context Trajectory Decline	MODERATE	Experience Context Signal
K28	Missing Dates / Chronology	MODERATE	CV Clarity
K29	Low CV Readability	MODERATE	CV Clarity
K32	Grammar or Spelling Issue	MODERATE	CV Clarity
K34	Environment Mismatch	MODERATE	Experience Context Signal
K35	Scope Mismatch	MODERATE	Seniority Match
K38	Founder / Freelance Ambiguity	MODERATE	Role Relevance
K39	Career-Gap Narrative Missing	MODERATE	Career Stability
K24	Weak Market Familiarity	LOW	Language & Market Fit
K26	High-Context Without Depth	LOW	Experience Context Signal
K30	Formatting Inconsistency	LOW	CV Clarity
K31	Keyword Stuffing / Vague Language	LOW	CV Clarity
K33	Generic Untargeted Positioning	LOW	CV Clarity
K36	Weak Rewrite Fidelity Risk	LOW	Achievement Evidence
K37	Insufficient Portfolio / Alternative Proof	LOW	Achievement Evidence

HireGPS model

Starting weights across 7 seniority levels

These are the starting weights in the HireGPS scoring model, not market statistics. Industry, function and region adjust them inside the app.

Category	Entry	Junior	Mid-Level	Senior	Manager	Director	Executive
Role Relevance	18%	20%	22%	22%	19%	18%	16%
Seniority Match	8%	10%	14%	17%	21%	22%	22%
Achievement Evidence	10%	16%	20%	22%	20%	23%	24%
Career Stability	6%	8%	12%	14%	17%	16%	14%
Education & Certification Fit	24%	20%	13%	9%	8%	7%	6%
Language & Market Fit	12%	11%	9%	7%	6%	6%	8%
Experience Context Signal	8%	5%	4%	5%	6%	6%	9%
CV Clarity	14%	10%	6%	4%	3%	2%	1%

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