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Recruiting offices will shortlist your application form against the nationally agreed person specification, using a scoring system. Details of the shortlisting and interview scoring scheme should be made available to you on request.

 

All correctly submitted applications will be considered. Those which pass the long listing stage (which considers eligibility to apply for that post, see Eligibility section) will go on to be scored. The top scoring applicants will be invited to interview. Typically, the deanery will invite more people to interview than there are posts available, as this makes it more likely that they will be able to make an offer that will be accepted.

 

Due to the large volume of applicants, deaneries will only contact you if you are being invited to interview. If you have not heard by the interview date you can assume you have not been shortlisted.

 

If you are not successful at the shortlisting stage, you can request feedback from the deanery (see the Feedback & Complaints section for more information). If you feel you have been unfairly scored, there is a complaints procedure in each deanery (see Feedback & Complaints section).