{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Generic \"closer alignment\" rejection template",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-001"
    ],
    "content": "# Generic \"closer alignment\" rejection template\n\nStandard automated email stating the team decided to proceed with candidates whose profiles more closely match role requirements.\n\n### Diagnostic Non-Inferences\n- Does not establish which specific skill was deemed insufficient.\n- Does not establish whether a human reviewer read the full resume.",
    "id": "A-002",
    "type": "artifact",
    "summary": "Standard automated email stating the team decided to proceed with candidates whose profiles more closely match role requirements.",
    "stages": [
      "screening",
      "recruiter",
      "technical"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "probes": [
      {
        "id": "PROBE-A-002-1",
        "action": "Compare CV keyword density with exact requirement phrases in the published job description.",
        "expected_signal": "Reveals potential vocabulary mismatch between candidate phrasing and ATS rubric.",
        "cost": "low"
      }
    ],
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "email",
        "label": "Rejection email",
        "subject": "Update on your application",
        "context": "day 9, sent at 03:14 local time",
        "lines": [
          {
            "text": "Thank you for your interest in our company and for the time you invested in the process.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "After careful consideration we have decided to move forward with candidates whose profiles more closely align with the requirements of the role.",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "text": "We wish you the best in your search and encourage you to apply for future openings.",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "Nothing in the text is specific to this candidate, this conversation or this role. The message is a routing decision rendered as prose."
      },
      {
        "kind": "chat",
        "label": "Request for specifics, and the reply",
        "lines": [
          {
            "speaker": "Candidate",
            "at": "day 9",
            "text": "Thanks for letting me know. If it is possible, I would value one line on which requirement was the gap — it would genuinely help me aim better.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "speaker": "Recruiter",
            "at": "day 11",
            "text": "Unfortunately we are not able to share individual feedback. It was a very competitive process.",
            "tell": true
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The follow-up returns the same shape of answer. A template that survives a direct question is a policy, not an opinion about you."
      }
    ],
    "non_inferences": [
      "Does not establish which specific skill was deemed insufficient.",
      "Does not establish whether a human reviewer read the full resume."
    ]
  }
}