{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Rejection within minutes of application submission",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-001"
    ],
    "content": "# Rejection within minutes of application submission\n\nAutomated rejection email arrives within 2 to 30 minutes of form submission, outside human business hours.\n\n### Diagnostic Non-Inferences\n- Does not imply candidate resume was judged as poor by human engineers.",
    "id": "A-009",
    "type": "artifact",
    "summary": "Automated rejection email arrives within 2 to 30 minutes of form submission, outside human business hours.",
    "stages": [
      "ingestion"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "probes": [
      {
        "id": "PROBE-A-009-1",
        "action": "Audit application answers to mandatory knock-out questions (work permit, country of residence, minimum years experience).",
        "expected_signal": "Identifies exact boolean filter rule triggered by ATS.",
        "cost": "low"
      }
    ],
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "email",
        "label": "Rejection email",
        "subject": "Your application",
        "context": "submitted 23:47, rejected 23:58",
        "lines": [
          {
            "text": "Thank you for applying. After reviewing your application we have decided not to proceed at this time.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Sent 23:58 — eleven minutes after submission, outside working hours in every timezone the company operates in.",
            "tell": true
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The interval is the evidence. Eleven minutes at midnight describes the throughput of a rule, not the attention of a reader."
      },
      {
        "kind": "ats",
        "label": "Application timeline",
        "lines": [
          {
            "at": "23:47:12",
            "text": "Application submitted",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "23:47:13",
            "text": "Screening rules evaluated",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "23:47:14",
            "text": "Status: Rejected — does not meet minimum criteria",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "at": "23:58:00",
            "text": "Notification email queued",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "Two seconds between submission and decision. The eleven-minute delay was the mail queue, not deliberation."
      }
    ],
    "non_inferences": [
      "Does not imply candidate resume was judged as poor by human engineers."
    ]
  }
}