Sample shortlists
What a search actually hands you
24 roles, 72 candidates. We wrote the candidates and then ran them through the same screener that grades real applicants — the scores and notes below are its output, published without editing, including where it went against someone.
Customer Support VA
Shopify + Zendesk, strong written English, e-commerce support experience
Executive Assistant
calendar and inbox ownership for a US founder, research briefs that end in a recommendation, native-level written English, 4+ hours of US overlap
Bookkeeper
monthly close on QuickBooks Online or Xero, bank and payment-processor reconciliation, e-commerce revenue (Shopify/Stripe), a real method for hunting discrepancies
Operations Manager
owns process end to end, writes SOPs people actually follow, vendor and fulfilment coordination, comfortable with numbers, 4+ hours of US overlap
Social Media Manager
owns the content calendar end to end, writes copy that reads human, repurposes long-form into short, reports on what actually moved rather than impressions
Data Entry Specialist
high accuracy sustained under volume, a repeatable method rather than ad-hoc care, flags anomalous records instead of copying them, comfortable in spreadsheets
Content Marketer
SEO-grounded long-form writing, research-first keyword-to-outline process, copy that reads human not AI-generated, newsletter production
Junior Developer
ships features in JS/TS or Python under review, sound debugging order, writes tests, honest rollback judgment
Graphic Designer
production design inside an existing brand system, Figma proficient, articulates design decisions clearly, handles vague client feedback constructively
Sales Development Rep
outbound email and LinkedIn sequencing, research before outreach, a first line that proves they read something, honest qualification judgment
Real Estate VA
MLS and portal listing coordination, transaction paperwork tracking, appointment scheduling, lead follow-up sequences
E-commerce VA
Shopify or equivalent platform, accurate product listing creation, order processing, customer message handling
Bookkeeping Assistant
high-volume transaction entry and categorisation in QuickBooks Online or Xero, receipt and invoice matching, asks rather than guesses on an ambiguous category, works cleanly under a senior bookkeeper's review
Virtual Assistant
inbox and calendar support for a US small-business owner, decides the routine without being chased, clean professional written English, a daily summary the owner can read in a minute
Video Editor
cuts long-form (podcasts, webinars, interviews) into short and mid-length edits, Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, captions and thumbnails, holds a weekly publishing schedule
Copywriter
email sequences and landing-page copy for a subscription business, writes backwards from the action the reader should take, defends word choices with a reason, pushes back on a brief that will underperform
SEO Specialist
starts from Search Console data before any keyword tool, page-level on-page fixes and internal linking, a prioritised plan rather than an audit document, Ahrefs or Semrush
PPC Specialist
runs Google Ads to a target cost per acquisition, a diagnostic order when CPA misses, conversion tracking you would trust with the budget, willing to recommend pausing spend
WordPress Developer
maintains and extends existing WordPress sites, reads the code before changing it, child themes and staging-first updates, PHP and plugin-conflict debugging
Shopify Developer
Liquid and Online Store 2.0 sections, customises a theme without breaking its updates, diagnoses before rebuilding, mobile performance on product pages
Accountant
month-end close and management accounts for a small business, explains why margin moved rather than restating it, accruals and prepayments, a CPA-ready year-end pack
Project Manager
runs delivery for a small software or agency team, surfaces slips early and unprompted, status updates that say what changed and what it costs, board hygiene in Jira, Linear, Asana or ClickUp
Lead Generation Specialist
builds B2B prospect lists to a defined ICP, verifies emails before anything is sent, Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator or Clay, can say why a contact qualifies
Web Designer
designs marketing pages in Figma mobile-first, explains hierarchy decisions, hands off a file a developer can build without guessing, pushes back on a reference-led brief with data
Why the scores are not all 90s
Because the screener is calibrated to spread, and we published what it said. Most real applicants land between 55 and 75; anything above 80 is meant to be the top tenth. A page where every sample candidate scored 95 would tell you nothing about your own applicants, which is the only thing this page is for. The rubric, the weights and the bands are published, and you can run it on your own answer.
72 of 72 candidates scored by claude-sonnet-4-6 on 2026-09-23, using the rubric extracted from the production screener itself.