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You Were Rejected in Four Minutes. Ask What the Screening Actually Used

Automated screening can rank, filter, and reject before a person reads anything. The employer may not have to explain, but asking in the right way produces a record — and sometimes a reason.

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The free tool below runs entirely in this browser — no account, nothing stored or transmitted. Redact anything you would not want kept before you type it.

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Why speed itself is the signal

A rejection that arrives minutes after submission is consistent with automated ranking. That does not prove anything unlawful, but it does tell you what to ask and what to keep.

Many jurisdictions have reporting rules for automated employment decision tools, and the request you send is usable in a later complaint or interview.

The protocol

  1. Save the posting, application, timestamps, and any assessment or questionnaire you were sent.
  2. Write to the employer asking which automated tools were used and what information they considered.
  3. Where a local automated-hiring rule applies, cite the right to ask for an audit summary or an accommodation.
  4. Note who replied, when, and whether a human reviewed the application at all.
  5. Keep the packet with your application records for at least a year.

What the tool does

Build an automated-screening request record It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.

Limit first: This is a planning aid, not legal, career or financial advice. It cannot guarantee an outcome, and it does not evaluate whether a specific employer acted lawfully.

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Cost and free path

Cost: Free: one complete run in this browser, no account. Optional $4 one-time unlock allows unlimited runs of this tool on this browser. The free path and safety guidance never require payment.

Free path, in order (no cost):

  1. EEOC — how to file a charge of discrimination (deadlines are short)
  2. Your state or city civil-rights or human-rights agency
  3. LawHelp.org for free legal aid if the deadline is near

What this cannot do: It cannot guarantee an outcome, and it does not evaluate whether a specific employer acted lawfully.

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One human next step

If you believe the process was discriminatory, contact your state or local civil-rights agency or the EEOC within the filing window; the deadline is short, so ask quickly rather than waiting for a perfect narrative.

Research log and safety checks

AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. This builder organises the reader's own documents and names an independent source; it does not infer authenticity, eligibility, or legal rights. §6.9/§6.10/§6.11 disclosed in the batch report; §6.12 status line carried in metadata as `status_line`.

§0.5 protection result: category is job-skill-disruption; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.

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