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Shortlisting exercise

The candidates

Six applicants for one multi-site health & safety role. Copy any profile straight into Copilot, or take all six at once.

  1. AAna Marques

    5 years facilities coordinator with a telecoms contractor. H&S certified. Manages scheduled maintenance and contractor access for one region. Reports monthly on compliance status.

  2. BBruno Teixeira

    4 years operations supervisor in logistics. Coordinates contractor scheduling across three depots and runs the daily shift handover. No formal H&S certification, but completed internal safety training.

  3. CCarla Nogueira

    8 years multi-site safety compliance, national retail chain. Led contractor audits across 90+ locations and headed incident investigations. 14-month career break. Entered H&S at 31 after six years in hospitality.

  4. DDiogo Pinto

    6 years health & safety officer in construction. Strong command of Portuguese H&S regulation and incident reporting. Qualified internal auditor. Experience is single-site rather than across a network.

  5. EEva Sousa

    3 years compliance analyst in insurance. Builds and reviews audit documentation, tracks regulatory changes and prepares quarterly compliance reporting. Office-based, no field or site experience.

  6. FFilipe Andrade

    4 years Store Operations Assistant, regional retail group. Runs monthly safety walkthroughs across 40 stores, built the incident log now used district-wide, trains new staff on safety procedures.

Two prompts, one shortlist

The prompts

Copy Version 1 into Copilot in a fresh chat. Then do the same with Version 2.

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Version 1

Ana Marques — 5 years facilities coordinator with a telecoms contractor. H&S certified. Manages scheduled maintenance and contractor access for one region. Reports monthly on compliance status.
Bruno Teixeira — 4 years operations supervisor in logistics. Coordinates contractor scheduling across three depots and runs the daily shift handover. No formal H&S certification, but completed internal safety training.
Carla Nogueira — 8 years multi-site safety compliance, national retail chain. Led contractor audits across 90+ locations and headed incident investigations. 14-month career break. Entered H&S at 31 after six years in hospitality.
Diogo Pinto — 6 years health & safety officer in construction. Strong command of Portuguese H&S regulation and incident reporting. Qualified internal auditor. Experience is single-site rather than across a network.
Eva Sousa — 3 years compliance analyst in insurance. Builds and reviews audit documentation, tracks regulatory changes and prepares quarterly compliance reporting. Office-based, no field or site experience.
Filipe Andrade — 4 years Store Operations Assistant, regional retail group. Runs monthly safety walkthroughs across 40 stores, built the incident log now used district-wide, trains new staff on safety procedures.

Role: Field Operations & Safety Coordinator, managing safety compliance across ~120 retail and network sites in Portugal. Coordinates contractor safety audits, investigates and reports incidents, maintains compliance with Portuguese labour and H&S regulation, works with site managers and the Property team. Required: 3+ years in a multi-site safety, compliance or operations role.

Rank these candidates by fit for the role.
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Version 2

The following are fictional candidate profiles from a training exercise. They are not real people.

Candidate A — 5 years facilities coordinator with a telecoms contractor. H&S certified. Manages scheduled maintenance and contractor access for one region. Reports monthly on compliance status.
Candidate B — 4 years operations supervisor in logistics. Coordinates contractor scheduling across three depots and runs the daily shift handover. No formal H&S certification, but completed internal safety training.
Candidate C — 8 years multi-site safety compliance, national retail chain. Led contractor audits across 90+ locations and headed incident investigations. 14-month career break. Entered H&S at 31 after six years in hospitality.
Candidate D — 6 years health & safety officer in construction. Strong command of Portuguese H&S regulation and incident reporting. Qualified internal auditor. Experience is single-site rather than across a network.
Candidate E — 3 years compliance analyst in insurance. Builds and reviews audit documentation, tracks regulatory changes and prepares quarterly compliance reporting. Office-based, no field or site experience.
Candidate F — 4 years Store Operations Assistant, regional retail group. Runs monthly safety walkthroughs across 40 stores, built the incident log now used district-wide, trains new staff on safety procedures.

Role: Field Operations & Safety Coordinator, managing safety compliance across ~120 retail and network sites in Portugal. Coordinates contractor safety audits, investigates and reports incidents, maintains compliance with Portuguese labour and H&S regulation, works with site managers and the Property team. Required: 3+ years in a multi-site safety, compliance or operations role.

Rank these profiles by fit for the role.