서류 심사

When you apply for a job or school, document screening is the first hurdle you face. It is the process where a human or a computer looks at your resume, cover letter, or application form to see if you are a good fit.

Think of it as a gatekeeper. The goal is to narrow down a large pool of applicants to a smaller, more qualified group. If you pass this stage, you get to move on to the interview!

The term comes from the combination of seoryu (documents) and simsa (screening/evaluation). Historically, this was done by hand, with clerks physically reading stacks of paper.

In the modern era, this has evolved into ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems). Now, software often performs the initial screening by scanning for keywords before a human ever touches your file.

You will mostly hear this in professional or academic contexts. Common collocations include pass the document screening or fail the screening.

It is a formal term, so you wouldn't use it when talking about checking a friend's movie ticket. It is strictly for applications and official evaluations.

1. Make the cut: To successfully pass the screening process.

2. Get a foot in the door: To get past the initial screening and start the hiring process.

3. Paper trail: The collection of documents used during the screening.

4. Shortlist: The final list of people who passed the screening.

5. Red flag: Something in your documents that causes you to fail the screening.

In English, we often use it as a compound noun. It is usually uncountable when referring to the process as a whole.

Pronunciation follows a standard stress pattern: DOC-u-ment SCREEN-ing. It rhymes with 'screening' and 'leaning'.