Disqualification questions help you quickly identify whether applicants meet the basic requirements for a role. Candidates who do not pass these questions are automatically marked as disqualified, saving your team time in the review process.
What Are Disqualification Questions?
Disqualification questions are knockout questions that filter applicants who don’t meet key criteria. For example:
Are you legally eligible to work in Canada?
Do you have a valid driver’s license?
Do you have at least 3 years of experience in customer service?
If a candidate answers no to a disqualifying question, their application is flagged as disqualified.
How to Add Disqualification Questions
Go to the Recruiting Module
From your Collage HR dashboard, select Recruiting in the left-hand menu.
Select the Job Posting
Open the posting where you want to add disqualification questions.
You can add these questions while creating a new posting or by editing an existing one.
Navigate to the Application Section
Click Add a new field
Select Multiple choice (single answer)
Only Multiple choice (single answer) questions can be set as disqualification questions.
Enter the question text and the possible answers.
Click Add option to add in additional answer options
We recommend clicking the Require candidates to answer this question box to ensure that every candidate answers the question.
Click Add to save your question.
You can create multiple Multiple choice (single answer) questions in the same posting that can then be used to disqualify candidates.
Once you have created all of your application question click Continue to move to the Rules section
Set as Disqualification
On the Rules section click Add a disqualification rule and select the question you would like to use to disqualify candidates from the dropdown menu
In the Add Rule pop up check the answer(s) that will auto-disqualify candidate.
E.g., answering “No” to “Are you legally eligible to work in Canada?”).
Save Your Changes
Click Add to apply the disqualification question to the job posting.
How Candidates Experience Disqualification Questions
Applicants see disqualification questions as part of the online application form.
If they select the disqualifying answer, they can still submit their application, but their profile will be automatically flagged as Disqualified in your pipeline.
This ensures you don’t miss applications but can focus on the most qualified candidates.
Best Practices
Keep disqualification questions short and clear.
Limit them to the most essential requirements (e.g., legal eligibility, certifications, years of experience).
Avoid using too many disqualification questions—this can discourage strong candidates from applying.
That’s it! You now know how to create disqualification questions in Collage HR to streamline your recruiting process.