# Rank candidates for a product designer job

**Use case:** 

Rank UX/UI designer applicants against a product designer job description and get the reasons behind each position.

## Input

```json
{
  "jobDescription": "Product Designer (UX/UI) - Hybrid, Milan or remote EU\n\nYou will own the end-to-end design of our B2B SaaS product, from research to shipped UI.\n\nRequirements\n- 4+ years of product design experience on digital products\n- Strong UX research and usability testing skills\n- Advanced Figma, design systems and prototyping\n- Portfolio showing shipped web or mobile products\n- Professional English\n\nNice to have\n- Front-end basics (HTML/CSS)\n- Experience in a startup",
  "resumeUrls": [
    "https://hirelayer.co/benchmark/resume-parser-2026-10/cv5-infographic-en.pdf",
    "https://hirelayer.co/benchmark/resume-parser-2026-10/cv1-two-column-fr.pdf",
    "https://hirelayer.co/benchmark/resume-parser-2026-10/cv2-two-page-en.pdf"
  ],
  "candidates": [],
  "language": "auto"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "candidate_id": {
    "label": "Candidate",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "candidate_name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "verdict": {
    "label": "Verdict",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "ranking_reason": {
    "label": "Why this rank",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "resume_url": {
    "label": "Resume",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The AI Candidate Ranker - Shortlist Resumes for a Job Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Rank candidates for a product designer job". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/sCrD8KyoXtkpZB8Pv) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Rank candidates for a product designer job" task

The AI Candidate Ranker - Shortlist Resumes for a Job Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like job description, resume urls, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Rank candidates for a product designer job" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as rank, candidate, name, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Rank candidates for a product designer job" task via API](https://apify.com/hirelayer/candidate-ranker.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [AI Candidate Ranker - Shortlist Resumes for a Job](https://apify.com/hirelayer/candidate-ranker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/hirelayer/candidate-ranker.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/hirelayer/candidate-ranker.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).