# Screening criteria for a backend engineer job

**Use case:** 

Turn a senior backend engineer job description into weighted, explainable screening criteria with mandatory flags, ready to score candidates.

## Input

```json
{
  "jobDescription": "Senior Backend Engineer (Go / Python) - London or remote UK\n\nAbout the role\nYou will design and run the services behind our delivery platform, handling millions of orders a week.\n\nRequirements\n- 5+ years of professional backend development\n- Strong Go or Python in production\n- Experience with PostgreSQL, Kafka and AWS\n- Designing and operating distributed systems at scale\n- Fluent English\n\nNice to have\n- Kubernetes and Terraform\n- Mentoring other engineers"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "id": {
    "label": "ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "label": {
    "label": "Criterion",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "weight": {
    "label": "Weight",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "is_mandatory": {
    "label": "Mandatory",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "rationale": {
    "label": "Rationale",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

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

The Job Description Criteria Extractor Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Screening criteria for a backend engineer job". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/dXm2USLHxZX0pDDlf) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Screening criteria for a backend engineer job" task

The Job Description Criteria Extractor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like job description, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Screening criteria for a backend engineer 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 ID, criterion, weight, 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 "Screening criteria for a backend engineer job" task via API](https://apify.com/hirelayer/job-criteria-extractor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Job Description Criteria Extractor](https://apify.com/hirelayer/job-criteria-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/hirelayer/job-criteria-extractor.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/job-criteria-extractor.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`).