Review Tab
The Overview Tab helps you accept, reject, or waitlist applications as per your hackathon guideline.
In Online
mode, you can see a list of hackers with their respective status. You can filter out the list by Country or City depending on the nature of your request.
The status of the applicant can be:
Profile Submitted
: They have only applied to your hackathonProject Submitted
: They have applied as well as submitted their project to your hackathon
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Review Tab – Online Mode
Here, you can review individual and team profiles to extend invitations to them to attend your hackathon (accept), decline their application (reject), or waitlist (apply/reject later) them. You can apply various filters to help you in the process.
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Review Tab – Application Review Mode
Filters:
- Country
- State
- City
- Gender (if your hackathon is gender-specific, this could help you review easier)
- Filter by College (If your hackathon is college-specific)
Application Status:
Submitted
: They have applied to your hackathon and are up for reviewAccepted
: The hacker has been acceptedRejected
: The hacker has not been acceptedWaitlisted
: The hacker has been waitlistedRSVP'd
: The hacker has RSVP’d the invite to the hackathonChecked-in
: The hacker has checked in to the hackathon
Reviewing Applications
Upon clicking on an application, you can see all the relevant data required to make an invitation decision and to accept/reject/waitlist them on the basis of it.
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View individual application details
Steps to Accept a Participant
- Click on
Accept
when:
- You want the hacker to participate in the hackathon
- You want to temporarily shortlist the particular hacker
Note
The hacker won't receive any email or notification and you can still change your mind.
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Accepting an application
- In order to confirm the acceptance, click on
Send Acceptance Mail
, visible on top of the individual application.
Irreversible Action
Upon doing so, the hacker will be sent an acceptance email and the process is irreversible.
- On receiving the acceptance email, the hacker will be asked to RSVP to the invitation.
Steps to Reject a Participant
- Click on
Reject
when:
- You are not overall happy with the profile and don't wish to include the hacker in the hackathon
- You want to temporarily remove them from being added to the Shortlisted/Accepted hackers list
Note
The hacker won't receive any email or notification and you can still change your mind.
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Rejecting an application
- In order to confirm the non-acceptance, click on
Send Rejection Mail
, visible on top of the individual application.
Irreversible Action
Upon doing so, the hacker will be sent a non-acceptance email and the process is irreversible.
Why Waitlist a Participant?
Click on Waitlist
when you are not sure about the application (whether to accept or reject).
Note
Marking someone as ‘Waitlisted’ immediately notifies them of their waitlisted status on their Hacker Dashboard.
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Waitlisting an application
Sending Acceptance/Rejection Emails in Bulk
If you wish to send permanent acceptance/rejection emails in bulk after shortlisting the applications, you can do that using the Send acceptance emails
and Send rejection mails
buttons, available at the start of the Review tab.
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Bulk acceptance/rejection action
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