longlist
HRLv.4 (900)noun
Definition
a broad initial list of candidates from which a shorter final list will later be chosen
Examples
HR placed thirty of the two hundred applicants on the longlist.
The longlist had to be cut down to five before the interviews.
Collocations
draw up a longliston the longlistnarrow the longlist
Paraphrase
initial broad list of candidatespreliminary selection