Why would a company use an applicant tracking system (ATS)?

• A. It reduces administrative burdens.
• B. It increases manual processing.
• C. It hides candidate data.
• D. It eliminates the need for interviews.

Answer: (A)

An applicant tracking system is used to streamline recruiting by centralizing candidate information and automating routine tasks, which reduces the amount of manual work recruiters have to do. By collecting applications, parsing resumes, ranking candidates, posting jobs, sending updates, and scheduling interviews, the system lowers administrative burdens and keeps the process organized and efficient.

The other options don’t fit because increasing manual processing would be the opposite of what an ATS achieves, hiding candidate data is not a goal and would run counter to proper data management, and while an ATS helps coordinate interviews, it does not eliminate the need for them.