Data validation is the single highest-leverage layer in HR automation. These 9 Make.com™ techniques — from upstream filters and format normalizers to duplicate guards and error-route quarantine — stop bad candidate data before it propagates into your ATS, HRIS, or offer workflow. Fix validation first; everything downstream gets faster and more accurate.

Webhook errors in recruiting automation are not random — they follow predictable failure patterns that structured error architecture eliminates. The 9 fixes below address malformed payloads, rate-limit collisions, auth failures, and silent data loss at the workflow design level, before a single candidate record goes missing.