shortlist

(also short list)

/ˈʃɔːtlɪst/ noun [C] HR

Definition

› a small number of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job, prize, etc. from a larger number and from which one will finally be chosen: draw up/make a shortliston a shortlist Candidates on the shortlist had three interviews each.

(Definition of shortlist noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)