Let's represent the gender of each applicant as M (male) or F (female). Since we have three applicants, the sample points (possible outcomes) of this experiment are all the possible combinations of genders for the three applicants. We can list them systematically:
* MMM
* MMF
* MFM
* MFF
* FMM
* FMF
* FFM
* FFF
There are 8 sample points in total.