Candidate Shorts is a new feature in Truffle that automatically creates a 30-second highlight reel from each candidate’s async interview answers so you can spot top talent without watching full video interviews.
How Candidate Shorts works
Candidate Shorts uses Truffle's AI to pick out the most relevant clips from each candidate's answers based on the job the description, usually 10 seconds each, and stitches them together into a 30-minute video.
These shorts play directly on the candidate’s summary page in your Truffle dashboard. No need to click around or scrub through 10-minute recordings.
How to use Candidate Shorts in Truffle
From any active job:
- Open the Candidates tab
- Click on a candidate card
- The 60-second Candidate Short is on the right-hand side
- Press "Screening" if you want to go deeper
Note: Candidate Shorts is available for all candidates who’ve completed a video interview in Truffle after September 23rd, 2025.
Once live, every reel is tied to that candidate’s submission so it’s always visible in the candidate profile.
Here’s how it works
1. Candidates record one-way video interview answers—on their time, not yours
2. Truffle picks out high-signal moments based on your job description and the intake and auto-generates a 630-sec reel
3. You press play and decide in under 2 minutes
That’s it. It’s like watching a trailer instead of the full movie.
Use cases of Candidate Shorts
Here’s what we learned from rolling out Candidate Shorts in beta.
1. Screening high-volume roles
If you're hiring for high-volume roles with 100+ applicants, Candidate Shorts helps you move fast:
- Scan 50–100 candidates in under 20 minutes
- Spot top picks quickly
- Send fewer rejection emails, faster
It’s especially helpful for customer-facing or retail roles where tone and communication matter more than resumes.
2. Hiring as a founder or small team
Founders and general managers can now make hiring calls in between other tasks with no need to schedule screening calls or watch every second of footage.
- Press play on a few shorts during lunch
- Decide who gets a call back
- Keep your hiring flow moving while running the business
3. Solo recruiters or lean HR teams
If you’re the only person handling hiring, Candidate Shorts helps you stay efficient:
- Skip the first-round screen
- Use the reel as a warm intro before the final interview
- Save 4–6 hours a week
It’s like your own personal recruiting assistant and saves you a ton of scheduling hassle.
4. Aligning with hiring managers
Candidate Shorts are also helpful when you need to get quick feedback from a hiring manager:
- Send them a batch of 3–5 reels
- Ask: “Would you meet any of these?”
- Avoid long email threads or slowdowns
This helps cross-functional teams make faster, more collaborative hiring decisions.
Upcoming features
We’re working on a few additions to make Candidate Shorts even more powerful, namely the ability to share Candidate Shorts and candidate profiles externally so you can loop in collaborators.
If you have feedback or ideas, we’d love to hear from you. Drop suggestions through your dashboard or via the support chat.
Try it now
Candidate Shorts is available now for all Truffle users on any plan, no upgrade required.
