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Walkthroughs for the things you configure. Every step and screenshot is captured from the live product, so what you see here is what you'll see in your account.

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Set up a position

  • Add a personality assessment

    Add a personality assessment in Truffle: switch on Personality, pick the length, set a direction for each of five traits, and read each candidate's results.

    8 min · 12 steps
  • Add environment fit questions

    Add environment fit in Truffle: check the questions drafted for the role, pick what is true of the job, and see where each candidate's preferences differ.

    6 min · 14 steps
  • Add qualification checks

    Add qualification checks in Truffle: review the checks it drafts, choose what a missed answer does, write your own, and read each candidate's results.

    8 min · 10 steps
  • Add work scenarios

    Add work scenarios in Truffle: switch them on, check the scenarios drafted for the role, pick the approach you want, and compare each candidate's ranking.

    8 min · 14 steps
  • Create a job application

    Create a job application in Truffle: collect a resume with Apply first, add qualification checks, preview the hosted job page, and share its link.

    8 min · 14 steps
  • Screen resumes with AI criteria

    Screen resumes in Truffle: choose how candidates apply, review the criteria it drafts from your description, mark must-haves, and read each score's evidence.

    8 min · 11 steps
  • Set up a one-way video interview

    Set up a one-way video interview in Truffle: review the questions it drafts from your description, set response times and retakes, preview it, and activate.

    10 min · 12 steps

Get candidates in

  • Add a careers page to your site

    Share your Truffle careers page link, choose which roles it lists, and add the careers widget to your website with one script tag.

    5 min · 10 steps
  • Customize candidate emails

    Turn a position's reminders on or off, rewrite the invitation and reminders with merge tags, keep company templates, and choose where candidate replies go.

    6 min · 12 steps
  • Import Indeed applications

    Turn on a position's import address in Truffle, set Indeed to email each application to it, and find imported candidates scored in your list.

    6 min · 12 steps
  • Invite candidates by email

    Invite candidates to a Truffle interview by email, one at a time or as a pasted list, with a completion deadline, and see the email and reminders they get.

    5 min · 12 steps
  • Share your Position Link

    Find and copy a live position's link in Truffle, from Get candidates or the Positions list, see the job page it opens, and post it where candidates look.

    4 min · 8 steps
  • Upload resumes you already have to Truffle

    Upload resumes you already have to a Truffle position: PDF or DOCX, up to 50 at a time, scored against your resume criteria, with no email to candidates.

    4 min · 9 steps

Review candidates

  • Export candidates

    Export Truffle candidates as a CSV of the list or a selection, save one candidate as a PDF document, and download several as a zip of PDFs on annual plans.

    4 min · 7 steps
  • Handle an alternative selection request

    Set who receives requests for an alternative to the AI-scored interview, then find a pending request in Truffle and mark it handled with notes.

    5 min · 11 steps
  • Make a decision on a candidate

    Record a decision on a Truffle candidate from the Decide menu, with Magic Review keys, or for many at once, and see what each decision changes.

    5 min · 14 steps
  • Read a candidate profile

    What each tab of a Truffle candidate profile shows: summary and Candidate Shorts, qualification checks, resume match, interview answers and assessments.

    6 min · 10 steps
  • Review candidates in Magic Review

    Open Magic Review from Home or a position's candidate list, move between candidates, read the signal rail, and find the decision keys in Truffle.

    5 min · 10 steps
  • Share a candidate

    Share a candidate with someone outside Truffle through a read-only link: pick the audience, check what it carries, set expiry and a password, and revoke it.

    5 min · 11 steps
  • Use Analytics

    Read Truffle's Analytics: every active position at a glance, then one position's screening funnel and how finished candidates split across decisions.

    4 min · 6 steps

Manage positions

  • Brand the candidate experience for a position

    Give one Truffle position its own logo and color, a welcome video, a completion message with a redirect, and uploaded question videos, then preview it.

    10 min · 11 steps
  • Close, archive or delete a position

    Close a Truffle position and record the hire, reopen it, set an application deadline, archive it out of the list, or delete it for good.

    8 min · 21 steps
  • Duplicate a position

    Copy an active Truffle position from the Positions list, see what the copy keeps, and check it in the wizard before you activate it.

    5 min · 9 steps
  • Edit a live position

    Change a Truffle position that is already live. Your edits wait as a draft, candidates keep the current version, and you publish or discard when ready.

    5 min · 13 steps
  • Turn on Clarity read for a position

    Turn on Clarity read (beta) for a Truffle position, then read the High, Mixed or Low card on how answers come across, with quotes you can play.

    5 min · 8 steps

Work as a team

  • Invite your team and set roles

    Invite teammates to your Truffle account, pick Owner, Admin, Member or Viewer for each, resend an invitation, change a role and remove someone who leaves.

    5 min · 10 steps
  • Use scorecards and structured reviews

    Set up a scorecard for a position, review a candidate with star ratings and a recommendation, and read the team's combined view once your review is in.

    5 min · 11 steps

Connect your tools

  • Connect Ashby

    Connect Truffle to Ashby: create an Ashby API key, paste it into Truffle, paste Truffle's key back into Ashby, and add Truffle to a job's interview plan.

    10 min · 7 steps
  • Connect Pinpoint

    Connect Truffle to Pinpoint: create a Truffle key, paste it into the Truffle plugin, then screen resumes and send interviews from a Pinpoint candidate.

    10 min · 8 steps
  • Connect Zapier

    Connect Truffle to Zapier: create a Zapier key in Truffle, paste it into Zapier, and use Invite Candidate and Interview Completed in your Zaps.

    10 min · 6 steps
  • Create API keys and webhooks

    Create a Truffle API key with Read, Write or Admin access, copy it once, regenerate or delete it, and set up a webhook with its events and a test.

    10 min · 16 steps

Account and billing

  • Change or cancel your plan

    Read your plan, credit usage and invoices on Billing & plan, move to a bigger or smaller plan, and cancel, with what happens to access and open positions.

    5 min · 9 steps
  • Manage your notifications and sign-in security

    Update your Truffle profile, change your password, sign in with an emailed 6-digit code, choose which candidate emails you get, and read What's new.

    5 min · 8 steps
  • Set up your company profile

    Set your company name, website, logo and primary color in Truffle, and see where they show up on your job pages, careers page and candidate emails.

    4 min · 7 steps

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