Guide

Edit a live position

By the end you can change a live position's questions and messages, leave the changes as a draft, find positions with unpublished changes, publish them so candidates see the new version, and throw a draft away.

5 min · 13 steps · Captured from the live product 5 Oct 2026 Changelog Copy as Markdown

Before you start

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An active position.

1Open Edit position

Open the position from Positions and choose Settings at the top right. Edit position sits at the top of the page. The header shows the position is Active.

Settings on an active Sales Development Representative position, with Edit position at the top right and Close this position below it.

2Edit in the same wizard

The wizard opens on Define the role, titled Edit position with the position's name and an Open pill. Every step is ticked, so you can go straight to the one you want to change. Opening the wizard changes nothing.

Edit position: Sales Development Representative, with the Open pill and all four steps ticked: Define the role, Build position, Configure screening, Review and activate.

3Change a question

In Configure screening, open Interview in the rail. Each question has a menu with Add video, Replace question and Remove question. Here the last question is removed.

The last interview question's menu open, with Add video, Replace question and Remove question.

4See the change marked as unpublished

As soon as you change something, a banner reads Unpublished changes, with who edited and when, and says candidates still see the current version until you publish. The rail marks the changed section Unpublished, here Interview with 4 questions. A note says scoring criteria update for changed questions when you review, and candidates already screened keep the scores they got against the previous criteria.

The Unpublished changes banner, edited by Priya Nair just now, the Interview section marked Unpublished with 4 questions, and the note about scoring criteria for changed questions.

5Change the candidate experience

On Review and activate, the candidate experience is editable too. Here a text Welcome message is added. On a live position the footer button reads Publish changes where a new position has Activate position.

The Welcome message box with the text: Thanks for applying to the Sales Development Representative role at Northwind. This screen takes about 15 minutes.

6Leave and keep the draft

You do not have to publish now. Choose the X at the top right. Truffle asks what to do with Unpublished changes: Keep editing, Leave, keep the draft or Discard changes. Keeping the draft saves your edits next to the live version.

The Unpublished changes dialog with Discard changes, Leave, keep the draft, and Keep editing.

7Find positions with a draft waiting

On Positions, a position with a draft carries an Unpublished chip next to its title.

The Positions list with the Unpublished chip on the Sales Development Representative row.

8Check what candidates see meanwhile

While the draft waits, the position's link still shows the live version. Here the welcome page still lists 5 Questions and has no welcome message.

The candidate welcome page for the position, still showing 5 Questions and about 14 minutes total, with no welcome message.

9Come back to the draft

The position's header also shows Unpublished changes. Choose Edit position again and the banner is waiting at the top of every step, with Review and publish and Discard changes.

The wizard reopened on Define the role with the Unpublished changes banner, Edited by Priya Nair, and the Review and publish and Discard changes links.

10Review what you are publishing

Choose Review and publish. Review lists the sections you changed, here Publishing changes to 2 sections: Interview and Welcome message. Publishing runs the same go-live checks as a new position.

Review and activate with the summary Publishing changes to 2 sections, Interview and Welcome message, edited by Priya Nair.

11Publish the changes

Choose Publish changes in the footer. Truffle opens the position's candidates and confirms Changes published: candidates now see the updated position. The Unpublished chips are gone.

The position's candidates page with the confirmation that the changes are published and candidates now see the updated position.

12Check the candidate view

The link now shows the new version: the welcome message at the top and 4 Questions, with the estimated time updated to match.

The candidate welcome page now showing the welcome message, 4 Questions and about 12 minutes total.

13Or throw a draft away

To drop edits you have not published, open Edit position and choose Discard changes in the banner. Truffle confirms Changes discarded, and the position stays as candidates see it.

The wizard with the confirmation that the changes are discarded and the position stays as candidates see it.

Questions

Do candidates see my edits while I am still working?

No. Edits to a live position wait as a draft. The position's link keeps showing the current version until you choose Publish changes.

What can I change on a live position?

Anything in the wizard, including questions, assessments, qualification checks, and the welcome and completion messages. All of it waits in the same draft.

What happens to candidates who already finished?

They keep the scores they got. Scoring criteria update for changed questions when you review, and candidates already screened were scored against the previous criteria.

How do I know a position has changes waiting?

An Unpublished chip shows on its row in Positions, and Unpublished changes shows next to its name in the position header. The wizard banner says who edited it last and when.

Can I undo a draft?

Yes, before you publish. Choose Discard changes in the wizard banner, or in the dialog when you close the wizard. The live version stays as it is.

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