Screen 100 restaurant candidates in the time it takes to phone screen 1
Restaurant turnover never stops—your screening shouldn't pull managers off the floor. Truffle streamlines first-round interviews with async video, AI ranking, and instant candidate highlights so you can fill servers, cooks, and hosts before they take another offer.
Resumes can't show you energy, warmth, or communication style. Video interviews reveal how candidates present themselves—the qualities that actually matter for guest experience—in 30 seconds instead of a 15-minute phone screen.
Candidates complete on their time, not yours
Your candidates are working doubles, interviewing at three other restaurants, and impossible to reach during service. Async interviews let them complete at 11pm after their shift ends—not when you can coordinate schedules.
Different roles, different questions, same dashboard
Front of house needs guest-ready communication. Back of house needs reliability and teamwork. Set up separate interviews with role-specific questions and review all candidates from one place.
From job post to ranked shortlist in hours
Truffle turn hours of screening into minutes of review
Post the role, let candidates interview on their own time, and review AI-generated highlights instead of conducting back-to-back phone screens. Truffle handles the repetitive screening so your managers can focus on running service—not chasing applicants between rushes.
Create the interview, add your requirements, start receiving candidates
Paste your job description, select 5-6 screening questions from our library (or write your own), and configure thinking time, response limits, and retakes. Takes about 5 minutes.
Candidates record on their schedule (you can nudge them)
Restaurant candidates are working doubles, interviewing at three places, and hard to reach during service. Async interviews let them complete when they have 10 minutes—after their shift, before their next interview, whenever works. Truffle sends automatic reminders and tracks completion so you know who's engaged.
Screen front of house and back of house with role-specific questions
Guest-facing roles need different evaluation than kitchen positions. Create separate interviews—servers and hosts answer questions about handling difficult guests and describing great service, line cooks and dishwashers answer questions about teamwork and working under pressure. Same platform, different criteria, one dashboard to review everyone.
Candidate experience
Async interviews candidates actually complete
Restaurant candidates ghost phone screens—but they finish Truffle interviews. 85% completion rates because we built for how hourly workers actually apply: on mobile, between shifts, without scheduling hassle. No app downloads, no account creation, no friction.
85% completion by candidates when invited to complete a one way interview.
Any device. Anywhere. Work on all major browsers and devices, no long required.
Under 10 minutes short enough to complete on a lunch break or between shifts.
24-hour turnaround. Most retail candidates complete within a day of receiving the invite.
Chick-fil-A Case Study
Chick-fil-A hired 7x faster with Truffle's phone interview software
"We were spending 15 hours a week on phone screens for a single role. Now Truffle's AI video interviews handle first-round screening while we focus on sourcing and closing. We went from 10 days to hire down to 4."
80%
Less screening time
7X
faster hiring
10 minutes
Setup time per role
85%
completion rates
Common questions about Truffle's restaurant hiring software
Will restaurant candidates actually complete a video interview?
Yes—85% of candidates complete Truffle interviews, which is higher than phone screen show rates for most restaurant roles. The key is removing friction: no app download, no account creation, mobile-optimized, and candidates complete on their own schedule. They can record at 11pm after close instead of trying to take a call during service.
Can I use different questions for front of house vs back of house?
Absolutely. Create separate interviews for each role type with questions tailored to what matters. Servers and hosts might answer questions about handling a difficult guest or describing great service. Line cooks and dishwashers might focus on teamwork, working under pressure, and reliability. Both live in one dashboard so you can review all candidates in one place.
How fast can we actually fill positions with this?
Most restaurant teams cut time-to-hire by 50% or more. Candidates complete interviews within 24 hours (no scheduling required). AI ranks them instantly so you know who to review first. Candidate Shorts let you evaluate in 30 seconds instead of 15-minute phone screens. You can go from application to hiring decision the same day.
Will this integrate with Indeed or our ATS?
Truffle connects via Zapier to most ATS platforms and works alongside Indeed. Most restaurants use the shareable link approach—paste it into your Indeed auto-response, add it to your careers page, or set up a template message to send applicants. When candidates complete, you can push data back to your system automatically.
How do I evaluate guest service skills through video?
Better than a phone screen, honestly. You see energy, warmth, communication style, and how candidates present themselves—the qualities that actually determine guest experience. Truffle's AI evaluates responses for customer orientation and communication skills, then surfaces candidates who demonstrate the hospitality instincts you're looking for.
My GM is on the floor during service—they can't sit in an office and do phone screens.
That's exactly why we built Truffle this way. GMs can review Candidate Shorts—30-second highlight videos—from their phone during downtime. No scheduling phone screens between rushes, no getting pulled into 15-minute calls during prep. They watch, they decide, they move on. Most managers review candidates during slow periods they couldn't use for phone calls anyway.
We're a single location—is this affordable for us?
Yes. Truffle starts at $99/month, not enterprise pricing built for chains with dedicated HR teams. Most single-location restaurants only need 1-2 active interviews at a time (front of house and back of house). You get the same AI ranking and candidate insights that large restaurant groups pay thousands for.
What about manager positions? Can I use this for those too?
Yes, though manager hiring is usually lower volume and might need different questions. You can easily swap a manager interview into one of your job slots when you have an opening—just create new questions focused on leadership, team management, and operational experience.
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