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How to add work scenarios to a job in Truffle
A walkthrough of adding a work scenario assessment in Truffle: Truffle drafts role-specific scenarios from your brief, each arriving with an approach already selected, and you accept it, swap it, or add your own. Candidates are scored on how closely their judgement aligns with the approach you chose — not against an answer key.
Key takeaways
- Truffle drafts the scenario set from the role and its brief — about fifteen seconds — and what comes back is specific to the job rather than a generic pack.
- Every suggested scenario arrives with an approach already selected and tagged "AI suggested", so the counter reads "All set" before you have touched anything. It is a starting position, not a decision.
- Each scenario offers four defensible approaches rather than four competence levels. There is no option marked correct — you record the one you want, and candidates rank the same four.
- You can swap a scenario you disagree with, remove it, or add one from a library organised by category. A position holds between three and ten.
- What you get back is an alignment score: how closely each candidate's judgement matches the approach you chose, scenario by scenario. Low alignment is a conversation, never an automatic rejection.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this a situational judgement test?
- It uses the same format — a workplace situation, four plausible responses, ranked. The difference is where the scoring comes from. A traditional situational judgement test scores candidates against an answer key set by the test publisher. Truffle scores them against the approach you selected, so the assessment reflects how your team actually works.
- How many scenarios does a position get?
- Truffle suggests a set based on the role, and a position holds between three and ten. The suggested set is not fixed — running the same role twice can return a slightly different draft, so treat it as a starting point and adjust it.
- What if I disagree with the approach Truffle picked?
- Change it. Every scenario arrives with an option pre-selected and tagged AI suggested, but it is only a default. Pick a different option, swap the whole scenario for another from the library, or remove it. The pre-selection exists so you are editing something rather than starting from a blank page.
- Is there a right answer candidates could look up?
- No. All four options are reasonable approaches a competent person might take, which is what stops it being a knowledge quiz. Candidates rank the options the way they would actually handle the situation.
- Can work scenarios run without a resume screen or video interview?
- Yes. A work scenario assessment counts as a screening component on its own, so a position can run just this. Most teams pair it with something else, but nothing forces you to.
- What does a low alignment score mean?
- That the candidate would approach the work differently from the way you said you wanted it approached. That is a prompt for a conversation, not a verdict — it sits alongside the resume, the interview and everything else you know. Truffle does not auto-reject on it.
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