How to create a job application that screens candidates
To create a job application in Truffle, start a position, describe the role, keep Resume and Qualification checks on, choose Apply first, and review the criteria and checks Truffle drafts. Once it is live, candidates apply from your job page with no account to create, and you share it with the Shareable link under Get candidates.
Key takeaways
- Truffle suggests the screen from your description. Resume and Qualification checks arrive switched on, each with a line on why it fits the role.
- With Apply first, each resume is scored against your criteria and ranked, and candidates wait in your list until you invite them. It costs 1 credit per candidate who applies, then 5 more for each person you invite who finishes the interview.
- Read the qualification checks Truffle drafts and add any must-have it missed with Add a question. Both the criteria and the checks need Looks right or an edit before the position can go live.
- Candidates apply with no account to create: they upload a resume (PDF or DOCX, up to 5MB), confirm the details read from it, and answer your checks.
- Share the Shareable link from Get candidates. Activating does not post the role anywhere, so you decide where the link goes.
- Every resume comes back scored against your criteria, with the reasoning shown. You pick who continues.
Build a job application in Truffle, start to finish, in about a minute.
You describe the role, and Truffle suggests the screen: a resume and qualification checks for your must-haves. You choose Apply first, review what Truffle drafted, and activate. Candidates open your job page, upload a resume with no account to create, confirm their details and answer your checks. Every resume comes back scored against your criteria, and you pick who continues.
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Here’s a job application in Truffle, set up in a few minutes. Let’s build one. Start a new position, and describe the role. Truffle suggests your screen from it. Resume and qualification checks arrive switched on, each with the reason it fits this role. Then choose apply first, so you pick who continues. On Configure screening, Truffle drafts your qualification checks. Review them, and add any must-have it missed. Once it’s live, candidates open your job page, and choose apply for this role. They upload a resume, with no account to create. Truffle reads it, and they confirm their details. Then they answer your checks. To share it, open Get candidates, and copy the shareable link. Every resume comes back scored against your criteria, with the reasoning shown. You pick who continues. Start free at hiretruffle.com.
Frequently asked questions
- Do candidates need an account to apply?
- No. Candidates open your job page, choose Apply for this role, upload a resume, confirm their details and answer your qualification questions. There is no account to create.
- What does Apply first mean?
- Candidates send a resume, it is scored against your criteria and ranked, and they wait in your list until you invite them to the next step. You choose who continues. The other option, Apply and finish in one sitting, has candidates complete the next step in the same session.
- What resume files can candidates upload?
- PDF or DOCX, up to 5MB. The resume is read in the candidate's browser, and they confirm the name, email and phone number it found. If nothing can be read, they type their details in.
- How many credits does an application use?
- With Apply first, 1 credit for each candidate who applies, for the resume screening, then 5 more for each person you invite who finishes the video interview. Credits are charged per step a candidate finishes. The 7-day free trial includes 30 credits, with no credit card.
- Which link do I share?
- Share the position's Shareable link, from Get candidates, for one role. To list every open role, share your Careers page link from Settings, Company profile. The Website widget lists your open positions on your own site.
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