# How to read a candidate profile in Truffle > What each tab of a Truffle candidate profile shows: summary and Candidate Shorts, qualification checks, resume match, interview answers and assessments. Source: https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/read-a-candidate-profile Last verified against the product: 2026-10-05 Time required: 6 min Every screenshot and label below was captured from the live product. **Outcome.** By the end you know where every part of a candidate's results sits on their profile, what each score is measured against, and where the reasoning behind it is. ## Before you start - A Truffle account. The 7-day free trial works: 30 credits, no credit card. - A position with at least one candidate who has finished their screening. ## Steps ### 1. Open the profile On a position's candidate list, click a candidate's name. The profile opens as a full page. The header shows the name, the Overall signal (here **Strong**), when they applied, a counter such as **1 of 11** with arrows to the previous and next candidate, and the status control, here **For review**. The tabs underneath carry the signals too: **Resume** and **Assessments** read High, Mid or Low, and **Screening** shows the interview band and match score, such as **High · 82%**. > Note: You can also reach this page from Magic Review with **Full Profile**. The Magic Review guide covers that view. ### 2. Read the Candidate summary **Overview** is the first tab. The **Candidate summary** card says what it is based on, here **AI-powered analysis · Based on: interview**, and opens on a one-sentence read. Click the card to open it. Under **KEY INSIGHTS**, each line names a competency and what the answers showed for it, such as **Adaptability** and **Credibility Building**. Above the summary, each assessment the position uses has its own card, here **Work scenarios** with **High alignment**. ### 3. Watch the Candidate Shorts **Candidate shorts** (**Video analysis & key moments**) are short clips from the interview. Each clip has a timestamp, a competency tag such as **Resilience** or **Customer Orientation**, and its transcript. Open **Why this matters** on a clip to read why it was picked. **Hide transcript** hides the text next to the player. ### 4. Check contact details and qualification checks **Profile** holds **Contact information**: name, email, the date they applied, then the last device, browser and the country they submitted from (**Submitted from**). Under it, **Qualification checks** lists each question with the candidate's answer, what the position requires and the result, such as **Yes · requires Yes** and **Met**. When every check passes, the card says **Requirements met**. ### 5. See how the resume scored **Resume** opens on **Scores at a glance**: the **Resume match** band with how many criteria have evidence (here **4 of 4 criteria with evidence**) and the **Requirements** result. Below it, a second **Candidate summary**, based on the resume, lists **STRENGTHS** and questions **WORTH EXPLORING IN THE INTERVIEW**. When the resume leaves gaps against the criteria, they are listed here too. ### 6. Read the criteria match **Resume signals** are factual counts for context, not scored: average tenure, longest stint, the pattern of roles, and how many listed skills appear in the work history. **Criteria match** shows how the resume scores against the position's resume criteria. **EVIDENCE DISTRIBUTION** counts criteria with Strong, Some or None. Each criterion then shows whether it is required (here **NICE TO HAVE**), its result, the reasoning, and the line from the resume it is based on. ### 7. Check the resume itself Further down, the **Resume** card shows the resume in two views. **Structured** is the parsed version: summary, experience on a timeline, education and skills. **PDF** shows the file the candidate sent, and **Download PDF** saves it. If the parse was not clean, a note such as **Parse quality: medium** asks you to check the PDF before relying on the structured view. ### 8. Go through the interview answers **Screening** starts with the total **RECORDED** time and the **AVG. RESPONSE** length. **Interview at a glance** lists every question with its band, score and answer length. Each answer then has its video, its word count and length, and the **TRANSCRIPT** with timestamps. ### 9. Read how each answer scored Under each answer, **AI SUMMARY** describes the answer against what the question looks for. Each competency the question scores, such as **Adaptability** or **Accountability**, gets its own band, score and reasoning. The reasoning is shortened in each row; choose **Expand all** to read it in full. **Worth flagging** points out anything to follow up, for example an outcome the candidate did not quantify. > Note: When a question carries scoring guidance, its header also has **About this question**, which opens why the question is asked, what it looks for and its evaluation criteria. The questions in this example have none, so the link does not show. ### 10. Check the assessments **Assessments** has one section per assessment the position uses. For **Work scenarios**, the header gives the overall read (**High alignment**, **Aligned on all 4 scenarios**) and a bar of how many scenarios were **Aligned** or **Close**. Each scenario then shows the approach the candidate picked next to the one you set, such as **Both picked** a given approach, or the candidate's pick beside **You prefer**. > Note: The Assessments page explains how each assessment is scored. Scores are measured only against the criteria for this position, and they never decide anything: you do. ## FAQ **What does the Overall signal on the profile mean?** When a position measures two or more things, such as a resume, an interview and assessments, Truffle rolls their signals into one Overall read: Strong, Mixed or Weak. Each underlying score, and the reasoning behind it, stays on its own tab. **What is the interview score measured against?** Each question has a scoring rubric built from your position description and role brief. Every answer is scored against its question's rubric, and the per-question scores roll up into the match score on the Screening tab. **Why are there two Candidate summaries?** One is based on the interview and sits on the Overview tab. The other is based on the resume and sits on the Resume tab. Each card says what it is based on under its title. **Where do I record my decision?** Use the status control at the top right of the profile, which shows the current status, for example For review. You decide what happens to every candidate. The scores do not. **Why is there no Clarity card on this profile?** Clarity read (beta) is off by default and is turned on per position. A candidate's profile shows the Clarity card only on positions that use it, for interviews completed after it was turned on. ## Exact labels in the product These strings are captured from the live product and verified automatically, so they can be quoted directly: `Overview` · `Profile` · `Resume` · `Assessments` · `Screening` · `Strong` · `1 of 11` · `Change status, currently For review` · `High · 82%` · `Candidate summary` · `AI-powered analysis · Based on: interview` · `KEY INSIGHTS` · `Adaptability` · `Credibility Building` · `Work scenarios` · `High alignment` · `Candidate shorts` · `Video analysis & key moments` · `Resilience` · `Customer Orientation` · `Why this matters` · `Hide transcript` · `Contact information` · `Submitted from` · `Qualification checks` · `Yes · requires Yes` · `Met` · `Requirements met` · `Scores at a glance` · `Resume match` · `4 of 4 criteria with evidence` · `Requirements` · `AI-powered analysis · Based on: résumé` · `STRENGTHS` · `WORTH EXPLORING IN THE INTERVIEW` · `Resume signals` · `for context, not scored` · `Criteria match` · `EVIDENCE DISTRIBUTION` · `NICE TO HAVE` · `Structured` · `PDF` · `Download PDF` · `Parse quality: medium` · `RECORDED` · `AVG. RESPONSE` · `Interview at a glance` · `TRANSCRIPT` · `AI SUMMARY` · `Accountability` · `Expand all` · `Worth flagging` · `Aligned on all 4 scenarios` · `Aligned` · `Close` · `Both picked` · `You prefer` ## Related - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/reviewing - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/scoring - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/assessments - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/review-candidates-in-magic-review - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/screen-resumes-with-ai-criteria --- Truffle is an AI screening platform for small teams doing high-volume hiring: resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments, working with job boards like Indeed or an existing ATS. AI surfaces the evidence and you make every decision. Scores never reject a candidate; the only automatic rejection is a qualification rule the employer writes. https://www.hiretruffle.com