# How to share a candidate in Truffle > Share a candidate with someone outside Truffle through a read-only link: pick the audience, check what it carries, set expiry and a password, and revoke it. Source: https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/share-a-candidate Last verified against the product: 2026-10-05 Time required: 5 min Every screenshot and label below was captured from the live product. **Outcome.** By the end you can create a read-only link to a candidate for the hiring team or someone outside your company, you know what each link carries and leaves out, and you can protect, track and revoke each link. ## Before you start - A Truffle account. The 7-day free trial works: 30 credits, no credit card. - A candidate who has finished their screening. ## Steps ### 1. Open Share & export Open the candidate's profile and choose the share icon (**Share candidate**) at the top right, next to the status control. The same panel opens from **Share** in the Magic Review action bar, and from the candidate list: tick one candidate and choose **More**, then **Share & export…**. ### 2. Choose who it is for The panel is called **Share & export**. Under **WHO IS THIS FOR?** pick an audience. **Hiring team** is the briefing for your interview panel. A grey box spells out the link before you create it: **Includes:** qualifications, scores, AI summary, prep notes, all interview responses, career profile and assessments. **Leaves out:** CV file and contact info. **NEVER INCLUDED** lists what no link ever carries, such as internal notes and ratings, hiring status, emails, and your scoring criteria and answer keys. ### 3. Share outside your company **External share** is for someone outside the company, such as a client or a hiring manager at a partner. It leaves out scores and prep notes, so the person sees the candidate's own story without your rubric. Its link expires after 30 days by default. ### 4. Share only what the candidate said **Interview record** carries what the candidate said and completed, and nothing Truffle generated about it: qualifications, all interview responses and the career profile. Scores, the AI summary, prep notes and assessments stay out. ### 5. Adjust what the link carries Choose **Adjust what's included** to see the eight switches: **AI scoring**, **AI summary**, **Interview prep**, **Interview responses**, **Career profile**, **Original CV file**, **Assessments** and **Contact info**. Contact info and the original CV file are off on every audience until you turn them on. **Interview prep** is marked **Internal only** and cannot be turned on for External share or Interview record. Change any switch and the audience reads **Custom**. The summary above updates as you go. ### 6. Set expiry and a password, then create the link Under the switches, **Expires in** offers **7 days**, **30 days**, **75 days** and **180 days**. Add a **Password** if you want one; it is optional. Choose **Create link**. Truffle confirms **Share link created** and the link appears under **LINKS FOR THIS CANDIDATE** with its audience and dates, here **Created Oct 5 · Expires Nov 4**. Choose **Copy** to copy it; **Revoke** closes it. > Note: Truffle does not email the link. Paste it into your own email or chat. 180 days and more than one live link per candidate are part of annual plans. ### 7. See what the other person sees The link opens a read-only page. No Truffle account is needed. It names who shared it and when, shows only what the link carries, and says when the link expires and that your company can revoke it at any time. This External share link carries no scores, so the candidate's assessment shows as a profile, **not scored here**. ### 8. Keep more than one link Create another link for a different audience. Each one is listed on its own with its audience, dates and **Password protected** when it has a password. Here the hiring team has a password-protected link that lasts 75 days, while the external one lasts 30. ### 9. What a password asks for Anyone opening a password-protected link sees **This link is password protected** and must enter the password before the candidate shows. ### 10. Revoke a link Choose **Revoke** on the link. Truffle asks **Revoke this link?** and explains that it stops working straight away while the candidate's other links keep working. Confirm with **Revoke link**. Truffle confirms **Share link revoked**. ### 11. Check the link is closed Anyone who opens a revoked link, or a link past its expiry, sees **Link expired** instead of the candidate. ## FAQ **Does Truffle email the link for me?** No. Choose Copy next to the link and send it yourself, by email or chat. The panel has no recipient field. **What does a shared link never show?** Internal notes and ratings, the candidate's hiring status, emails and communications, your scoring criteria, rubric and answer keys, assessment percentages and AI Check flags. No audience or switch adds them. **Can I share interview prep notes with a client?** No. Interview prep is marked Internal only. It can go on a Hiring team link but cannot be turned on for External share or Interview record. **How long does a link last?** You choose 7, 30, 75 or 180 days when you create it. External share defaults to 30 days, Hiring team and Interview record to 75. Revoke a link to close it earlier. **Can a candidate have more than one link?** Yes. Each link keeps its own audience, expiry and password, and you can copy or revoke each one on its own. More than one live link per candidate is part of annual plans. **Does the person need a Truffle account?** No. The link opens a read-only page in any browser. If you set a password, they need that too. ## Exact labels in the product These strings are captured from the live product and verified automatically, so they can be quoted directly: `Share candidate` · `Share & export` · `Share & export…` · `WHO IS THIS FOR?` · `Hiring team` · `External share` · `Interview record` · `Custom` · `Includes:` · `Leaves out: CV file, contact info.` · `Leaves out: scores, prep notes, CV file, contact info.` · `Includes: qualifications, all interview responses, career profile.` · `NEVER INCLUDED` · `Adjust what's included` · `AI scoring` · `AI summary` · `Interview prep` · `INTERNAL ONLY` · `Interview responses` · `Career profile` · `Original CV file` · `Assessments` · `Contact info` · `Expires in` · `7 days` · `30 days` · `75 days` · `180 days` · `Password` · `Create link` · `LINKS FOR THIS CANDIDATE` · `Created Oct 5 · Expires Nov 4` · `Copy` · `Share link created` · `Share link revoked` · `Revoke` · `Password protected` · `not scored here` · `Revocable by Northwind Talent Partners at any time.` · `This link is password protected` · `Revoke this link?` · `Revoke link` · `Link expired` ## Related - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/reviewing - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/teams - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/export-candidates - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/read-a-candidate-profile --- 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