Seasonal hiring software
Seasonal hiring that reuses your winning screen every year
Truffle is candidate screening software that combines resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments. Clone last season's interview, criteria, and rubric in one click. Same bar, fresh pipeline, every season.
7 days · 30 credits · no card required
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Why this matters
Your Q4 playbook lives in someone's email. Every year.
Most seasonal tools rebuild a candidate pool. They don't preserve the screening process. The playbook is the product.
Your Q4 playbook lives in someone's email
Last year's screening questions, rubric, and intake notes are in a thread you can't find. Every November the team starts from scratch, rebuilds the workflow, and hopes it's close to what worked last time.
Talent pools don't preserve the screening process
Most seasonal tools focus on warming up old candidates. That's useful, but it doesn't help if you've lost the screening process you ran on them last time. The playbook is the product, not the pool.
Generic chatbots aren't built for repeat hiring
A conversational AI can answer FAQs but can't carry your rubric from last season into this one. You need a screening process you can clone in one click and run again with the same standards.
From last season's setup to this season's shortlist in an afternoon
Clone last year's position. Share one Position Link across every seasonal channel. AI scores every applicant against the same rubric you used last time.
Clone last year's screening process in 60 seconds
Open the position you ran last season and click Duplicate Interview. Truffle copies the title, description, screening questions, qualification gates, AI personalization, and branding. Candidates and the share URL don't carry over so you start with a fresh pipeline.
Share one link across every channel
Position Link works on job boards, careers pages, QR codes for in-store posters, social, and SMS. CSV Bulk Invite uploads ATS exports and recruiter lists. Qualification questions filter must-haves before anyone records a video.
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REC 0:42 Candidates record on their phone
Mobile-first recording on phone, tablet, or laptop. No app, no signup, no login required. Most candidates finish in 10 to 15 minutes. Reminders at 24 and 72 hours lift completion when application volume spikes.
AI scores against the same rubric you used last year
Because you cloned the position, AI Match scores against the same criteria you used last season. The bar stays consistent year over year. AI Summaries and Candidate Shorts compress review time when applications are pouring in.
Your peak-season playbook is a product, not a scramble
Most seasonal tools rebuild a candidate pool and lose the process. Here's what changes when the screen itself is the thing you reuse.
Tools sell pools, not process
Most seasonal tools sell warmed-up candidate lists. Truffle preserves the screening process. Duplicate Interview clones questions, rubric, qualifications, and branding in one click so the bar stays the same year over year.
Rebuilt from scratch each season
Resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments stack under one Position Link. Configure them once for your seasonal role. Re-run the same workflow every year without rebuilding.
12-week enterprise rollout
Seasonal hiring doesn't have time for an enterprise rollout. Truffle is self-serve from $49/month, credit-based. Setup in 15 minutes from a JD. Under 2 minutes if you're cloning. No implementation project.
Can't defend last season's calls
Auditable by design. When a hiring manager asks why someone advanced last season vs. this one, the answer is on the record. Same rubric, same scoring, same evidence per candidate. Year over year.
No off-season pause
Close a position when the season ends. All candidate data stays accessible for the next round of audits or pipeline questions. Reopen or duplicate when the next season starts.
Credits expire before your peak
Plans from $49/month, credit-based, with unlimited positions and team members. Credits roll over on Core and up, so the pool you build in the slow months is there when the season hits. Bring on seasonal hiring managers and field interviewers without changing your bill. Custom plan for peak-season volume above that.
Everything included for seasonal hiring
Built around screen reuse so the work you did last season is still working for you this season.
Clone and reuse
- Duplicate Interview: clone last season's position in one click, with title, description, questions, qualifications, AI personalization, and branding
- AI Match: per-candidate match score with reasoning, same rubric season over season
Reach every candidate
- Position Link: one link across job boards, careers pages, in-store QR codes, and SMS
- CSV Bulk Invite: send hundreds of branded invitations from an ATS export or returning-applicant list
- Qualification Questions filter work authorization, age, certifications, or availability before anyone records
- Candidate Reminders at 24 and 72 hours lift completion without recruiter follow-up
Review in one sitting
- AI Summaries: short overviews so seasonal reviewers can orient before they watch
- Candidate Shorts: three 30-second highlights per interview, tagged by competency
- Magic Review: side-by-side rapid review with keyboard shortcuts
- Candidate Filtering by Match score, status, or date applied
Team and integrity
- Collaborative Evaluation: seasonal reviewers with no per-seat fees, ratings, notes, and consensus view
- AI Check flags responses with patterns of AI assistance as context, not auto-reject
Seasonal hiring questions, answered
What counts as seasonal recruiting?
Concentrated four-to-six-week hiring windows that repeat on a cadence: retail Q4, hospitality summer surges, campus and tutoring back-to-school, tax and accounting, warehouse logistics around peak shipping, and events or conferences. If you're rebuilding the same screening workflow from scratch every year, you're in seasonal territory.
How do I clone last year's screening process?
Open last season's position in your dashboard and click Duplicate Interview. Truffle copies the title, description, screening questions, qualification questions, AI personalization, and branding into a new draft. Candidates don't carry over and the share URL is new. Edit any dated details and publish. Most teams are ready to go in under 2 minutes.
How fast can I set up for Q4 (or peak season)?
If you're starting from scratch, usually under 15 minutes from a job description. If you're cloning last season's position with Duplicate Interview, under 2 minutes. No implementation project, no vendor onboarding, no IT ticket.
Will candidates actually finish a one-way interview during peak season?
A well-configured Truffle interview sits at roughly 10 minutes for the candidate. Teams running Truffle through peak season see typical completion rates in the 60-80% range when Candidate Reminders are on at 24 and 72 hours. Completion is also a signal. Candidates who finish are self-selecting for intent.
How do you handle compliance for minors, work authorization, or seasonal certifications?
Qualification Questions collect the data you need before anyone records: work authorization, age requirements, certifications, availability windows. Truffle flags candidates who don't meet your criteria but doesn't make legal determinations. Your team verifies and decides.
How is Truffle different from a seasonal ATS?
An ATS stores applications and moves them through stages. Truffle screens them. AI Match, AI Summaries, and Candidate Shorts give your team evidence to act on. Truffle pairs natively with Ashby, Breezy HR, and Indeed, or with any other ATS via Zapier and REST API. Most teams keep their ATS and add Truffle as the screening layer.
Can I bring on seasonal reviewers without paying per seat?
Yes. Every plan includes unlimited team members. Bring on seasonal hiring managers, store managers, or hourly leads without changing your bill. Each reviewer can rate candidates, leave notes, and contribute to a team consensus view.
What does Truffle cost?
Plans start at $49/month (Starter), credit-based. One shared monthly pool of credits across resume screening (1 credit), assessed candidates (2 credits), and one-way interviews (5 credits). Credits roll over on Core and up, so the pool you build in the slow months is there for your peak. Unlimited positions, unlimited team members, every feature on every plan. A Custom plan is available for peak-season volume above that. 7-day free trial, 30 credits, no card.
From last season's setup to this season's shortlist in an afternoon
Clone last year's interview, criteria, and rubric in one click. Same bar, fresh pipeline, every season.
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