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Topic Coverage & Candidate Summaries

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Written by Will Decker
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Together, your Topic Coverage and Candidate Summaries are powerful tools that allow you to evaluate candidates holistically, ensuring you’re not missing any critical information.

  • Track which skills were covered with Topic Coverage.

  • Summarize critical candidate responses across all interviews with Candidate Summaries for a transparent, unbiased decision-making process.

Topic Coverage and Candidate Summaries are only available to site admins and recruiters — not all interviewers.

How to Access:

  1. Select "Candidates" from the Interview dropdown in the side panel.

  2. Search for your candidate.

  3. Toggle to "Interviews" beneath the candidate’s name and job title.

  4. Topic Coverage appears to the right of your recordings, showing topic coverage levels (high, medium, low, or no coverage).

  5. Expand "Candidate Summary" to focus on specific topics and see unbiased summaries from all interviews, with easy access to direct evidence.

Topic Coverage Highlights

  • Identify Gaps: Quickly see which skills and topics were thoroughly covered, briefly mentioned, or missed entirely, ensuring that interviewers fully evaluate the candidate’s skills and are held accountable.

  • Tailor for Relevance: Start with key topics from the job description, then adjust the list to fit your specific needs. This keeps the focus on what matters most for each role.

  • Dive deeper: Expand topics to see subtopics and identify areas needing further context or improvement in interviewer performance.

Candidate Summaries Highlights

  • Objective Insights: Automatic summaries of a candidate’s key responses offer a comprehensive view of their relevant skills and experience, helping reduce bias in the hiring process.

  • References to Interviews: Check out the source of the summary and share recordings, transcripts, or summaries with collaborators.

  • Quick Resolutions: Resolve conflicting information by reviewing a concise synopsis of key responses, giving you confidence in making informed decisions.

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Topic Coverage Template Customization

You can personalize and save your own Topic Coverage templates to better support your hiring goals. Start with the key topics from the job description, then tailor the list to reflect what matters most for each role. This helps ensure every interview stays focused, consistent, and relevant.

How to customize your template:

  1. Open the Topic Coverage Summary.

  2. Click the pencil icon next to the template dropdown.

  3. Customize the template to reflect what success looks like for this role. You can:

    • Rename topics to better match the skills and competencies you want to evaluate

    • Reorder topics using drag-and-drop so the most important areas come first

    • Add subtopics to capture specific behaviors or experiences you want interviewers to probe on

    • Remove topics or subtopics that aren’t relevant by clicking the trash icon

    This flexibility helps you align the interview conversation with your hiring priorities and ensures candidates are evaluated on what truly matters for the role.

  4. Save your changes.


If you have questions, please reach out to support at [email protected]

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