Overview

Eightfold enhances candidate screening by surfacing application responses directly in the recruiting pipeline. Recruiters can filter applicants based on specific answers and view responses as custom columns without navigating to individual candidate profiles. Additionally, Workflow Automation (WFA) now supports position-specific questions, allowing for more granular routing logic based on role-specific criteria.

Filter candidates by response

Recruiters can filter the applicant list to show only candidates who provided specific answers to structured application questions (Example, 'Are you eligible to work in the US?').

To apply a response filter:

1. Navigate to the Applicants tab in the pipeline.
2. Select the Filter menu.
3. Locate the application question filter group (configured by your Admin).
4. Select the specific question and the desired response value (Example, 'Yes').

Note: Filters support dropdown, radio button, and multi-select responses. Free-text responses are not supported.

View responses in pipeline columns

Recruiters can add application questions as columns in the pipeline view to compare candidate responses at a glance.

To add response columns:

1. Select Customize columns on the pipeline dashboard.
2. Search for the specific application question in the available list.
3. Select the question to move it to the visible columns list.
4. Reorder the columns as needed and select Apply.

The column header displays the question’s display name.

Automate workflows with position-specific questions

Workflow Automation now supports conditions based on questions unique to specific jobs, rather than just global questions.

To configure position-specific conditions:

1. Navigate to Automation Center, and create or edit a workflow.
2. In the Condition section, select Position specific questions (previously in Global questions) in Application Questions.
3. Select a Position from the dropdown menu.
   Note: This selection is used solely to load the list of available questions associated with that job. It does not limit the scope of the automation rule.
4. Select the specific question and the required response to trigger the action.
5. Define the Scope (Example, All Engineering Roles) separately to determine which positions this rule applies to.
6. Save the workflow.