How to use Followups for candidate screening
Updated 6 months ago
Followups let you send additional questions to candidates after they've completed their initial application. This is useful for digging deeper with top candidates or clarifying specific responses without scheduling a live call.
Followups are available on all plans. Candidates receive a link to answer your additional questions, and their responses appear alongside their original application.
Send a followup to a candidate
Open the candidate's application from your job's response list
Look for the Followup or Send Followup button at the bottom of the application
Add your questions—you can include video, audio, text, or other question types just like when creating a job
Send the followup via email notification or copy the link to share manually
The candidate receives a link to a page with your new questions. They can respond on any device without logging in, just like the original application.
Review followup responses
Once a candidate completes your followup questions, their new responses appear on their application page alongside their original answers. You can rate, share, and collaborate on followup responses the same way you do with initial applications.
Use followups to test specific skills with top candidates or ask for clarification on interesting responses—it's faster than scheduling another interview round.
Question types in followups
Followups support the same media responses as your job posts:
Video responses
Audio responses
Screen share recordings
Text answers
File uploads
You can also include recorded videos in your followup questions to provide context or demonstrate what you're asking for.