# How Tandem uses AI

> Where Tandem uses AI in hiring, what it scores, and why it informs your decisions but never makes them.

Source: https://tandem.joveo.com/support/ai/how-tandem-uses-ai

## Where Tandem uses AI

- **Setting up a role.** Tandem turns your prompt into a job draft and a hiring flow, and tells you what it assumed.
- **Finding candidates.** Tandem searches the open market and shows a `Talent match` score for how well each person fits the role.
- **Writing outreach.** Tandem drafts the emails candidates receive. You can read them before they go out.
- **Applying.** Candidates apply by chatting with your assistant, which tells them it's AI before they start.
- **Screening and AI interviews.** Tandem scores each answer out of 5, explains its reasoning, and gives each stage a score out of 100.

## How scores are used

You set how much each question counts (`High`, `Medium` or `Low`). Where you turn on `Auto-advance`, candidates who score at or above your bar move to the next stage. Everyone else waits for you in Needs review.

Answers are scored on what the candidate says. Reports also show the recording, the transcript and session details, so you can check the score against the source.

Related: [Scoring and auto-advance](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/roles/scoring-criteria.md)

## What Tandem does not do

- Tandem does not reject candidates. Only you move a candidate to `Rejected`.
- Tandem does not make the hiring decision. You hire or reject, one candidate at a time.
- Tandem does not start job ads. It can recommend a pack; you start ads yourself.
- Tandem does not move candidates or close a role without asking. It lists who or what is affected and waits for you to confirm.

Tandem can make mistakes. Read its drafts and scores before you act on them.

## Where to go next

- [What Tandem decides and what you decide](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/ai/who-decides.md): See exactly where the line sits.
- [What candidates are told](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/ai/candidate-notices.md): The notices about AI that candidates see when they apply.
- [Using Tandem responsibly](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/ai/responsible-use.md): Habits that keep your hiring fair.