# What Tandem decides and what you decide

> Tandem scores candidates and suggests next steps. You decide who is hired or rejected, and Tandem never rejects anyone.

Source: https://tandem.joveo.com/support/ai/who-decides

## What Tandem does

- Scores applications, screening answers and AI interviews, and explains each score.
- Moves candidates who score at or above your bar to the next stage, but only on stages where you turned on `Auto-advance`.
- Suggests next steps in the chat, such as drafting outreach.

## What you decide

- **How each stage works.** You choose `Auto-advance` or `Manual review`. With `Manual review`, you decide who moves on.
- **The bar.** You set the minimum score for each stage. Suggested starting bars are 75 for Screen and 70 for AI Interview.
- **Every hire and every rejection.** You make these one candidate at a time, from the candidate's `Stage` dropdown.

To turn on auto-advance, you confirm that you're choosing AI-assisted screening for that stage. You decide how the role screens candidates, and you're responsible for that choice.

## Nobody is rejected automatically

Candidates below your bar aren't turned away. They wait for you in Needs review, with a reason such as `Below your bar` or `Couldn't be scored`. If you ask Tandem to move several candidates at once, it lists them and asks you to confirm first.

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