Key terms
Plain definitions of the words Tandem uses, such as role, stage, Needs review, plan credits and purchased credits.
Your work
Tandem
Your AI recruiter, in every part of the app. Ask it to set up a role, change a stage, or sum up a pipeline.
Workspace
The company you're hiring for. Each workspace has its own roles, candidates and chats, and belongs to one Tandem user. Switch or create one in Settings → Workspace.
Role
One hire. A role holds the job, its candidates, its hiring flow and your chat with Tandem. A role is Draft, Live, Paused or Closed.
Draft
A role that isn't public yet. You review it, then tell Tandem to make it live.
Candidates and stages
Candidate and applicant
A candidate is anyone in a role's pipeline. An applicant is a candidate who applied.
Pipeline
The candidates in a role and the stage each one is in.
Stage
A step in the pipeline: Sourcing, Apply, Screen, AI Interview, Schedule, Hired or Rejected.
Hiring flow
The stages a role uses and the settings for each, such as questions and auto-advance.
Auto-advance and bar
With auto-advance on, a candidate who scores at or above the stage's bar moves to the next stage on their own. The bar is a score out of 100.
Needs review
Where candidates wait for your decision, each with a reason, such as being below your bar.
Talent match
A score out of 100 for how well a candidate fits the role, with the evidence behind it.
Apply page
The public page for a live role, where candidates read the job and apply through a chat.
Credits
Credits
What paid actions use, such as candidate searches, contact reveals, AI interviews and job ads.
Plan credits and purchased credits
Plan credits come with your plan each month and expire when they reset. Purchased credits are credits you buy, and they never expire.
Reserved credits
Credits set aside for a role's job ads or an open AI interview invite.
Job ads
Ads for a role on job boards, paid with purchased credits.
Related: How credits work · Plan credits vs purchased credits · Reserved credits