Quickstart: your first role in 10 minutes
Take your first Tandem role from a prompt to reviewed candidates in about ten minutes: describe it, review the draft, go live.
Before you start
You need a Tandem account with access to a workspace, and a role you want to hire for.
Take your first role live
Describe the role
On Home, type the role in Tell us about your hiring needs and press Enter.
Example: "Hiring a senior React developer in San Francisco, remote-friendly, $150–180k."
Answer Tandem's questions
Tandem asks for anything you left out: location, work mode, employment type, salary range or number of openings.
Review the draft
Check the job details, description and stages. In the chat, Tandem lists what it assumed and anything that blocks going live.
Tip
Read the list of what Tandem assumed. Correct anything that's wrong now, before candidates see the role.
Review your candidate policies (first role only)
If this is your workspace's first role, open Settings → Policy and click Mark as reviewed. A role can't go live until someone has done this once.
Make the role live
In the role's chat, tell Tandem make the role live.
Warning
Candidate searches use credits, and Tandem runs a first search when a role goes live. Read How credits work before you continue.
Check the hiring flow
Open the role and click Hiring flow. Stages with auto-advance move candidates who meet your bar. Everyone else waits for you in Needs review.
Review your first candidates
Applicants appear in the role's pipeline. Click a candidate to open their profile and check the Talent match score.
Tip
Ask Tandem about the role. In the role's chat, try Show me the current pipeline status.
What happens next
Tandem searches the open market for matches and reports the results in the chat. It never rejects a candidate: you hire or reject, one at a time.
Going live doesn't start job ads. To reach more people, turn on Outreach flow or advertise the role.
Want more help?
- How Tandem works, from prompt to hire.
- Read the Roles FAQs.
- Stuck? Contact support.