Needs review
Needs review in Tandem is where candidates wait for your decision, each with a badge that says why.
Tandem never rejects anyone, so a candidate who doesn't move on by themselves waits here.
Find candidates waiting
To see everyone waiting across your roles, open Applicants and click the Needs Review card.
What each reason means
| Reason | What it means |
|---|---|
Below your bar | Scored under the stage's auto-advance bar |
Cleared your bar | Matched the role; waiting for you |
Your call | Finished a stage you set to manual review |
Interviews done | Finished every interview; ready to hire or reject |
Didn't finish, Invite expired, Opted out | Didn't complete a stage |
Couldn't be scored | Tandem had too little information to score them |
Waiting for credits, Role paused | On hold; no decision needed yet |
Waiting for credits means your balance ran out; buy credits to carry on. For Role paused, click Resume role in the role's ⋯ menu.
Move a candidate on
Open the candidate's Stage dropdown and choose any later stage, Hired or Rejected. You can skip stages, and the candidate doesn't have to finish the current one.
You hire or reject one candidate at a time. If you ask Tandem to move several candidates, it lists them and asks you to confirm first.
Before you decide, read the candidate's report.
Related: Review transcripts and reports
Review transcripts and reports
Read a candidate's Tandem report: scores, reasoning for each answer, and the AI interview's recording and transcript.
Scheduling and your calendar
In Tandem, the Schedule stage sends candidates a booking link; they pick a slot in your availability and the interview goes on your calendar.