Notes

Use notes to record what you learn about a candidate, for example on a call. Staffer reads them as evidence the next time it scores the candidate.

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Add a note

On the candidate’s Notes tab, type into the box, What did you learn? What’s next?, and click Add note, or press ⌘Enter (Ctrl+Enter on Windows). You need the member role or higher in the workspace. Viewers and reviewers can’t add notes here.

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What happens to a note

• At the next rescore, Staffer reads your notes as facts about the candidate. A note that says they described 6 years of Kubernetes work on a call can move that criterion’s score. A note that says they seemed great doesn’t give it much to use. See When scores change.
• It appears on the Activity tab with everything else that has happened with this candidate. See The candidate view.
• It stays inside your workspace unless you turn on Your notes when you create a share link. The candidate never sees it.

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Delete a note

Open a note’s … menu and click Delete note. You can only delete your own notes. You can’t edit a note: delete it and add a new one. You can’t @mention teammates in notes.

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Notes that aren’t typed here

The Notes tab also shows notes that came from elsewhere:

• A reviewer’s note from a process step, a review, an interview, or a task, labeled with that step’s title.
• A note left by someone on a share link, labeled Shared link. Staffer doesn’t use these when it scores. Only notes from your own team count as evidence.

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Notes vs. the brief’s Notes

This tab is about one candidate. The brief has its own Notes field, which tells the agent about the job as a whole. Brief notes never affect scores. See Write the brief.

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Common questions