employer.search_candidates_for_job
Search candidates for a job
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Semantically rank discoverable (interviewed) candidates against one of the employer's own jobs, with a per-candidate fit score AND a white-box explanation. WORKFLOW for finding the best hire: 1) call with tier:'best' to get the strongest candidates (cover the required skills + proven in interview), cascade to tier:'good' then tier:'weak' only if you need more (read tierCounts to decide; paginate within a band via page.hasMore, not page.total); 2) each row carries matchExplanation — the white-box 'why' (the fit score, the skills the candidate PROVED in their interview, what they're missing, and a plain-English rationale) — use it to explain your shortlist on OUR data, not a black box; 3) for the few you shortlist, call employer.get_candidate_evidence(jobId, userId) for the interview facts + Q&A to write a deeper comparative review. Omit tier for the full ranked pool (back-compat). Returns NOT_FOUND when the job is missing / owned by another employer (no existence leak), or NOT_INDEXED / NO_CATEGORIES when the job is not indexed for semantic search yet (re-save / republish, then retry).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| apiKey | string | no | |
| jobId | string | yes | |
| sort | string | no | |
| page | number | no | |
| pageSize | number | no | |
| tier | string | no | Match-quality band (required-skill coverage + fit). Omit to get the full ranked pool. To shortlist, START with tier:"best" — the strongest candidates (cover the required skills, proven in interview); only cascade to "good" then "weak" if you need more. Read tierCounts to decide; paginate within a band using page.hasMore (NOT page.total, which is the full pool). Each row carries matchExplanation (the white-box "why"); then call employer.get_candidate_evidence for the interview evidence to explain your ranking. Ignored on sort:"newest" (a recency browse has no bands → tierCounts bands are 0). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"apiKey": {
"type": "string"
},
"jobId": {
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"bestMatch",
"newest"
]
},
"page": {
"type": "number"
},
"pageSize": {
"type": "number"
},
"tier": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"best",
"good",
"weak"
],
"description": "Match-quality band (required-skill coverage + fit). Omit to get the full ranked pool. To shortlist, START with tier:\"best\" — the strongest candidates (cover the required skills, proven in interview); only cascade to \"good\" then \"weak\" if you need more. Read tierCounts to decide; paginate within a band using page.hasMore (NOT page.total, which is the full pool). Each row carries matchExplanation (the white-box \"why\"); then call employer.get_candidate_evidence for the interview evidence to explain your ranking. Ignored on sort:\"newest\" (a recency browse has no bands → tierCounts bands are 0)."
}
},
"required": [
"jobId"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}