Managing Positions

Creating and Managing Positions

Positions represent job openings in your organization. Each position can have multiple candidates, custom reference questions, and tailored settings.

Creating a Position

To create a new position, click the New Position button on your dashboard. You will need to provide:

Job Title

The title of the position (e.g., "Senior Software Engineer", "Marketing Manager"). This helps identify the role throughout the platform.

Job Description

Paste the full job description. Reffem's AI analyzes this to understand the role's requirements, responsibilities, and skills needed. This context enables more relevant reference questions.

Optional Fields

You can also add a Job Requisition ID (for tracking) and Department to help organize positions. These fields are optional but useful for larger teams.

Upload Job Description File

Instead of copying and pasting, you can upload a job description file. Reffem supports PDF, Word (.docx), and text (.txt) files up to 5MB. The text will be automatically extracted.

Supports: PDF, DOCX, TXT

AI-Generated Reference Questions

After you save a position, Reffem's AI automatically generates reference questions tailored to the role. These questions are based on:

  • Key skills and requirements from the job description
  • Industry best practices for reference checking
  • Role-specific competencies and responsibilities

Customizing Questions

You can edit the AI-generated questions to match your specific needs. Click Edit Questions on any position to:

  • Modify existing questions
  • Add custom questions
  • Remove questions you don't need
  • Reorder questions by priority

Question Best Practices

Keep questions open-ended to encourage detailed responses. Avoid yes/no questions. The AI will naturally ask follow-up questions during the interview to gather more context.

Position Settings

Each position has configurable settings that affect how reference checks are conducted:

Number of References

Set how many references are required for each candidate. The default is 3, but you can adjust this between 1-5 based on your needs. Candidates must provide at least this many references to proceed.

Position Status

Manage the lifecycle of your positions:

Active

Accepting candidates

Paused

Temporarily halted

Closed

Position filled

Draft

Not yet published

Managing Existing Positions

From the Position View on your dashboard, you can manage all your positions:

Edit

Update title, description, questions, or settings anytime

Duplicate

Create a copy to use as a template for similar roles

Delete

Remove positions you no longer need (also deletes candidates)

Next Steps