Adding Candidates to a Job

Most candidates reach a Tenzo job automatically — through your ATS sync, the sourcing agent, or the public application API. The Add Candidates button is for everything else: ad-hoc additions, non-ATS jobs, smoke-testing the candidate experience end to end, or pasting a list from a recruiter’s spreadsheet. Click the Add Candidates button at the top right of any job page to open the modal. It offers the same options for both phone and video interview jobs, with a few differences called out below.

Job page header showing the Add Candidates button at the top right next to the More button and Active toggle

Upload CSV

Use Upload CSV when you already have candidate contact information in a spreadsheet. Drag a .csv file into the dropzone or click to choose one. Only .csv files are accepted, one file at a time. The CSV can include any of these columns. Only the columns you fill in are required, and unknown columns are ignored:

Column	Notes
`name`	Candidate’s full name. Required for every row.
`phone`	Required for phone interview jobs.
`email`	Required for video interview jobs (so Tenzo can send the interview link).
`timezone`	Optional. Helps Tenzo respect local outreach hours.
`location`	Optional. Used by sourcing and location-based filters.
`zip`	Optional. US zip code, used for location-based filters and sourcing.

Click Download Example CSV under the dropzone to download a sample. The sample is tailored to the job type — a phone-call template for phone jobs and an email-based template for video jobs. After you select a file, Tenzo previews the parsed contacts so you can review valid rows, fix invalid ones, and decide what to do with candidates that already exist on this or other jobs before submitting.

Upload Resumes

Use Upload Resumes when you have a stack of resume files but no contact spreadsheet. Drag in PDF, Word, text, or ZIP files (or any combination), or click to select them. Up to 100 files per upload, with a 5 MB limit per file. Tenzo extracts the candidate’s name and contact details from each resume and presents them in the same review-and-fix flow as a CSV upload. The original resume file is also attached to each candidate so it appears on their interview review page later. Use this option when:

You only have resumes, not contact lists.
You want resumes attached to candidates from the start so the resume requirements can score them automatically.
You have a recruiter handoff that came as a folder or ZIP of resumes.

Manual Entry

Use Manual Entry to add a single candidate by hand. Click Enter Contact Details Manually to open a short form. The form has:

Resume (optional): Drop a PDF, Word, or text file (up to 5 MB). When attached, Tenzo auto-fills the rest of the form from the resume.
Name: Required.
Phone: Required for phone interview jobs.
Email: Required for video interview jobs.
Timezone: Optional.
Zipcode: Optional. Validated as a US zip code when provided.
Contact Source: Whether the candidate is being added as an applicant or sourced.

Manual entry is the fastest way to add yourself for an end-to-end test of the candidate experience.

Permanent Interview Link (Video Jobs)

For video interview jobs only, the Add Candidates modal also includes a Permanent Interview Link. Use this when you want to send one shareable link instead of adding candidates one by one.

Permanent Interview Link section with Open Interview Link, copy button, and a 7-day expiration note

The link does two things:

Lets candidates fill in their own contact details, which adds them to the job automatically.
Sends them straight into the video interview once they submit.

Use the Open Interview Link action to navigate there yourself, or the copy icon to copy the link to share. The link only functions while the job is Active — if the job is paused or in template mode, the link is shown as inactive. Some workspaces also configure the permanent link to expire a set number of days after creation; when that’s set, the modal shows the expiration timeframe under the link.

After Adding Candidates

Newly added candidates appear in the Candidates tab with a Pending call status. Once the job is Active, Tenzo starts contacting them via the configured outreach method (phone, SMS, or video interview link).

Activate the job: A job has to be Active for outreach to start. If you’re adding candidates to a brand-new job, click Activate after you’ve finished configuring it.

For more on the Candidates tab itself — columns, scores, comments, bulk actions, and the interview review — see Interview Results Table and Reviewing an Interview.

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Adding Candidates to a Job