> ## Documentation Index
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# Requirement Matches

> How Tenzo evaluates a candidate against each job requirement

## What a requirement is

Requirements are the specific things a candidate needs (or would ideally have) to be a fit for the role. Tenzo's AI extracts an initial set from the job description, and admins or recruiters can edit, add, or remove them at any time from the [Sourcing tab](/sourcing/overview).

Each requirement has an **importance level** that controls how much it counts.

## Importance levels

| Level            | Effect on the candidate                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Required**     | A no-match here disqualifies the candidate from "meets all required." Drives one of the two paths to the [greyed-out star rating](/resume-review/star-rating#the-greyed-out-state). |
| **Preferred**    | Influences the [star rating](/resume-review/star-rating); never disqualifies on its own.                                                                                            |
| **Nice to have** | Light positive signal; never disqualifies.                                                                                                                                          |

## Match statuses

Each requirement is evaluated against the candidate's resume and lands in one of three states, shown as a colored pill on the candidate row:

| Status            | Color  | Meaning                                                                                                                                                      |
| ----------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Match**         | Green  | The resume clearly shows the candidate meets the requirement — either stated explicitly or strongly inferred from their role and seniority context.          |
| **Partial match** | Yellow | The candidate likely or mostly matches this requirement, but the evidence on the resume is not completely clear. Counts as passing for "meets all required." |
| **No match**      | Grey   | No evidence on the resume. On a **Required** importance, this disqualifies the candidate.                                                                    |

### Evidence on hover

Hover any requirement pill to see the supporting evidence: a 1–2 sentence excerpt the AI pulled from the resume that backs the match status, plus links to any prior recorded calls that contributed evidence.

## The "meets all required" rule

A candidate **meets all required** only if **no Required-importance requirement** is in **No match**. Partial matches on Required still pass — they're treated as a likely match, not a failure.

This rule is what drives the **"Missing required requirements"** failure badge and one of the two paths to the [greyed-out star rating](/resume-review/star-rating#the-greyed-out-state).

## Relationship to the star rating

The [star rating](/resume-review/star-rating) and "meets all required" are **independent** signals. Either one — or both — can cause a candidate to be disqualified when the job has resume disqualification turned on:

* A candidate can have a high star rating but still fail "meets all required" because they're missing one Required item.
* A candidate can meet all required and still fall below the minimum star rating because their overall fit is weak.

See [Configuration](/resume-review/configuration) for the full set of failure modes.

## In the Sourcing list

In the [Sourcing tab](/sourcing/overview), the candidate list is split by the "meets all required" rule. Candidates who meet all required appear above the divider; those with partial or failing matches appear below.

## Editing requirements

Requirements are editable from the Sourcing tab, including via the AI chat — for example, *"add SQL as a required skill"* or *"drop the Excel requirement."* After applying changes, candidates will not be evaluated against the updated requirements until the next search.

## Related

* [Star Rating](/resume-review/star-rating) — the 1–5 star overall summary that sits alongside requirement matches
* [Configuration](/resume-review/configuration) — the failure modes that combine "meets all required" and the star rating
* [Sourcing Overview](/sourcing/overview) — how requirements are extracted and edited