Read an Assistant answer and check its sources

An Assistant answer reads from top to bottom: what it looked at, its written answer, then what that answer relies on. This page shows you how to recognize each part and trace any statement back to its source.

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Answer formats

While the Assistant works, a line shows the current step, for example Searching your data… or Reading the analysis…. Once the answer is done, that line sums up what it looked at and how long it took, for example “2 interviews found · 2 analyses read · 8s”. One click expands it into the steps and what it searched for. The written answer comes next. Depending on the request, it’s followed by three kinds of items:

• Interview passages: the quoted excerpts, each with its speaker.
• Documents: the interview notes, brief, outreach draft, note, or dashboard you asked for. Each one opens in a card whose header names the document, the person or job it’s about, and its actions. The chevron collapses or expands the card.
• Sources: below the answer, the Sources line has one chip per item consulted.

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Candidate analyses and profiles

When the Assistant has read an interview analysis or a candidate’s profile, the Sources line carries a chip with their name. The chip’s icon and tooltip give its type. One click expands the details below the line, one chip at a time. At the top of an analysis, a badge sums up the verdict: Strong match, Likely match, Possible match, Weak match, or Not enough data. Next to it, a percentage followed by a level shows the average confidence of the facts extracted from the interview. It isn’t a score for the candidate.

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Tables and result lists

A search’s chip expands the Results list: interviews, notes, profiles, jobs. Each row shows its type and title. Click a row to open it. Interviews the Assistant found appear as chips, each leading to its interview. A comparison of several candidates shows as a table in the written answer.

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Signal cards

The Deal-breakers chip expands what could stop an application: an incompatible notice period, salary expectations outside the range, a missing key skill. Each signal has a title, a severity (Critical, High, Medium, or Low), and, when there is one, the exact sentence spoken in the interview. At the bottom, Average confidence rates how solid the whole set is: high, moderate, or low. If nothing was found, the details show No deal-breakers.

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Trace a statement back to its source

In the written answer, mentions of a candidate, a job, a note, or an interview appear as chips. Hover over one to open a preview showing the item’s type (Analysis, Transcript, Note, Candidate, Job, Application) and enough detail to identify it. The chips on the Sources line show the same preview on hover. Those with details expand them with a click, and the others lead straight to the item. Open in the ATS takes you to the original record in your ATS.

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Timestamped excerpts

A statement drawn from an interview carries a quote chip. Click it to open the quote card, which shows:

• the speaker, as a tag, for example the candidate or the recruiter
• the minute, in 3:24 format
• the verbatim quote, in quotation marks
• the View in interview link, which opens the transcript at the right spot.

When the quote couldn’t be matched, the card shows Quote unavailable. instead. The statement stays on screen, but you know it isn’t backed by a specific passage.

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When a source is removed automatically

Hirify checks every cited reference before showing you the answer. If a reference doesn’t match anything actually consulted during the exchange, it is removed and a discreet banner says so below the answer: 1 candidate reference removed (not found in the tools used), or the plural count.

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What to do if an answer doesn’t convince you

The copy icon, Copy the answer, grabs the text so you can paste it elsewhere. If a technical error occurs, a red banner appears below the conversation with Try again.

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Good to know

• The candidate is never given a numeric score. The percentages shown relate to confidence in the extracted facts, not to a person’s worth.
• The Assistant doesn’t decide for you. It gathers and cites. The call is yours.
• An answer is only as good as its data. Without a connected ATS, its answers lack candidate profiles and applications. An interview that hasn’t been analyzed is missing too, without a word. The answer will be partial and nothing will flag it.
• An answer writes nothing to your ATS. Interview notes produced here stay in Hirify until you push them yourself.
• A missing chip has no hidden equivalent. An ATS profile or Candidate timeline chip, like a Job pipeline card, is missing for one of two reasons: the data wasn’t found, or your ATS isn’t connected.