Applicant Insights is an AI-powered tool that measures and explains how well a candidate’s application and resume match your requirements for a position.
Applicant Insights is a paid feature that uses Breezy Intelligence credits.
How Applicant Insights works
Applicant Insights can be enabled on any position to review all new applicants for that job. You can customize up to 5 categories to analyze each applicant’s qualifications.
Insights anonymizes candidates’ personal data, then uses your prompts to compare the qualifications and experience in their application material to the job description in your position’s settings.
You’ll see a full breakdown of each candidate’s results in the Applicant Insights tab of their profile, and an overall score of 0-10 where you see their name in the pipeline and on candidate lists. You can sort by score in both views, to quickly surface the best-fit candidates.
Applicant Insights is a paid feature that uses Breezy Intelligence credits each time an applicant is reviewed or you test your criteria.
Important Notes:
Each candidate review uses about 500 Breezy Intelligence credits.
Candidates who are in a disqualified stage will not be scanned.
Resumes that can’t be parsed will not be reviewed, such as a scanned resume. To see if a resume has been parsed, check the Experience tab of the candidate’s profile.
How to view results
You’ll see a full breakdown of each candidate’s results in the Applicant Insights tab of their profile, and an overall score of 0-10 where you see their name in the pipeline and on candidate lists. You can sort and filter by score in both views to quickly surface the best-fit candidates.
To sort by AI score
From the pipeline:
Open the pipeline view of a position.
Click the Sort Order dropdown.
Select Ascending by AI Score or Descending by AI Score.
Candidates in every stage will be sorted by Applicant Insights score.
From candidate lists:
Open the Candidates view of a position.
Click Columns and select AI Score to display the score column.
Click the AI Score column header to sort in ascending or descending order.
To filter by AI score
Open a position’s pipeline or candidate list.
Expand Filtering Options on the left side of the screen.
Click the AI Score checkbox.
Choose Greater than or equal or Less than or equal from the dropdown.
Choose a score level from the dropdown.
Click Apply Filter.
How to enable Applicant Insights
An admin can purchase Breezy Intelligence credits on their subscriptions page and choose which tools to enable for their team.
To enable Applicant Insights for your company:
Click the gear icon ⚙️ in the left sidebar.
Click Company Settings.
On the General tab, scroll to Breezy Intelligence.
Find Applicant Insights and click the toggle to enable.
With Applicant Insights enabled, anyone who can create or edit positions can enable Insights when they create a position, or in its settings later. Once enabled, Applicant Insights will analyze new applicants for the position.
To enable Applicant Insights for a position:
Click Positions/Pools in the left sidebar.
Open the correct position.
Click the gear icon ⚙️ in the top-right corner of the window to open Position Settings.
Click Screening in the left sidebar.
Find Applicant Insights and click the toggle to enable.
Edit review criteria as needed and save changes.
New candidates will be reviewed as soon as they apply through your career portal or a job board, or are added manually. Their AI Score will be shown wherever you see their name or candidate card. You can see the full details of their review in their profile. Just click the Applicant Insights button, or go to Applicant Insights in the Experience section of the profile.
Multi-language Support
Applicant Insights can analyze resumes parsed in 25 languages. If a resume is not in a supported language, it can’t be parsed or analyzed.
Review criteria can be added in any language. The language for Applicant Insights results may be affected if the criteria language differs from that of other position settings.
How to edit review criteria
Anyone who can create or edit positions can edit the review criteria for a position.
You can use up to 5 categories to review candidates. Each category is made up of:
Title: A short description used to organize results in the candidate’s profile.
Prompt: A detailed description that informs the AI what to look for when comparing candidates to the job requirements.
The following 4 categories are included by default:
Title | Prompt |
Skills and Role Alignment | Candidate has skills from the job description and indicates experience relevant to the target role's core functions. |
Years of Relevant Experience | Demonstrated experience in core job functions and responsibilities, with consideration for depth and relevance rather than just duration |
Educational and Formal Qualifications | Required degrees/certifications essential for job performance, or equivalent combination of education and experience. |
Quantifiable Achievements and Impact | Evidence of meaningful contributions and impact in previous roles, whether through quantifiable results, qualitative improvements, or team contributions |
You can edit the default criteria or add and remove categories.
Click Positions/Pools in the left sidebar.
Open the correct position.
Click the gear icon ⚙️ in the top-right corner of the window to open Position Settings.
Click Screening in the left sidebar.
Scroll to Applicant Insights and find the correct category.
Click the edit icon (pencil) to change a category’s title or prompt.
Make changes and click Save Changes.
Click the delete icon (trash can) to remove a category.
Click Add Criteria to create a new category
Click Restore Defaults to reset the categories to the default criteria.
Click Save Changes.
When you save your changes, Breezy Intelligence will check for potential compliance issues and will recommend corrections if any are found. Testing a position’s criteria uses about 100 Breezy Intelligence credits.
Notes:
Be specific in your prompts. Break down complex concepts into smaller, clear ideas to produce a more accurate review.
Candidates can only be scored once. If you change the review criteria after initially enabling it, you won’t be able to manually score candidates later with the new criteria.
How to review candidates manually
Applicant Insights will not review candidates who were in your pipeline before the tool was enabled. You can manually scan these candidates from their profiles, or in bulk from the pipeline. Each scan uses about 500 credits.
Individual candidates
Open the candidate’s profile.
Click Generate Score near the top-right corner of the screen.
The results will be displayed in the Candidate Details section of the profile. You can close the panel and find the results later in the Applicant Insights tab under the More menu of the Candidate Experience section.
Notes:
It may take a few minutes to complete a scan. Don’t reload the page while a scan is in process.
Candidates in a disqualified stage will not be scanned.
A batch of candidates
Open the position’s pipeline view.
Click the settings menu (three dots) at the top of the correct stage.
Click Run Breezy Intelligence.
Choose Applicant Insights and click Run.
You’ll receive an email when the results are ready in each candidate’s profile.
Notes:
With the Applicant Insights feature enabled in company settings, batch scoring can be done from a position’s pipeline even if the feature is not enabled in the position’s settings.
If Applicant Insights is disabled at the position level, batch scoring from the pipeline will be based on the default criteria or previously saved criteria.
💡Tip: Selective Scoring from the Pipeline
Prefer to score candidates in a certain pipeline stage, rather than all candidates? Instead of enabling Applicant Insights in the position’s settings, run a bulk scan from the pipeline later.