Manage Candidates in a Job | Move, Evaluate, and Communicate

When you’re working on a specific role, candidate actions taken inside a job are scoped to that job’s pipeline. This page covers what you can do from the job pipeline view.

What you can do

Move candidates

Advance candidates through stages, snooze them, or disqualify them for this job.

Evaluate & document

Add evaluations and notes to keep decision-making consistent across the team.

Move or copy to another job

Transfer candidates between roles without losing context.

Communicate

Email candidates, schedule events, or send tasks from the pipeline.

Open a candidate

Open a job

Go to Jobs and open the role you’re working on.

Select a candidate

Click any candidate in any stage to open their details.

Update candidate progress

Use these actions to manage the candidate inside the current job pipeline.

Move a candidate

Move candidates between stages in the pipeline. This is the most common action—use it whenever a candidate clears a step.

Snooze a candidate

Temporarily pause a candidate without losing context. Useful when you’re waiting on documents or scheduling.

Disqualify a candidate

Mark the candidate as not suitable for this job only. They remain available for other opportunities.

Disqualifying is scoped to the current job. To restrict a candidate across all jobs, use Blacklist.

Evaluate and document

Add or view evaluations

Add feedback or review evaluations submitted by your team. Aggregate scores roll up automatically.

Add notes

Add internal notes only your team can see.

Manage candidate placement across jobs

Mercury gives you two ways to move a candidate between jobs—choose carefully.

Move to job
Copy to job

Removes the candidate from the current job and places them in the new job.Use this when the candidate is no longer right for the current role but fits another.

Moving removes the candidate from the current pipeline. Once moved, they no longer appear in this job’s stages or analytics.

Add to talent pool

Save the candidate for future opportunities, even if they don’t fit any current role.

Edit or remove a candidate

Edit candidate

Update profile details—name, contact, experience, and skills.

Delete candidate

Remove the candidate from the entire system. This cannot be undone.

Blacklist a candidate

Blacklist restricts the candidate from future hiring across all jobs in your workspace.

Learn how blacklisting works

See the differences between disqualified, blacklisted, and inactive—and when to use each.

Communicate with the candidate

You can use three quick communication actions:

Send email — direct, tracked correspondence
Schedule event — interview, screening, or meeting
Send task — assessment, document request, or homework

View candidate details

Full tour of the candidate profile and all available actions.