For employers deciding which assessments to add to a position.
Truffle offers three optional assessments you can add to a position alongside the video interview: Personality (Big Five traits), Work Scenarios (situational judgment), and Environment Fit (work-style preferences). They're independent. Turn on any combination, each is configured separately, and each produces its own signal on the candidate profile. Enable them on Step 2: Build interview and configure them on Step 3: Configure interview.
The three assessments at a glance
Personality. A validated IPIP/Big Five questionnaire. You set a preference for each of the five traits (Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Emotional Stability, Extraversion, Openness); candidates rate statements on a Likert scale. Produces a trait-by-trait alignment view with zone bars.
Work Scenarios. A situational judgment test. You pick six workplace scenarios from a library and rank the response approaches; candidates rank the same approaches for each scenario. Produces a scenario-by-scenario alignment summary (for example, "Aligned on 5 of 6 scenarios").
Environment Fit. A binary preference assessment. You pick the side of each A/B question that matches the role (fast vs. steady pace, structured vs. flexible workflow, and so on); candidates pick "Which sounds more like you?" for each one. Produces a count-based alignment summary with interview prompts for any gaps.
When to use each
Each assessment answers a different question, so they complement rather than replace each other.
Use Personality when stable traits matter for the role. For example, when conscientiousness or emotional stability is core to success and you want a validated trait-level read before you spend time on a call.
Use Work Scenarios when judgment in real situations matters. For example, when you want to see how a candidate would prioritize between competing demands or handle an ambiguous customer interaction.
Use Environment Fit when work-style alignment with the role matters. For example, when you want to surface candidates whose stated preferences (pace, autonomy, communication style) match the way the job actually runs day-to-day.
You can enable any combination. Adding more assessments gives you more signal but also more for the candidate to complete, so pick the ones that matter most for the role.
How to enable any of them
Every assessment is turned on the same way. Through the Assessments card on Step 2 of interview creation.
In the sidebar, open Positions and click + Create position, or open an existing position.
On Step 2: Build interview, toggle on the Assessments card.
Check the box for each assessment you want on this position.
Click Next: Configure interview to set the preferences for each one on Step 3.
How results appear
Every enabled assessment adds a compact review card to the candidate profile Overview tab (and Magic Review), and a full breakdown on the Assessments tab. Each assessment is scored on its own. Assessment results are never combined with the video match score, and they're never combined with each other.