Four things to do in order: set up your company profile, create your first position, invite teammates (optional), and share the interview link with candidates. You can realistically get a position live and a first candidate through within your first session. Teammates and finer-grained settings can wait.
1. Set up your company profile
Your company name, logo, and brand color appear on the candidate-facing interview page, so a quick profile pass makes every interview look polished. It takes two minutes.
Open Company Settings → Company Profile.
Upload your logo and pick your brand color.
Add a welcome message (text or a short video) if you want candidates to see something branded before they start.
You can skip this and do it later. Truffle falls back to a clean default. But a branded candidate experience is one of the lowest-effort, highest-visibility things on the list. See How do I set up my company profile and brand identity?.
2. Create your first position
This is the one step you can't skip. Without a position, there's nothing to invite candidates to.
In the sidebar, click Positions, then + Create position.
Paste your job description; accept the AI-suggested questions; activate.
If this is your first time, use the condensed path in How do I create my first position in under 10 minutes?. The full walkthrough is there when you want every option.
3. Invite teammates (optional)
If you're hiring alone, skip this. If you have a hiring partner, a recruiter, or a hiring manager, invite them now so they're ready to review candidates with you.
Open Company Settings → Team Management → Invite teammates.
Enter their work email and pick a role (Owner, Admin, Member, Viewer).
Team invites unlock after you move off the free trial. See How do I invite teammates to Truffle? and What can each role in Truffle do?.
4. Share the interview link with candidates
Once the position is live, Truffle gives you a share link. This is what candidates click to start the interview.
Send it directly to candidates over email.
Post it on your job boards (LinkedIn, Indeed, your careers page).
Upload a CSV to invite a batch at once.
What to do once candidates start responding
As soon as the first completed interview lands, the fastest way to work through the queue is Magic Review. A side-by-side view with keyboard shortcuts (A to advance, H to hold, R to reject). See How do I use Magic Review? and What's in a candidate profile?.