For employers writing custom screening questions.
When you create a custom screening question, Truffle runs an automatic check on it and rates it pass, warn, or fail. Pass adds the question silently. Warn adds it with a visible flag and a suggested rewrite. Fail blocks it until you rewrite or explicitly override. The check surfaces questions that reference protected characteristics (age, race, gender, disability, national origin, religion, pregnancy, and similar) or are phrased in a way that could be read as doing so.
The three tiers
Every custom question goes through the same check when you click Create question in the custom-question tab.
Pass. The question is clear. It's added with no flag shown.
Warn. The question is likely fine but could be read as touching on a protected characteristic. Truffle flags it, suggests a safer rewrite, and lets you accept the rewrite or proceed anyway.
Fail. The question directly references a protected characteristic or is otherwise high-risk. Truffle blocks the add and shows a suggested rewrite. You can edit, accept the rewrite, or override with Proceed anyway.
While the check runs, you'll see a status message in the dialog.
What to do when a question is flagged
When you see a warn or fail message, the dialog shows the original question and a suggested rephrase.
Read the suggested rewrite. Truffle's rewrite usually preserves what you're trying to learn about the candidate and removes the phrasing that caused the flag.
Accept the rewrite if it still captures what you want to ask. One click and the safer version gets added.
Edit manually if the rewrite isn't quite right. Change the wording, then click Create question again to re-run the check.
Proceed anyway if you're confident the question is appropriate for your role and your jurisdiction. The check is a soft guardrail, not a hard block on every tier.
Why Truffle flags these questions
Screening questions get shown to every candidate, so a single risky phrasing can reach dozens or hundreds of people before a reviewer notices. The check surfaces the obvious cases (direct questions about age, family status, or health) and the subtle cases (questions that correlate with a protected characteristic by proxy).
AI flags. Humans decide. Every decision to keep, rewrite, or override a question stays with you.
Disclaimer
Truffle's question check is an automated pattern-matching tool, not legal advice. It does not certify that your questions are compliant with any specific employment law, regulation, or case-law precedent in your jurisdiction. Employment law varies by country, state, industry, and role. Local rules, collective bargaining agreements, and industry-specific requirements may apply beyond what this check looks for.
You are responsible for the final content and legality of every question you publish. For roles or jurisdictions with complex requirements, have your custom questions reviewed by a qualified attorney or HR professional before publishing. Truffle makes no warranty that the classifications (pass, warn, fail) are accurate or complete in every context, and is not liable for any decision you make to add, rewrite, or override a flagged question.
When the check doesn't run
The check fires on custom questions only. Questions picked from Truffle's built-in question catalog have already been reviewed and don't get re-checked. AI-suggested questions generated from your job description are pre-screened before they're shown to you.