For employers wanting to force candidates to complete the interview in one sitting.
No. The Finish later option is always available to candidates and can't be turned off per position. It exists so that a network drop, browser crash, or real-life interruption doesn't destroy 15 minutes of recorded responses. If you want to communicate a one-sitting expectation, do it in the invitation copy or welcome message; Truffle itself won't enforce it.
Why Finish later exists
A video screening is long-form by design. Candidates are recording multiple 1–3 minute videos, often with a thinking-time countdown before each. If the candidate's Wi-Fi cuts out halfway through Question 3, Truffle would either have to discard their Q1 and Q2 responses or let them resume. The latter is a much better candidate experience and a much higher completion rate.
Finish later is the mechanism:
Candidate can pause at any point by closing the tab, hitting Finish later, or losing connection.
Progress is preserved. Completed questions are saved, the interview resumes at the exact next step when they reopen the link.
Invite link stays valid. They can return within the 7-day deadline.
Turning this off would mean a single hiccup forces candidates to restart. Given how long screenings are, that would have a steep drop-off effect and generate a lot of support requests.
What you can do instead
If a single-sitting experience matters for your role. A timed exercise, a role that tests focus under pressure. Communicate that expectation up front.
Say it in your invitation email copy. Rewrite the custom invitation template to set the expectation: "This interview takes about 20 minutes. Please plan to complete it in one sitting — your responses are timed." See What emails does Truffle send to candidates?.
Say it in the welcome message. Add a video or text welcome to the start of the interview that restates the expectation. See How do I customize interview branding?.
Evaluate based on the content, not completion speed. Candidates who treat the interview seriously tend to complete in one sitting on their own. Candidates who pause, return, and produce a polished answer are not necessarily a worse signal.
Candidates who pause multiple times
Truffle logs a candidate's interaction timeline but doesn't expose it in the UI as a "pauses per question" metric. If multi-session completion is a red flag for a specific role, the best proxy is total time-to-complete. Ask candidates to note when they started, check against the completion timestamp on their profile, and flag anything unusual for follow-up.