.svg)
What is a candidate summary template?
A candidate summary is a complete record of a candidate interview. It's not raw notes or a summary from your recollections. It's a structured file with named data fields at the top (role, experience, salary, location, availability) followed by observations and a separate read on what's drawing the candidate to this specific role. It's the kind of document great recruiters write up after every interview, except writing one properly takes most of an hour, and a busy recruiter runs four or five interviews a week.
Contented produces the summary directly from your recorded interview. The template includes every figure, achievement, salary expectation, and named outcome captured exactly as the candidate stated it.
How to use a candidate summary template
Record your candidate interview in the Contented app, pick the candidate summary template, and download a structured candidate file within minutes.
1. Record your conversation
Capture the interview in the Contented app, whether it's in person, online, or on the phone.
2. Select the candidate summary template
Choose the candidate summary template from your Contented workspace. Contented works through the recording and produces the document including a structured data table covering the candidate's strengths, experience, notes, salary, location, and availability, followed by a section of observations and what attracted them to the role.
3. Review and export
Download as PDF or Word within minutes. Send it to the hiring manager, file it on the candidate record, or use it as the basis for the panel briefing.
Who uses a candidate summary?
Anyone who runs candidate interviews and needs to produce a polished, complete record to act on.
A few examples:
- Recruiters and agencies producing candidate write-ups for hiring managers.
- In-house talent acquisition teams running first-stage interviews and briefing the hiring panel for the next conversation.
- Hiring managers conducting structured interviews.
- Executive search and senior hire processes.
- Internal mobility conversations, where an existing employee being assessed for a new role needs the same documentation discipline as an external candidate.
- Contractor and consultant selection.
What's in a candidate summary template?
- Structured data table at the top with named fields: job role, strengths, specific experience, additional notes, salary, date of interview, target Income, availability/notice period, relocation info.
- Strengths captured as a one-line positioning statement, summarising how the candidate would describe their own value to the role.
- Specific experience as a bulleted list of named achievements with hard numbers: revenue grown, budgets managed, campaigns delivered, teams scaled.
- Additional notes covering working style, personal context, and anything raised in the conversation that's relevant to the role.
- Fields not covered in the interview (availability, notice period, relocation) are stated as such, with any agreed next steps captured.
- Candidate observations: an assessment of the candidate's presence, trajectory, and the capabilities most relevant to the role.
- Role attraction: a separate section capturing why the candidate is drawn to this specific role, in their own words.
- Export-ready as PDF or Word, suitable for the hiring manager's inbox, the candidate file, or the panel pack.
FAQs
Yes, on team plans. We build custom templates that match your organisation's existing formats, branding and terminology. Every document Contented produces is then consistent with what your team already uses, regardless of who created it.
Yes. Contented is built to handle diverse accents, multiple speakers, background noise, and technical or industry-specific vocabulary. Templated outputs can be generated in any language, making it practical for multilingual teams and organisations operating across different regions.
No. Contented only works with what’s within the recording. It applies structured templates to your transcript rather than generating text from scratch, so there's no room for fabrication. Every output traces back to a speaker or timestamp, and you review and finalise everything before it leaves your team.