Features/Candidate Management

Every detail about every candidate

Rich candidate profiles with location tracking, browsing history, communication logs, and evaluation scores. Everything you need to make informed hiring decisions.

Rich candidate profiles

Everything about a candidate in one place. Contact info, timeline, notes, scores, and more.

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Sarah Chen

Senior Product Designer

Interview
4.2
San Francisco, CA
Applied 3 days ago
Source: LinkedIn

Smart filtering

Find the right candidates instantly. Filter by stage, source, location, score, and more.

Filters
Showing 24 candidates
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Sarah Chen

Senior Product Designer

Interview
4.2
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Marcus Johnson

UX Research Lead

Phone Screen
3.8
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Emily Park

Senior Product Designer

Offer
4.5

Track candidate browsing history

See which jobs candidates viewed before they applied. Understand their interests and reach out about other opportunities they might be a fit for.

See all job pages a candidate visited
Know how long they spent on each listing
Identify interest in multiple roles
Proactively reach out about relevant positions

Browsing History

See which jobs candidates viewed before applying

Senior Product DesignerApplied

Viewed 1 week ago3 min on page

UX Research Lead

Viewed 5 days ago1 min on page

Design Manager

Viewed 3 days ago5 min on page

Insight: Sarah Chen viewed 3 jobs before applying. Consider reaching out about other open positions they showed interest in.

Complete candidate information

All the data you need to evaluate candidates effectively.

Contact Information

Email, phone, LinkedIn, and resume all in one place.

Location Tracking

Know where candidates are located and their timezone.

Activity Timeline

Full history of interactions, stage changes, and communications.

Evaluation Scores

Team ratings and feedback aggregated in one view.

Notes & Comments

Internal notes from all team members in one thread.

Source Attribution

Know where each candidate came from (LinkedIn, Indeed, etc.).

Never lose context

All candidate information in one place. No more searching through emails or spreadsheets.

Find anyone instantly

Powerful filters let you find exactly the candidates you're looking for in seconds.

Make better decisions

With complete information at your fingertips, you can evaluate candidates more effectively.

Why proper candidate management is the foundation of great hiring

Most hiring failures aren't about attracting the wrong candidates—they're about losing track of the right ones. When you're managing dozens or hundreds of applicants across multiple roles, information gets fragmented. Resumes live in email attachments. Notes exist in random documents. Interview feedback disappears into Slack threads. And the candidate who would have been perfect? They slipped through the cracks because nobody remembered to follow up.

This is the hidden cost of poor candidate management. It's not just inefficiency—it's lost hires. Studies consistently show that top candidates are off the market within 10 days. If your team takes two weeks to compile feedback and make a decision because information is scattered, you've already lost them to a faster-moving competitor.

The information problem

Consider what you actually need to know about a candidate to make a good hiring decision: their experience, skills, and qualifications (from their resume). Their answers to screening questions. Their performance in interviews. Feedback from everyone who spoke with them. Their salary expectations and availability. Their enthusiasm level and culture fit. Now multiply this by fifty applications, and you begin to see the scale of the information management challenge.

Spreadsheets can't handle this complexity. They become unwieldy, outdated, and impossible to search effectively. You can't click a cell to see a candidate's full timeline. You can't filter by both location AND interview score AND source. You can't see at a glance who's been waiting for feedback for too long.

What good looks like

Effective candidate management means every piece of information about a candidate lives in one place, accessible to everyone who needs it. When a hiring manager asks “what did Sarah think of the technical interview?”, the answer is one click away. When someone wonders “have we talked to any candidates from Atlanta?”, you can find out in seconds. When a candidate follows up asking about their status, you can immediately see exactly where they are in your process.

This isn't just about organization—it's about speed and quality. Teams with proper candidate management systems move faster because they're not hunting for information. They make better decisions because they have complete context. They provide better candidate experiences because they actually know what's going on.

Real scenarios, real solutions

See how proper candidate management handles the situations you face every day.

Finding the right candidate

“We need someone with React experience in the Bay Area”

Without proper tools, you'd have to remember who had React experience, then manually check each person's location. With Draft, you filter by skills and location in seconds, seeing only candidates who match both criteria.

Result: Find qualified candidates in 10 seconds instead of 10 minutes of digging through applications.

Understanding intent

“Why did this candidate apply for a junior role?”

Their resume shows 8 years of experience, so why apply for an entry-level position? Browsing history reveals they also viewed your Senior Engineer and Tech Lead positions. Maybe they're open to the right opportunity at any level—or they clicked the wrong job. Either way, now you know to ask.

Result: Context that helps you have better conversations and identify hidden opportunities.

Team alignment

“What did the team think of the interview?”

Instead of chasing down three interviewers for their feedback via Slack and email, check the candidate's profile. All notes, scores, and comments are in one thread. You can see consensus—or disagreement—at a glance.

Result: Make decisions in hours instead of days by having all feedback in one place.

Following up

“This candidate hasn't heard from us in a week”

The activity timeline shows exactly when each interaction happened. You can see that someone moved them to “Interview” stage five days ago, but no interview was scheduled. The ball was dropped—now you know and can fix it.

Result: Prevent candidates from ghosting you because you ghosted them first.

Common questions about candidate management

How does browsing history tracking work?

When candidates visit your public career page, we track which job listings they view (using an anonymous visitor ID until they apply). Once they submit an application, this browsing history is linked to their profile, showing you which positions interested them before they applied. This is done via a small tracking script on your career page—completely GDPR compliant and disclosed in your privacy policy.

Can I search candidates across all jobs or just one?

Both. The candidate database lets you search across your entire talent pool—everyone who has ever applied to any position. This is especially useful when you open a new role and want to see if any previous applicants might be a fit. You can also filter to see only candidates for a specific job when you need to focus.

What information do I get about each candidate?

Everything they provided (resume, contact info, questionnaire answers) plus everything your team adds (notes, scores, interview feedback, stage history). You also get metadata like application source (LinkedIn, Indeed, direct), location, and timezone. The activity timeline shows every interaction chronologically so you can see the full history at a glance.

Can I filter by custom criteria?

Yes. Beyond the standard filters (stage, source, location, score), you can search by any text in their application—including questionnaire answers. Looking for candidates who mentioned they're open to relocation? Search for “relocation”. Want to find everyone who has experience with a specific technology? Search for it. The search is full-text and fast.

How long is candidate data retained?

Candidate data is retained as long as you need it. You have full control to delete individual candidate records for GDPR compliance. We also support bulk deletion for candidates who haven't been active in your pipeline for a specified period. Many companies retain candidate data for 1-2 years to build a talent pool for future openings.

Can candidates apply to multiple jobs?

Absolutely. When a candidate applies to multiple positions, all applications are linked under their single profile. You can see which positions they've applied to, their stage in each pipeline, and how they're progressing across roles. This prevents duplicate outreach and helps you understand which opportunity is the best fit for them.

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