Enabling / Disabling Resume Collection
Explain what resume collection is and how to enable, make optional, or disable resume uploads during the interview.
What is Resume Collection?
Resume Collection lets you request candidates to upload their resume during the interview. You can set it to required, optional, or disabled depending on how you want the interview form to work.
How to Enable / Disable Resume Collection
Open the job editor
When creating a new job or editing a job, open the job editor.
Open the Customisation tab
Select the Customisation tab.
Open the Interview Form settings
In the left sidebar, go to the Interview Form section and click the Form Element tab.
Find Resume Collection
Locate the Resume Collection dropdown or toggle.
Choose the setting
Select the option you want for the interview form.
Save your changes
Click Save to apply the setting.
Resume Collection Options
- Enabled - Required: Candidates must upload a resume to proceed. Resume upload is mandatory.
- Enabled - Optional: Candidates can upload a resume or skip this step. Resume upload is not required.
- Disabled: The resume upload field does not appear, and candidates cannot upload resumes.
Best Practices
- Required — Use this for formal screening or when a resume is critical to role assessment.
- Optional — Use this when a resume is helpful but not mandatory.
- Disabled — Use this for quick assessments or when resumes are collected separately.
- Recommended — Enable optional resume collection for most roles.
FAQs
Candidates will not see a resume upload field during the interview, so they cannot submit a resume there.
Yes. Use the optional setting if you want to collect resumes without blocking candidates who do not have one ready.
No. This setting controls future candidate submissions on the interview form. Previously uploaded resumes are not removed by turning the field off.
They must upload a resume before they can continue with the interview.
Use it when a resume is helpful for screening but not essential to complete the interview.
Yes. After you save, the interview form uses the updated resume collection setting.