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How to Use the Filter Sidebar in Recruitera

Learn how to use the filter sidebar on a job's Filters tab in Recruitera — apply, negate, combine, and clear filters, and see everything you can filter by.

The filter sidebar on a job's Filters tab lets you narrow the candidate list by one or more dimensions at once — status, stage, source, score, and more. Filters apply instantly, and each active one stays visible in the sidebar with live counts. Available to anyone who can view the job.

Before you start

  • Available to: anyone who can view the job (Admins, Recruiters, and Hiring Managers)

  • Where to find it: open a job's pipeline → Filters tab → the FILTERS rail on the left

How to apply a filter

  1. Open the job's pipeline and go to the Filters tab. The sidebar opens with three filters ready: Candidate status, In stage, and Has source tag.

  2. Select values in any of them — the candidate table updates instantly, with no Apply button.

  3. To add more, click + Add filter, then pick a dimension from the Filter by list (you can search it).

The filter sidebar

💡 The count beside each option reflects the current results, so it moves as you filter.

Using "is not"

Most dimensions support an inverted reading — is not / doesn't have — so you can exclude instead of include (for example, candidates whose source is not LinkedIn). Toggle it on the filter itself.

Removing filters

Each active filter has an ✕ on its section header — click it to remove that one. To reset everything at once, click Clear at the bottom of the sidebar. See How to Clear Filters.

What you can filter by

The Filter by menu that opens from + Add filter lists every dimension available for this job:

The Add filter menu (top)

  • Candidate status — Qualified, Disqualified, New, Overdue

  • In stage — any stage in this job's pipeline

  • Has source tag — where the candidate came from

  • Has tag — candidate tags

  • AI score and Evaluation — score ranges (min/max)

  • Overdue — past the stage SLA

  • Has CV — whether a CV is attached

  • Disqualify reason — why disqualified candidates left the pipeline

  • Team member — people on the job

  • Date — a date range (applied, created, or last activity)

  • Screening questions — answers to the job's screening questions

  • Keywords — a contains-match over name, email, and CV text

Scrolling the menu reveals the rest of the dimensions:

The Add filter menu (more options)

💡 An Interview filter also appears in the list; it's not populated yet ("Nothing to filter by yet") and will fill in once the interview feature ships.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to click Apply after selecting a filter?

No — filters apply the moment you select a value, and the table updates in real time. Each active filter stays in the sidebar so you can see what's on and remove it any time.

Why do I see different filters on different jobs?

The sidebar draws its options from the job, so stages, source tags, screening questions, and team members reflect that specific job. Dimensions whose feature hasn't shipped appear but stay empty.

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