Using AI Criteria to Find the Best Candidates
The Criteria tab helps you refine your search and guide TalentRiver’s AI toward the exact profiles you’re looking for. Set requirements as Must have, Nice to have, or Exclude - and use advanced filters like total years of experience and when a candidate met a requirement.
TalentRiver then highlights how well each candidate matches your ideal profile directly on their profile card.
What you can do with AI Criteria
Prioritize based on importance
Mark each requirement as:
Must have - essential criteria
Nice to have - adds value but not required
Exclude - filters out candidates with unwanted attributes
TalentRiver uses these signals to rank candidates automatically.
Filter by total years of experience
Use this criteria to specify how much experience a candidate should have. You can choose from ranges such as any experience, up to 3 years, in between specific years, or 10+ years.
How it works
TalentRiver reads the candidate’s experience history and prioritizes those who fall within the range you select.
Examples
Up to 3 years → Prioritizes candidates with less than 3 years of total experience
From 5 to 6 years → Prioritizes candidates with 5–6 years of experience
10+ years → Prioritizes candidates with over 10 years of experience
Use this filter when you're targeting junior, mid-level, or senior profiles.
Filter by when the candidate met the criteria
Some criteria are time-dependent - such as a specific skill, industry, or role they’ve worked in. TalentRiver allows you to specify when the candidate should have met that requirement.
You can filter by:
At any time
Now
In the past
Within 1 year to Within 10 years
Examples
In the past → Prioritizes candidates who met this requirement earlier in their career
Now → Prioritizes candidates who meet this requirement currently
Within 5 years → Prioritizes candidates who met the requirement sometime within the last 5 years
This is especially useful for criteria like “career”, “skills”, "industry" or “freelance”.
Apply detailed filters
Combine your criteria with additional filters such as:
Location and language
Work experience and seniority
Skills or tools
Education or background
Company size or industry (e.g., SaaS, E-commerce, FMCG)
Interim, freelance, or full-time availability
See instant match indicators
Once applied, match signals appear directly on each candidate card - showing exactly how well they align with your requirements.
Step-By-Step
How to use the Criteria tab
Open an Assignment and click the Criteria tab in the top-left corner.
Add or adjust your requirements using Must have, Nice to have, Exclude, and the advanced filters.
Set total years of experience or when the criteria should be met when relevant.
TalentRiver updates your candidate list and displays match explanations on every profile.
That’s it - your AI-powered matching is now tuned to the exact profile you need.