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Comments

Leave internal notes on a candidate that only your team can see, with @mentions; archive the ones that no longer matter.

Where to find it
Candidate profile → Comments tab
Who can use it
Anyone with access to candidates
Direct URL
https://app.nextal.com/candidates/<ID>?tab=comments

What it does

Internal notes on a candidate, visible only to your team. The tab is a feed of notes, newest at the top; each note is written in a side panel, with a rich-text editor and @mentions that notify the person you mention.

The Comments tab: the Add comment button at the top, the All / Mine / Archived chips, the sort and the search, then the feed of notes — author, related job, date, text with an @mention — and an archived note dimmed at the bottom.
The Comments tab. Archived notes stay visible, dimmed, at the bottom of the feed.

Reading the feed

Each note shows its author, the date and time, and its text. When the note is about a specific job, the job title appears next to the author’s name. Mentioned people stand out in blue.

Above the feed:

  • the All, Mine (the ones you wrote) and Archived chips, with their counts;
  • the Newest first / Oldest first sort;
  • a search across the text and the authors.

Adding a comment

The New comment side panel: the About line with the candidate's name, the Job (optional) picker, the comment editor with the “Type @ to mention a colleague” prompt, and the Cancel and Save buttons.
The New comment panel. The job is optional and is picked from the candidate's applications.

  1. Click Add comment

    The panel opens on the right.

  2. Pick a job (optional)

    The list offers the jobs the candidate applied to. Handy to tell “interview for job A” from “callback for job B”.

  3. Write

    Rich-text editor — bold, lists, links. Type @ to mention a colleague.

  4. Save

    The note appears at the top of the feed.

Editing and archiving

Hover one of your notes: the Edit and Archive buttons appear. You cannot edit or archive a colleague’s note.

  • Edit reopens the panel. The job chosen at creation cannot be changed.
  • Archive takes the note out of the current feed: it moves to the bottom, dimmed, with the mention archived · date, and stays readable under the Archived chip. Restore puts it back. Nothing is deleted.

Mentions and notifications

Type @ in the editor to open the list of your colleagues. Pick a person: on save, they receive an email telling them about the note. Mentions are internal too — the mentioned person sees the note; the candidate never does.

Tips

  • Comment after every interaction. A 30-second note after a phone call beats 30 minutes of “what did I tell them?” three weeks later.
  • Use comments for context. “Asked for $95k base, would consider $80k + equity” is the kind of nuance that does not fit in a structured field but matters for the offer call.
  • Archive rather than let it linger. An outdated note, archived, keeps the history without cluttering the feed.
  • Don’t over-mention. Mentioning everyone for every comment becomes noise. Mention only when you need an answer.