How to Set Up and Manage Training Paths

Training Paths in candidate.fyi let you build structured shadowing programs for new interviewers, making it easy to track progress, automate graduation, and eliminate manual tracking.

What Are Training Paths?

Training Paths provide a structured approach to interviewer training by:

• Defining required shadow and reverse shadow sessions ("classes")

• Automatically tracking participation and progress

• Graduating interviewers when they’ve completed their training

• Assigning post-graduation tags for interview eligibility

Creating a Training Path

Create different paths based on role and/or interview type. Common examples include:

• Engineering Interviews by Level (e.g., SWE1, SWE2)

• Product Manager Interviews

Steps to Create a Path:

1. Navigate to Interviewers > Training

2. Click New

3. Name the path (e.g., “SWE1”)

4. Set optional auto-graduation rules

   1. This setting automatically graduates trainees who have completed their required interviews, and places them in the appropriate interviewer pools (tags).

5. Assign graduation tags that will be automatically applied once training is complete

   

Defining Path Classes

Each path consists of training "classes" (e.g., Shadow 1, Reverse Shadow).

To configure:

1. Click Modify Classes

   

2. Add required sessions (e.g., “Shadow 1”, “Reverse Shadow”)

3. Specify how many of each are needed for graduation

When scheduling, trainees will be suggested for relevant classes until they've completed the required number.

You can also assign extra sessions ("+" sign) after graduation for additional practice.

Enrolling and Tracking Trainees

• Enroll trainees to each path

  

• Track participation in real-time with the progress bar

• Manually mark classes as complete or graduate trainees if needed

  

Scheduling with Training Paths

Round and Interview Settings

You can set trainees to be automatically selected, as well as replaced on decline, on the round level:

On the Interview level, you can select the associated training path:

Scheduling

• Trainees appear as options (graduate symbol) when scheduling relevant interviews

• Availability of both the interviewer and trainee is considered for suggested slots

  

Scheduling Directly from the Trainees Tab

• You can manually assign a trainee from the trainees tab

• Note: Manual scheduling does not filter by trainee availability - confirm before assigning

Graduation and Tags

To manually graduate a trainee once they complete all required sessions:

1. Navigate to their training path

2. Select the three dots next to their name and click Edit

3. Toggle on the graduate button

The system will automatically assign the configured graduation tags and they’ll now be eligible to be scheduled as a full interviewer!

Insights and Reporting

• View overall training progress under Insights > Training Progress

  • It shows weekly breakdowns by class type and number of completions

Additional Notes

• Trainees do not currently receive feedback forms

For more help with Training Paths, reach out to support at support@candidate.fyi.