Job Description Decoder
You know how to screen. The question is what to screen for.
Most job descriptions ask for the wrong things. Cangrade’s free job description analyzer reveals what yours is really asking for so you can build a candidate screening process that actually predicts success.
Thorough screening process, but still getting bad hires?
Most candidate screening steps are barely better than chance. Experience and GPA have less than a 5% predictive validity.
So what does predict performance? The soft skills most teams aren’t screening for.
The problem isn’t process, it’s criteria.
What is Job Description Decoder?
Job Description Decoder is a free AI tool that analyzes your job posting to identify the soft skills most likely to drive success in that specific role.
Paste in your job description, then our AI, based on Cangrade’s validated tech and I/O research, extracts the competencies embedded in your role’s requirements. You get a report with five prioritized soft skills and ten behavioral interview questions to assess them. Giving you concrete candidate screening criteria, for free.
Job Description Decoder is built on the same patented technology that powers Cangrade’s candidate screening platform, used to screen millions of candidates by organizations like FDNY, Lamar Advertising, and Applied Industrial Technologies.
Better results come from a hiring process built on better criteria. Get started now.
One input. Smarter screening at every step.
Screen resumes for what predicts success
Credentials may look good, but they don’t predict performance. With defined soft skills, you can review for skills like adaptability, problem-solving, and collaboration instead of counting years and recognizing names.
Assess the right traits
Assessments are only useful when they test what matters. If you don’t know which competencies drive success in the role, you’re guessing. Job Description Decoder removes the guesswork.
Run interviews that actually tell you something
Unstructured interviews fall flat because evaluation is inconsistent. Job Description Decoder gives you structured behavioral questions tied to each soft skill, so your whole team screens against the same standard for easier decisions.
Make better hires
It’s easier to train for hard skills than develop a soft skill. By screening for the competencies critical to success in your open role, you’ll hire candidates who will perform and thrive.
What’s in your Job Description Decoder results
Five soft skills ranked by impact
Uncover the behavioral traits most predictive of success in your specific role, based on your job description not generic benchmarks.
Context that makes each skill actionable
Understand the value each skill brings to your role with shareable insights so everyone understands why it matters.
Ten behavioral interview questions ready to use
Design your interview with two tested interview questions per soft skill, created to surface how candidates have demonstrated these competencies before.
How to use Job Description Decoder
Step 1
Paste your job description. More detail is best, but a rough draft works.
Step 2
Get your report. Our AI identifies the soft skills embedded in your role and delivers insights and accompanying interview questions.
Step 3
Upgrade your hiring criteria. Use them to guide resume reviews, choose assessments, structure interviews, and align your hiring team for consistent evaluation.
Fix your criteria. Fix your results.
Stop guessing which traits predict success and build a screening process you can trust, for free.
Built by Cangrade
Ready to go beyond defining criteria? Cangrade’s AI candidate screening platform evaluates against them so you can drive immediate, reliable results.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a job description analyzer?
A job description analyzer uses AI to pull insights from your job posting like skills, competencies, and qualifications. Job Description Decoder focuses specifically on soft skills, the behavioral traits that research links to job performance. Job Description Decoder’s results give you concrete criteria for better candidate screening.
How is this different from other job description analyzers?
Most job description analyzers extract keywords to help job seekers optimize their resumes for ATS systems. Job Description Decoder is built for employers to identify the soft skills that predict success so your hiring team can screen more effectively.
Who should use Job Description Decoder?
HR teams, recruiters, and hiring managers who want to screen candidates for what actually predicts success. It’s especially useful when you’re building interview guides, choosing assessment criteria, or aligning a hiring team on what “good” looks like for a role.
What soft skills does the tool identify?
It depends on your role and organization. Job Description Decoder does not use generic benchmarks, but uncovers the soft skills most relevant to your job description. Every report is different.
How do soft skills improve candidate screening?
Once you know which soft skills matter, you can look for them throughout your candidate screening process. For example, in resumes you can look for descriptions of situations demonstrating your needed skills, assessments can measure the relevant competencies, and interviews can ask behavioral questions to surface examples of each skill in action.
Why don’t unstructured interviews predict job success?
Unstructured interviews lack consistent standards. When each interviewer has different definitions of “good”, the result is subjective decisions that don’t correlate with actual performance. Structured interviews with behavioral questions tied to defined competencies better predict success.
How is this different from a candidate assessment?
Assessments evaluate candidates after they’ve applied. Job Description Decoder works before your hiring process even begins by helping you figure out what to evaluate in the first place. It’s the foundation that makes your assessments, resume reviews, and interviews more predictive.
What makes the analysis accurate?
Cangrade’s AI is grounded in I/O psychology and validated, patented technology. When paired with Cangrade’s assessment to evaluate the identified soft skills, candidate success predictions are 10x more accurate than traditional hiring methods.
Does this work for any role or industry?
Yes. If you have a job description, the tool can analyze it.
Is Job Description Decoder free?
Yes. No credit card and no catch. Create an account to save your reports and analyze additional roles whenever you need.
Can I learn more about Cangrade’s candidate screening platform?
Discover how Cangrade can help you hire for your hiring criteria here.