> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.equip.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Candidate Search

> Look up any candidate in your account by name or email and jump straight to their applications, assessments, and AI interviews.

**Candidate Search** is a quick lookup tool for your whole account. Instead of opening each job post or assessment and searching separately, you type a name or email once and see every place that candidate appears.

## Searching Your Candidates

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Candidate Search">
    In the sidebar, go to **ATS** and click **Candidate Search**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter a name or email">
    Type into the search box labeled **Search by name or email**. An email address gives the most precise match; a name works when you do not have the email handy.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Narrow with filters (optional)">
    Use the **Activity type** filter to limit results to one kind of activity, and the **Activity date** filter to limit results to a time period.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Search">
    Results load only after you click **Search**. Typing alone does not run the query.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Candidate Search is part of the Equip ATS, which is free. Running searches never consumes credits.
</Note>

## Search Scope

Candidate Search covers your team's entire account: every job opening, assessment, and AI interview. Each result represents an **activity** the candidate was involved in, not just an application.

The **Activity type** filter accepts these values:

| Activity type               | What it matches                                |
| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| **Job Application**         | The candidate applied to one of your job posts |
| **Assessment**              | The candidate attempted an assessment          |
| **AI Interview**            | The candidate attempted an AI interview        |
| **Assessment Invitation**   | The candidate was invited to an assessment     |
| **AI Interview Invitation** | The candidate was invited to an AI interview   |

Because invitations are tracked separately from attempts, you can quickly check whether an invited candidate has actually started. Combine an invitation type with the **Activity date** filter to find everyone you invited during a given week.

<Tip>
  Candidate Search finds a specific person you already know. To mine your past applicants for a new role using skills and experience filters, use [Talent Rediscovery](/talent-rediscovery) instead.
</Tip>

## Managing Results

Each result row is a shortcut, not a dead end. Clicking a row **deep-links** to the dashboard that owns that activity: the job post's applications dashboard, the assessment's results page, or the AI interview's results page.

When the destination page opens, the candidate's email is already pre-filled in that page's search filter. You land directly on the matching record, with all of that dashboard's tools available: the full candidate profile, scores, stage controls, and journey history.

<Note>
  Detailed candidate information lives on the destination dashboards. Candidate Search is the fastest route to them, so start here whenever all you have is a name or an email.
</Note>

## Related Resources

* [Talent Rediscovery](/talent-rediscovery) - Search your entire talent pool by skills and experience instead of name
* [Candidate Pipeline](/candidate-pipeline) - The hiring stages behind each job opening
* [Candidate Profile](/candidate-profile) - What you can see and edit once you reach a candidate's record
* [Candidates and CVs](/candidates-and-cvs) - How candidate records and resumes are organized in the ATS