Why did a strong candidate get a low trust score?
Usually a hard-tailored CV or a fast-moving career, not wrongdoing. A quick promotion, a long internship or one stack across jobs can all lower it.
Updated October 8, 2026 · 3 min read · Growth and above
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Common innocent causes
- A CV tailored closely to your job ad. Tailoring is legitimate, but it reads as mirroring.
- A genuinely fast promotion, which is common at startups.
- An internship that genuinely ran for a year or more.
- A specialist who has used the same stack at every employer.
- An older resume in your workspace that the candidate has since corrected.
What to do about it
Ask. A trust score exists to tell you which two minutes of the interview to spend on clarification — not to screen anyone out. It is never a reason on its own to reject a candidate.
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