Interaction history

You can share candidate interactions that occur in your software.This provides hirers with a consolidated view of interactions across your software and SEEK:
Changes to candidate interaction history within your software should be reflected in the SEEK API within 60 seconds.

Data structure

Individual interactions are represented by a CandidateProcessHistoryItem type. Each item is associated with the CandidateProfile of an uploaded candidate and listed under the seekProcessHistory field.

General interactions

An interaction may occur outside of the context of a particular position:
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{
  "action": {
    "code": "Note",
    "name": "Contact again later",
    "description": "Candidate not currently looking for work, try again in six months. Keen to stay in Melbourne."
  },
  "actionDate": "1999-07-26T23:48:58.775Z",
  "idempotencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
  "primaryParties": [
    {
      "person": {
        // For interaction history, `communication` fields are not displayed in
        // SEEK Talent Search
        // They can be omitted or set to empty arrays
        "communication": {
          "email": [],
          "phone": []
        },
        "name": {
          "formattedName": "Terry A",
          "given": "Terry",
          "family": "Astley"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
  // `positionProfile` and `seekSource` are omitted for a general interaction
  // `status` is omitted for a non-`CandidateWorkflowTransition` action
}
  • action has a freeform name, description and one of the following codes:
    Code
    Definition
    AgencySubmission
    A candidate was sent by an agency to the hirer for general consideration
    Document
    A document was attached
    Email
    An email was sent
    Note
    A note was added
    PhoneCall
    A phone call was made
    PostPlacementActivity
    A post-placement activity occurred, e.g. a satisfaction survey
    Screening
    A screening activity occurred, e.g. an interview
    VerificationActivity
    A verification activity occurred, e.g. a police check
    StatusChange
    The availability of the candidate has changed
    Other
    Any other action that doesn’t fit into the other buckets
    name is the hirer-visible name for the workflow step. For example, the hirer might have defined a “Second interview” step that maps to the SEEK API’s Screening action code.

Placement information

An interaction may be scoped to a given opportunity by providing the associated position profile:
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{
  "action": {
    "code": "CandidateWorkflowTransition",
    "name": "Initial offer",
    "description": "Progressed to offer stage"
  },
  "actionDate": "1999-12-26T12:31:43.185Z",
  "idempotencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002",
  "primaryParties": [
    {
      "person": {
        "communication": {
          "email": [],
          "phone": []
        },
        "name": {
          "formattedName": "Hayden R",
          "given": "Hayden",
          "family": "Robinson"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  // `positionProfile` and `seekSource` are required for placement information
  "positionProfile": {
    "profileId": "globalPublicTest:positionProfile:unposted:QnwpqZfzXu1NRmZw5tjswn"
  },
  "seekSource": {
    "name": "Recruitment Agency"
  },
  // `status` is required for a `CandidateWorkflowTransition` action
  "status": {
    "code": "Offer"
  }
}
  • action may use any of the prior codes, with one addition:
    Code
    Definition
    CandidateWorkflowTransition
    The status of the candidate for this opportunity has changed
  • seekSource indicates the initial source of the candidate in the context of this opportunity. The same value should be resent for each item in the process.
  • status must be provided for a CandidateWorkflowTransition action, following a rough order of progression:
    Code
    Definition
    Application
    Initial state in the hiring process
    AgencyShortlist
    Shortlisted internally by an agency prior to submission to the hirer
    AgencySubmission
    Sent by an agency to the hirer for consideration for this opportunity
    HirerShortlist
    Shortlisted by the hirer
    Interview
    Interviewing/interviewed for the opportunity
    TestingOrQualificationsCheck
    Completing/completed tests or verification of their qualifications
    ReferenceCheck
    Having/had their references checked
    Offer
    Offered the position
    Successful
    Accepted the position
    Unsuccessful
    No longer being considered for the position

Operations

Create a candidate process history item

The createCandidateProcessHistoryItem mutation adds a record of an interaction between the candidate and a SEEK hirer.To avoid unintentional duplication of data, SEEK enforces uniqueness on a partner-provided idempotencyId. A request to create an existing item will receive a CreateCandidateProcessHistoryItemPayload_Conflict result. The existing item will not be updated; you can select its details from the conflict result.Keep track of the IDs assigned to the process history item to perform subsequent update and delete operations.
MutationVariablesSuccess resultConflict result
mutation ($input: CreateCandidateProcessHistoryItemInput!) {
  createCandidateProcessHistoryItem(input: $input) {
    ... on CreateCandidateProcessHistoryItemPayload_Success {
      candidateProcessHistoryItem {
        id {
          value
        }
      }
    }

    ... on CreateCandidateProcessHistoryItemPayload_Conflict {
      conflictingCandidateProcessHistoryItem {
        id {
          value
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Update a candidate process history item

The updateCandidateProcessHistoryItem mutation replaces a candidate process history item in its entirety:
MutationVariablesResult
mutation ($input: UpdateCandidateProcessHistoryItemInput!) {
  updateCandidateProcessHistoryItem(input: $input) {
    candidateProcessHistoryItem {
      id {
        value
      }
    }
  }
}

Delete a candidate process history item

The deleteCandidateProcessHistoryItem mutation removes a candidate process history item from the candidate profile.
MutationVariablesResult
mutation ($input: DeleteCandidateProcessHistoryItemInput!) {
  deleteCandidateProcessHistoryItem(input: $input) {
    candidateProcessHistoryItem {
      id {
        value
      }
    }
  }
}