What Do the Buttons on a Candidate Card Do?

If you opened one of our votes in Full mode, you have probably noticed the buttons on the left side of each candidate card. These candidate card buttons are there to make ranking easier: they help you keep notes, assign a temporary score, and review the candidate description while you vote.

Why These Buttons Exist

We used to run this kind of voting on paper. Each candidate had a short presentation, and after several of them, the hardest part began: remembering who was who and what exactly made each one stand out.
This had a direct effect on ranking quality. In practice, many participants ended up confidently ranking only the two or three candidates they remembered best. That created a hidden bias: a memorable presentation started to feel almost necessary.
But a memorable presentation does not automatically mean a better candidate. Often, it only shows how much effort went into preparing the presentation itself. For example, one candidate may be a real professional who could only spare 30 minutes for the interview, while another may be a newcomer who spent two weeks preparing a polished performance.
And this is not only about people. A candidate can also be a project, an idea, a product feature, or almost any other item being ranked.
When there are many candidates, or when the subject of the vote is complex, memory almost inevitably starts to fail. We have seen this many times, even with very confident participants. In fact, a simple pattern appears again and again: the more confident someone feels, the more confusion may show up later in the final ranking. This is especially true when the differences between options are subtle and the overall impression is built from many small details.
That is why we started writing notes directly on candidate cards. It helped us quickly capture strengths, weaknesses, interesting points, and our general impression.
Later, we added another useful tool: a temporary score. It was never meant for the final count. It was there for personal convenience, to help place a candidate roughly where they belonged in a voter’s own preference stack. Sometimes that score reflected a general impression. Sometimes it came from several separate evaluations when more than one criterion mattered.
When voting moved to computers, it became clear that these paper habits had not disappeared. People still needed notes and quick reference points. Without them, careful ranking became noticeably harder.
So when we built our own product, we placed these tools directly into the candidate card. That made the process easier: everything important stays in front of you, and there is no need to keep paper notes nearby or switch between different windows.

How to Use Candidate Card Buttons

Temporary Score

This button is there only for your convenience. Press and drag it to assign a temporary score from 0 to 100.

Important: this score does not take part in the final results. It does not affect the outcome of the vote and works only as a personal guide while you are making your choice.
You can change it at any time if your opinion changes.
If you have assigned temporary scores before building your ranking, Rezon can move scored candidates from Candidates to My preferences automatically and then sort the preference column by temporary score. You can still adjust the final ranking afterward; the temporary score remains a private helper, not the ballot result.

Note

The note button turns a short note for a candidate on and off.
Usually, just a few short points are enough. For example: “strong presentation,” “good practical experience,” “answered confidently,” or “interesting idea, but still rough.”
A note like this helps you avoid mixing candidates up and quickly remember why you wanted to place one higher or lower than another.

Description

The description is text added by the vote organizer. It may include brief information about the candidate: who they are, what they do, why they are in the vote, and what may be useful to know about them in advance.
This is not your personal note. It is shared reference information for all participants.

Why These Tools Help You Rank More Accurately

These tools do not replace your judgment. They simply make it easier to use well. They help you keep more information in mind, avoid losing important details, and make a more balanced decision.
When there are only a few candidates, this may seem like a small thing. But when there are many, these simple tools make the process much easier.
We hope that temporary scores, notes, and descriptions will help you vote with more confidence and more calm, especially when you want to understand the options properly rather than choose at random.