Import a form or a list of candidates

What it is

Import lets you bring an existing role into Binary instead of building it from scratch. From the Forms home page, click ↓ Import (top-right) to open the import screen (https://binary.so/import-form), which asks "What would you like to import?" and offers two options:

• Import a list of candidates - Upload a spreadsheet. Creates a new form and fills it with the candidates from your spreadsheet.
• Import only a form - Supports Google Forms only. Recreates a Google Form as a Binary form (questions only, no candidates).

Note: Importing a candidate list creates a new form to hold those candidates. There is no "import into an existing form" - import always produces a new form.

Import only a form (from Google Forms)

1. Home page → ↓ Import → choose Import only a form.
2. Paste your Google Form URL (a docs.google.com/forms… or forms.gle… link).
3. Continue. Binary reads the Google Form and recreates its questions as a new Binary form.
4. When it finishes you land on the new form - review it in the editor and Publish when ready (see Create a form).

Only Google Forms are supported as a form source.

Import a list of candidates (from a spreadsheet)

1. Home page → ↓ Import → choose Import a list of candidates.
2. Upload your spreadsheet - a CSV file, up to 10 MB, with at least two columns.
3. Confirm important fields - map your spreadsheet columns to:
   • Candidate's name - required
   • Candidate's email - recommended (needed for the messaging feature to work; without it you can't message that candidate)
   • Binary also auto-detects a résumé/file column (columns named resume, cv, attachment, portfolio, etc.).
4. If your spreadsheet links to résumés stored in Google Drive, you'll be prompted to connect Google Drive so Binary can fetch those files (see Connect Google Drive).
5. Continue. Binary creates a new form and imports the rows as candidates, showing progress ("Validating CSV…", "Finalizing form creation…", "Import complete!").
6. On success you'll see a "... candidates were imported successfully" confirmation and be taken to the new form's Responses page.

Notes & limits

• Both import types create a new form - importing never adds candidates to an existing form.
• For candidate imports: name is required, email is recommended; the file must be CSV with at least two columns and under 10 MB.
• Only Google Forms can be imported as a form - other form builders aren't supported.