For in-house recruiters and talent teams
Make candidates happy.
CandidHQ is the candidate experience layer your ATS doesn't have. Every candidate gets a branded portal showing them where they are, what happens next, and how to prepare.
Step 2 of 6 · Technical Quiz · you are here
With Regina Phalange, Lead Platform Engineer. Topics, prep checklist, and your design-exercise prompt are inside.
Luke EatonFounder, CandidHQI spent thirteen years running hiring at growth-stage tech companies. I built the product I wished I'd had every time we lost someone good to a poor experience.
The cost of a bad first impression
A bad hiring experience doesn't stay private.
A candidate who always knows where they stand and how to prepare walks into every interview more confident. They perform better, they stay warm through a long process, and by the time you get to an offer nothing about it is a surprise.
of candidates now come away from a hiring process actively resentful. The highest Talent Board has recorded since it started measuring.
Talent Board CandE Benchmark Researchof candidates tell their inner circle about a bad hiring experience. Another 34% post it publicly, on LinkedIn and Glassdoor, under your company name.
Talent Board CandE Benchmark Researchname poor communication as the most frustrating part of an interview process, ahead of everything else. A lack of transparency comes second.
Cronofy Candidate Expectations Report 2024How it works
The candidate experience layer your ATS doesn't have.
Branded portals that feel like your company
Pull your colours, logo and benefits once. Every portal you create after that picks them up automatically. Custom hero, custom typography, your voice.
From job description to portal in 90 seconds
Paste a JD. We sanitise it, draft the role context, suggest the stages, and write the prep content. You review and edit. Generous AI included on every plan.
Portals that send themselves
Point a rule at a stage in your ATS. Anyone who reaches it gets their portal, branded and filled in, without you opening CandidHQ. The work happens once, on the role, not once per candidate.
Their next interview, always current
Time, joining link and who they're meeting, pulled from your ATS and kept right if it moves. They stop emailing you to ask, and they turn up having read the prep for the right conversation.
What the recruiter gets
A category of data nobody else in hiring has.
Your ATS tells you what stage someone is at. It can't tell you what they're thinking. This does, while there's still something you can do about it.
In Slack or your inbox, the same minute it happens.
Prepared candidates
They know what's coming, so they interview at their level.
No surprises on money
Expectations are visible from week one, not sprung at offer.
Word gets round
Two thirds of candidates tell someone. That works both ways.
The gap
Every part of hiring has software. Except the part the candidate sees.
G2 lists 180,000 products across 900 categories. Search it for candidate experience and you get 775 products and no category to file them under.
All of it built to speed up the recruiter's day. Almost none of it built for the person on the other side.
| Category | Products listed |
|---|---|
| Applicant tracking | 581 |
| Recruiting automation | 488 |
| Talent assessment | 358 |
| Recruitment marketing | 220 |
| Interview scheduling | 81 |
| Candidate experience | No category |
See it like a candidate
The product is the pitch. Open a real portal and feel what your candidates will feel.
One link. The whole role explained. Stages, prep, team, package, next steps. No PDFs. No deck.
Open the example portalIntegrations
Connect your ATS in about a minute.
Import a role with its stages and hiring team, then let portals follow candidates as they move. Nothing is written back to your ATS, so it stays the system of record. Each one goes a different distance, and the table says exactly how far.
See what each one does
Ashby
Pinpoint
Workable
Greenhouse
Teamtailor
Pricing
One price per job. Unlimited candidates.
Pay for the roles you're hiring for. Welcome as many candidates into each one as you like.
Starter
For solo recruiters and small TA teams just getting started.
Every plan includes
- Unlimited candidates per job
- AI portal builder included
- Real-time alerts on every signal
- Engagement analytics + hiring-manager share links
- Unlimited recruiter seats
- Custom email templates
- Audit log export
- Email + chat support
Team
Most popularFor growing TA teams running multiple roles in parallel.
Every plan includes
- Unlimited candidates per job
- AI portal builder included
- Real-time alerts on every signal
- Engagement analytics + hiring-manager share links
- Unlimited recruiter seats
- Custom email templates
- Audit log export
- Email + chat support
Business
For scale-out recruiting teams with serious hiring volume.
Every plan includes
- Unlimited candidates per job
- AI portal builder included
- Real-time alerts on every signal
- Engagement analytics + hiring-manager share links
- Unlimited recruiter seats
- Custom email templates
- Audit log export
- Email + chat support
Every plan ships the full product. The only difference between tiers is how many active jobs you can run at once.
Cancel anytime. 30-day money-back on annual plans.
Need to pay by invoice or PO? Talk to LukeQuestions
Everything you're probably wondering.
Do I need to talk to sales to get started?
No. Pick a plan, enter your card, you're inside. The whole onboarding takes about 10 minutes. If you'd rather have a guided setup, Luke runs a 30-minute call where he sets your brand up live with you.
Will CandidHQ replace my ATS?
No. CandidHQ sits next to your ATS and you keep tracking pipeline where you already do. Ashby, Workable and Pinpoint connect today, with Greenhouse and Teamtailor coming. CandidHQ is the candidate-facing layer your ATS doesn't have.
How fast can I launch my first portal?
Paste a job description and the AI build flow returns a ready-to-edit portal in about 90 seconds. Everything in it is yours to change, and nothing goes to a candidate until you send it.
What about GDPR and data security?
Every portal is per-candidate, reached through its own token. Data is encrypted at rest, hosted in London, and candidate data is kept only as long as you keep the portal open. We're registered with the ICO. SOC 2 is on the roadmap rather than in progress, and we'd rather tell you that than imply otherwise.
Can I pay by invoice or purchase order?
Yes, on any plan, monthly or annual. Book a 30-minute call with Luke and we'll send a Stripe invoice with Net 30 terms. Procurement-friendly without making you wait for sales cycles.
What happens if I close a role mid-month?
Closed jobs stop counting toward your active-job total the next billing cycle. You're never charged for a job you're no longer recruiting for.
Not ready yet?
Leave your email and Luke will send you the walkthrough when it's ready. One email, nothing else, no newsletter.