AgileATS + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with AgileATS so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow government contractors already use: you import active candidates from the AgileATS stage you choose, invite them to a live AI interview, and write each score, summary and report link back to the candidate as a note. The connection is one of 60+ ATS integrations The Cognitive offers through a single unified integration. AgileATS keeps every stage move and decision; The Cognitive never changes a candidate's stage or rejects anyone.
What does the AgileATS integration do?
- Stage-based import: you choose which AgileATS stage feeds The Cognitive, and a sync brings those active candidates in for interview invites.
- Note write-back: for imported candidates who have interviewed, the score, a summary and the report link are written back to AgileATS as a note, where AgileATS accepts notes through the integration.
- Stages untouched: nothing in AgileATS moves or gets rejected by the integration; your team makes every call.
- Sourcing alongside: The Cognitive also finds people outside AgileATS across ~900M public profiles; you choose who to contact and interview.
- Decisions stay human: interview evidence lands as a note, while stage moves and dispositions remain with the recruiter in AgileATS.
- Nothing forks: AgileATS keeps being the source of truth while The Cognitive supplies the interview and evidence layer.
The Cognitive in an AgileATS workflow
AgileATS describes itself as an "applicant tracking system for government contractors", with OFCCP and EEO reporting, a subcontractor portal and AI that ranks applicants against the job description. The Cognitive adds a first-round conversation: a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes, scored on a fixed rubric per role.
GovCon recruiters usually import from the stage after resume review and invite those candidates before a program manager spends time on them.
Government contractors staff programs against contract deadlines, and the first call is where a recruiter checks the experience a resume claims. Each imported candidate who interviews gets a note in AgileATS with the score, a summary and the report link. Dispositions stay a human decision: the integration moves no stage and rejects nobody, and AgileATS keeps the audit record.
How does candidate sourcing get into AgileATS?
That is the gap The Cognitive's AI sourcing fills. A search brief written in plain English runs across ~900M public profiles with contact details enriched from 30+ sources; the role becomes a durable role pool that keeps everyone each search finds. Each candidate a search returns costs 1 credit, an email reveal 5 and a phone number 10, charged only on a successful reveal, so browsing a search result is cheap and only the shortlist you act on is not. People you source stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into AgileATS automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to AgileATS yourself.
AgileATS builds a Boolean string from a job description and searches the resumes a contractor already holds. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, and the people it finds stay in its role pool until a recruiter adds them to AgileATS.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: open the integration from The Cognitive dashboard, choose AgileATS, and sign in with the credentials AgileATS asks for.
- 2. Set the stage: select the AgileATS stage that feeds candidates into The Cognitive.
- 3. Use it: a sync brings candidates in, you invite them, and finished interviews go back to AgileATS as notes with the score and report link.
- AgileATS stays in charge of stages and decisions; The Cognitive adds the interview and the note.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
AgileATS is a system of record, not a sourcer or an interviewer. The Cognitive finds people across ~900M public profiles and interviews them live with AI, scoring every criterion 1 to 5 against the rubric you set, then writes the score and report link back to AgileATS. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does AgileATS have AI interviews or screening?
AgileATS describes AI that ranks applicants against the job description, but its site does not describe an AI interview. The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes, scored 1 to 5 per criterion against a fixed rubric. Integrity flags are logged, not scored, and the read-only report link can go to a program manager.
Does AgileATS source candidates outside your database?
Not according to its site. AgileATS builds a Boolean string from a job description and searches the resumes a contractor already holds. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief for people who never applied, and when the pool is thin it relaxes its softest filters and says what it broadened. Found people stay in its role pool.
Is AgileATS built for government contractors?
Yes. AgileATS calls itself an "applicant tracking system for government contractors", with OFCCP and EEO reporting and a subcontractor portal. The Cognitive does not replace that compliance record. It interviews the candidates you import, writes a note with the score, a summary and the report link, and moves no stage, so every disposition is still made by a person in AgileATS.
Does The Cognitive integrate with AgileATS?
Yes, it is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations. A sync imports candidates from the AgileATS stage you pick, they take a live AI interview when you invite them, and each result is written back to AgileATS as a note with the score and report link.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into AgileATS?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside AgileATS: it searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief and enriches contact details from 30+ sources. Sourced people stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into AgileATS automatically. Search results cost 1 credit per candidate returned; an email reveal costs 5 credits and a phone number 10, charged only on a successful reveal.
Which AgileATS stage should feed AI interviews?
GovCon recruiters usually import from the stage after resume review and invite those candidates before a program manager spends time on them. You choose the source stage in The Cognitive, each role can use its own rubric, and every decision after the interview stays with your team in AgileATS.
Do I need engineering help to connect AgileATS?
Not for the connection itself. An AgileATS admin signs in through The Cognitive's integration window and chooses the stage to import candidates from.
Which plans include ATS integration?
ATS integration comes with the Scale and Pro interview plans. Plans are monthly, and you can cancel anytime.
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