d.vinci + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with d.vinci so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow employers in Germany with multi-step hiring processes already use: you import active candidates from the d.vinci 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. d.vinci keeps every stage move and decision; The Cognitive never changes a candidate's stage or rejects anyone.
What does the d.vinci integration do?
- Pull candidates in: a sync imports the active candidates sitting in the d.vinci stage you select, ready for an AI interview invite.
- Note write-back: for imported candidates who have interviewed, the score, a summary and the report link are written back to d.vinci as a note, where d.vinci accepts notes through the integration.
- Stages untouched: nothing in d.vinci moves or gets rejected by the integration; your team makes every call.
- Sourcing alongside: The Cognitive also finds people outside d.vinci across ~900M public profiles; you choose who to contact and interview.
- Documented first round: a fixed rubric per role and a report per candidate, linked from a note in d.vinci.
- Nothing forks: d.vinci keeps being the source of truth while The Cognitive supplies the interview and evidence layer.
The Cognitive in a d.vinci workflow
d.vinci builds applicant tracking and onboarding software and says it has been doing so "for over 20 years" (dvinci.de, read on 3 October 2026), with "More time for HR" as one of its promises. The Cognitive adds the first-round interview: live, two-way, 10 or 20 minutes, in 9 languages.
d.vinci teams usually import from the stage after formal application review, where shortlisted candidates wait for a first interview.
d.vinci customers tend to run documented, multi-step processes with several people signing off. The Cognitive fits that: the rubric is fixed per role, the report holds a 1 to 5 score per criterion and overall written feedback, and nothing moves a candidate or rejects anyone in d.vinci.
How does candidate sourcing get into d.vinci?
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 d.vinci automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to d.vinci yourself.
Hard-to-fill technical roles in Germany rarely fill from inbound applications alone. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, and the recruiter chooses who to add to d.vinci.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: open the integration from The Cognitive dashboard, choose d.vinci, and sign in with the credentials d.vinci asks for.
- 2. Pick the source stage: tell The Cognitive which d.vinci stage to import active candidates from.
- 3. Run it: sync to import, invite candidates to interview, then send each result back to d.vinci as a note with the score and report link.
- d.vinci stays in charge of stages and decisions; The Cognitive adds the interview and the note.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
d.vinci 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 d.vinci. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does d.vinci have AI interviews?
d.vinci's site does not describe an AI interview (dvinci.de, read on 3 October 2026). It connects to Microsoft Teams for digital job interviews that your own people run. The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes in 9 languages, scored on a fixed rubric per role, and the invitation tells candidates the interview is run by AI.
Does d.vinci source candidates outside your applicants?
Not directly. d.vinci's partner list is about reach: a connection to over 500 job boards, extra application channels and employee referral partners (dvinci.de, read on 3 October 2026), and the site does not describe a search of profiles. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, and the recruiter chooses who to add to d.vinci.
Does d.vinci include onboarding?
Yes. d.vinci sells onboarding software next to its applicant tracking system, built to digitise onboarding so that, in its words, a route sheet never gets lost again (dvinci.de, read on 3 October 2026). The Cognitive only touches the recruiting side: candidates imported from d.vinci take a first-round AI interview, and a note with the score, summary and report link comes back.
Does The Cognitive integrate with d.vinci?
Yes. Candidates in your chosen d.vinci stage are imported on sync, invited to a live AI interview, and their score and report link are added back in d.vinci as a note. d.vinci is one of 60+ ATS integrations The Cognitive offers.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into d.vinci?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside d.vinci: 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 d.vinci 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 d.vinci stage should feed AI interviews?
d.vinci teams usually import from the stage after formal application review, where shortlisted candidates wait for a first interview. 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 d.vinci.
Do I need engineering help to connect d.vinci?
Not for the connection itself. An d.vinci admin signs in through The Cognitive's integration window and chooses the stage to import candidates from.
Which plans include ATS integration?
ATS integration is included on the Scale and Pro interview plans, which are billed monthly and can be cancelled anytime.
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