HR Cloud + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with HR Cloud so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow HR teams hiring for frontline workforces already use: you import active candidates from the HR Cloud 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. HR Cloud is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations, all connected through one unified integration from the dashboard. Your HR Cloud stages and decisions stay yours: the integration never moves or rejects a candidate.
What does the HR Cloud integration do?
- Pull candidates in: a sync imports the active candidates sitting in the HR Cloud 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 HR Cloud as a note, where HR Cloud accepts notes through the integration.
- No automatic stage moves: HR Cloud keeps every stage change and rejection decision; the integration only reads candidates and writes notes.
- Sourcing alongside: The Cognitive also finds people outside HR Cloud across ~900M public profiles; you choose who to contact and interview.
- Live alongside async: keep HR Cloud's recorded screens and add a live, two-way interview for the roles that need one.
- Nothing forks: HR Cloud keeps being the source of truth while The Cognitive supplies the interview and evidence layer.
The Cognitive in a HR Cloud workflow
HR Cloud describes itself as "frontline HR software for 500+ employee teams", and its Recruit module posts jobs and screens with async, recorded video. The Cognitive adds a different format: a live, two-way AI video interview where the questions follow up on each answer.
HR Cloud teams usually import from the stage after application review and invite candidates for roles where a recorded answer is not enough.
Recorded video works for checking basics at volume; a live conversation shows how someone handles a follow-up question. You import from the HR Cloud stage you choose, invite the people you want, and they book a 10 or 20 minute interview in one of 9 languages. The score, summary and report link go back to the imported candidate as a note, and HR Cloud keeps moving hires into its own onboarding.
How does candidate sourcing get into HR Cloud?
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 HR Cloud automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to HR Cloud yourself.
HR Cloud Recruit works with the people who apply; The Cognitive finds people who never applied, across ~900M public profiles. Sourced people stay in The Cognitive until you decide to add them to HR Cloud.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: open the integration from The Cognitive dashboard, choose HR Cloud, and sign in with the credentials HR Cloud asks for.
- 2. Choose a stage: pick the HR Cloud stage whose active candidates should be imported for AI interviews.
- 3. Use it: a sync brings candidates in, you invite them, and finished interviews go back to HR Cloud as notes with the score and report link.
- Nothing in HR Cloud moves on its own: stages and decisions stay with your team.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
HR Cloud 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 HR Cloud. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does HR Cloud have AI interviews or video screening?
Yes for recorded video. HR Cloud's Recruit page says candidates "record on their own time" while your team reviews "responses, transcripts, and ratings in one place". Its site does not describe a live AI interviewer. The Cognitive adds that format: a two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes where the questions follow up on each answer, scored 1 to 5 per criterion.
Does HR Cloud source candidates outside your applicants?
HR Cloud's site describes career pages and job publishing, not a search for people who never applied. Recruit lets you "publish roles from one place" and turn a posting into a QR code for physical locations. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, and later searches skip people already seen. Sourced people stay in The Cognitive until you add them to HR Cloud.
Can I use HR Cloud video interviews and The Cognitive together?
Yes. Keep HR Cloud's recorded answers for checking basics at volume, then import the stage those candidates reach and invite the ones who need a live conversation. The Cognitive's report adds a transcript, the recording, a weighted score out of 100 and a suggested verdict. A note with score, summary and report link goes back to the imported candidate in HR Cloud.
Does The Cognitive integrate with HR Cloud?
Yes. The Cognitive imports active candidates from the HR Cloud stage you choose, you invite them to a live AI interview, and the score, summary and report link go back to HR Cloud as a note. It is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into HR Cloud?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside HR Cloud: 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 HR Cloud 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 HR Cloud stage should feed AI interviews?
HR Cloud teams usually import from the stage after application review and invite candidates for roles where a recorded answer is not enough. 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 HR Cloud.
Do I need engineering help to connect HR Cloud?
No. You connect HR Cloud from The Cognitive dashboard in one integration window, using the admin credentials HR Cloud asks for, then pick the stage to import 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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