Lano + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with Lano so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow companies hiring and paying people across borders already use: you import active candidates from the Lano 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. Lano keeps every stage move and decision; The Cognitive never changes a candidate's stage or rejects anyone.
What does the Lano integration do?
- Import from a stage: pick the Lano stage to import active candidates from, run a sync, and they arrive in The Cognitive ready to invite.
- Results go back as a note: each interviewed candidate imported from Lano gets the score, summary and report link added to their record, where the integration can write notes.
- No automatic stage moves: Lano keeps every stage change and rejection decision; the integration only reads candidates and writes notes.
- Sourcing alongside: The Cognitive also finds people outside Lano across ~900M public profiles; you choose who to contact and interview.
- Interview before contract: invite imported candidates to a live AI interview before Lano handles the contract and pay.
- Lano remains the system of record - The Cognitive layers interviews and evidence on top, never a second database to reconcile.
The Cognitive in a Lano workflow
Lano is a German global payroll and employer of record platform for 170+ countries: it takes over once you have found the person you want to hire. Recruiting is not the core of Lano, so the connection matters most where Lano holds candidate records the integration can read.
Teams on Lano import from whichever stage holds people not yet contracted, then invite the ones still to be interviewed.
Lano picks up after a hire is chosen: contracts, compliance and pay. The Cognitive covers the step Lano leaves to you, a live AI interview of 10 or 20 minutes in one of 9 languages, which suits remote hires in other countries. Contracts and payments stay in Lano.
How does candidate sourcing get into Lano?
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 Lano automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to Lano yourself.
Lano's own words leave finding the talent to you, and The Cognitive does that across ~900M public profiles. People sourced there stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into Lano automatically.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: open the integration from The Cognitive dashboard, choose Lano, and sign in with the credentials Lano asks for.
- 2. Pick the source stage: tell The Cognitive which Lano stage to import active candidates from.
- 3. Run it: sync to import, invite candidates to interview, then send each result back to Lano as a note with the score and report link.
- Your team keeps every stage move and decision in Lano; the integration reads candidates and writes notes, nothing more.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
Lano 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 Lano. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Lano have AI interviews or video screening?
No, Lano's site describes no interviewing. Lano covers employer of record, contractor management and payroll across 170+ countries, under the line "Hire, onboard and pay your global team from one simple tool". The Cognitive adds the interview before the contract: a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes in 9 languages, which suits remote hires abroad.
Does Lano source candidates outside your applicants?
No. Lano's site describes employing and paying people, and nothing about finding them. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, ranks people who meet every must-have above those who miss one, and can reveal verified emails and phone numbers. People sourced there stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into Lano automatically.
Does Lano do recruiting?
No, Lano's site describes no recruiting module, applicant tracking or sourcing. It is an employer of record and payroll platform for 170+ countries and 28 local currencies. The Cognitive covers the hiring step before Lano: it finds people across ~900M public profiles and interviews them live by AI. Once you pick someone, Lano handles the contract and pay.
Does The Cognitive integrate with Lano?
Yes. Candidates in your chosen Lano stage are imported on sync, invited to a live AI interview, and their score and report link are added back in Lano as a note. Lano is one of 60+ ATS integrations The Cognitive offers.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into Lano?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside Lano: 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 Lano 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 Lano stage should feed AI interviews?
Teams on Lano import from whichever stage holds people not yet contracted, then invite the ones still to be interviewed. 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 Lano.
Do I need engineering help to connect Lano?
No engineering is needed: an Lano admin authorizes the connection from The Cognitive dashboard and picks the source stage.
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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