Manatal + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with Manatal so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow recruitment agencies, headhunters and HR teams already use: you import active candidates from the Manatal 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. Manatal is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations, all connected through one unified integration from the dashboard. Your Manatal stages and decisions stay yours: the integration never moves or rejects a candidate.
What does the Manatal integration do?
- Stage-based import: you choose which Manatal stage feeds The Cognitive, and a sync brings those active candidates in for interview invites.
- Back into Manatal: the score, summary and report link land on the imported candidate as a note, wherever Manatal takes notes through the integration.
- Your decisions stay in Manatal: the integration never changes a candidate's stage and never rejects anyone.
- Sourcing alongside: The Cognitive also finds people outside Manatal across ~900M public profiles; you choose who to contact and interview.
- Live follow-up questions: the interview adapts to each answer against a fixed rubric, a different format from a set-question recording.
- Manatal remains the system of record - The Cognitive layers interviews and evidence on top, never a second database to reconcile.
The Cognitive in a Manatal workflow
Manatal's homepage says "Transform the way you recruit with AI", and it already has 2 things this page would otherwise sell: a database of over 700 million candidates and an AI Interviewer add-on. Its own support docs describe that interviewer as asynchronous video interviews with defined questions; The Cognitive's is a live, two-way AI video interview where a fixed rubric holds and the questions adapt to each answer.
Manatal agencies usually import from the stage after their own screening, invite that group and compare the reports side by side.
An agency on Manatal that wants a conversation rather than a set of recorded answers can run the first round in The Cognitive and keep Manatal as the record. Each imported candidate who interviews gets a note in Manatal with the score, a summary and the report link. Manatal's stages stay as they are, and the integration rejects nobody.
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How does candidate sourcing get into Manatal?
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 Manatal automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to Manatal yourself.
Manatal's own sourcing hub searches its 700 million plus profiles on a set number of searches a month by plan, so The Cognitive's search across ~900M public profiles is a second pool to draw from. People found in The Cognitive stay in its role pool and are not written into Manatal automatically.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: the dashboard opens one integration window; select Manatal and authorize the connection there.
- 2. Set the stage: select the Manatal stage that feeds candidates into The Cognitive.
- 3. Run it: sync to import, invite candidates to interview, then send each result back to Manatal as a note with the score and report link.
- Your team keeps every stage move and decision in Manatal; the integration reads candidates and writes notes, nothing more.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
An ATS tracks candidates; it doesn't find or evaluate them. The Cognitive adds both to Manatal: sourcing across ~900M public profiles for people who never applied, and a live, two-way AI video interview scored on a fixed rubric, with questions that adapt to each answer. Your team reads the result as a note in Manatal. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Manatal have AI interviews or screening?
Yes. Manatal sells an AI Interviewer add-on, which its support docs describe as "automated, asynchronous video interviews" with up to 10 questions, generated by AI or written by you. The Cognitive's interview is live and two-way: the rubric is fixed per role and the questions adapt to each answer. Its read-only report link carries scores, written feedback and the recording for a client.
Does Manatal source candidates outside your database?
Yes. Manatal's Sourcing Hub reaches "over 700 million candidates beyond your existing network", using 1 credit per search query and a monthly search limit set by plan. The Cognitive's search covers ~900M public profiles and charges 1 credit per candidate returned, so a search that finds little costs little. People found there stay in its role pool and are not written into Manatal automatically.
Is Manatal built for agencies or in-house HR teams?
Both. Manatal's homepage says it is "tailored for HR teams, recruitment agencies, and headhunters", and it includes a recruitment CRM for clients, placements and revenue. For an agency, the client is the second audience for every interview. The Cognitive writes the score, summary and report link to Manatal as a note, and the read-only link can go to the client with the CV.
Does The Cognitive integrate with Manatal?
Yes. Candidates in your chosen Manatal stage are imported on sync, invited to a live AI interview, and their score and report link are added back in Manatal as a note. Manatal is one of 60+ ATS integrations The Cognitive offers.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into Manatal?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside Manatal: 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 Manatal 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 Manatal stage should feed AI interviews?
Manatal agencies usually import from the stage after their own screening, invite that group and compare the reports side by side. 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 Manatal.
Do I need engineering help to connect Manatal?
No engineering is needed: an Manatal 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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