onlyfy + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with onlyfy so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow German-speaking SMBs, often already recruiting through XING already use: you import active candidates from the onlyfy 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. Of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations, onlyfy is one, connected from the dashboard through one unified integration. Stage moves and decisions stay in onlyfy; the integration only reads candidates and writes notes.
What does the onlyfy integration do?
- Import from a stage: pick the onlyfy 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 onlyfy gets the score, summary and report link added to their record, where the integration can write notes.
- Stages untouched: nothing in onlyfy moves or gets rejected by the integration; your team makes every call.
- Beyond your applicants: The Cognitive's sourcing reaches ~900M public profiles, so the people you interview are not limited to onlyfy applicants.
- Interview in the candidate's language: 9 languages for the AI interview, with the onlyfy pipeline left as it is.
- Nothing forks: onlyfy keeps being the source of truth while The Cognitive supplies the interview and evidence layer.
The Cognitive in an onlyfy workflow
onlyfy is the applicant manager from the XING recruiting family, with the line "Recruiting kann auch einfach sein" (our translation: "recruiting can be simple too", onlyfy.com, read on 3 October 2026). The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview in 9 languages, so a team hiring across borders can interview applicants in more than one language without adding interviewers.
onlyfy teams usually import from the stage where applications have been read and the next step would be a phone screen.
German-speaking applicants often expect to be told how an application is being handled, and the invitation from The Cognitive tells candidates the interview is run by AI. The rubric is fixed per role and the questions adapt to each answer, and the result lands in onlyfy as a note with the score, summary and report link.
How does candidate sourcing get into onlyfy?
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 onlyfy automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to onlyfy yourself.
onlyfy sits next to XING, where recruiters already search German-speaking professionals. The Cognitive widens that search to ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, and the people found stay in its role pool rather than being written into onlyfy.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: the dashboard opens one integration window; select onlyfy and authorize the connection there.
- 2. Choose a stage: pick the onlyfy stage whose active candidates should be imported for AI interviews.
- 3. Run it: sync to import, invite candidates to interview, then send each result back to onlyfy as a note with the score and report link.
- onlyfy stays in charge of stages and decisions; The Cognitive adds the interview and the note.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
onlyfy 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 onlyfy. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does onlyfy have AI interviews?
onlyfy's site does not describe an AI interview (onlyfy.com, read on 3 October 2026). It covers multiposting to up to 900 channels, applications by WhatsApp, and questions about your recruiting data asked in plain language. The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes in 9 languages, and the invitation tells candidates the interview is run by AI.
Does onlyfy source candidates outside your applicants?
Yes, inside XING. onlyfy says every job gets free automatic candidate suggestions from over 21 million XING profiles, with a function to invite them to apply (our translation, onlyfy.com, read on 3 October 2026). The Cognitive searches beyond one network, across ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, and the people it finds stay in its role pool rather than being written into onlyfy.
Is onlyfy part of XING?
Yes. onlyfy says it is part of the XING recruiting solutions, and also that the applicant manager works fully on its own without other XING products (our translation, onlyfy.com, read on 3 October 2026). XING job ads and the XING TalentManager can be added when needed. The Cognitive connects to onlyfy itself and writes a note with the score, summary and report link for candidates imported from it.
Does The Cognitive integrate with onlyfy?
Yes. The Cognitive imports active candidates from the onlyfy stage you choose, you invite them to a live AI interview, and the score, summary and report link go back to onlyfy as a note. It is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into onlyfy?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside onlyfy: 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 onlyfy 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 onlyfy stage should feed AI interviews?
onlyfy teams usually import from the stage where applications have been read and the next step would be a phone screen. 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 onlyfy.
Do I need engineering help to connect onlyfy?
No engineering is needed: an onlyfy 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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