Pinpoint + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with Pinpoint so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow in-house TA teams running several hiring streams already use: you import active candidates from the Pinpoint 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. Pinpoint keeps every stage move and decision; The Cognitive never changes a candidate's stage or rejects anyone.
What does the Pinpoint integration do?
- Pull candidates in: a sync imports the active candidates sitting in the Pinpoint stage you select, ready for an AI interview invite.
- Results go back as a note: each interviewed candidate imported from Pinpoint gets the score, summary and report link added to their record, where the integration can write notes.
- Stages untouched: nothing in Pinpoint 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 Pinpoint applicants.
- Rubric per stream: each role in The Cognitive keeps its own fixed rubric, which lines up with Pinpoint's separate workflow for each hiring stream.
- Pinpoint remains the system of record - The Cognitive layers interviews and evidence on top, never a second database to reconcile.
The Cognitive in a Pinpoint workflow
Pinpoint calls itself "the ATS built for multi-stream hiring" (pinpointhq.com, read on 3 October 2026), and it already includes one-way video interviews, AI candidate prioritization and a sourcing extension. A one-way video records answers to set questions. The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview that asks follow-up questions based on what the candidate says.
Pinpoint teams usually import from the screening stage of their professional-hiring stream, where a live conversation tells them more than a recorded answer.
Pinpoint gives each hiring stream its own workflow, and The Cognitive matches that with a separate role and rubric per job, so a graduate scheme and a senior finance hire are never scored on the same criteria. Imported candidates get a note with the score, a summary and the report link. Stages, approvals and the per-stream reporting stay in Pinpoint.
How does candidate sourcing get into Pinpoint?
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 Pinpoint automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to Pinpoint yourself.
Pinpoint lists a sourcing extension among its features, while The Cognitive starts from a plain-English brief, runs it across ~900M public profiles and opens each result card with a "Why this match" line. People found that way stay in The Cognitive's role pool until a recruiter adds them to Pinpoint.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: the dashboard opens one integration window; select Pinpoint and authorize the connection there.
- 2. Choose a stage: pick the Pinpoint 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 Pinpoint as a note with the score and report link.
- Pinpoint stays in charge of stages and decisions; The Cognitive adds the interview and the note.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
Pinpoint 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 Pinpoint. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Pinpoint have AI interviews?
Pinpoint has one-way video interviews, not a live AI interviewer. Its site lists one-way video interviewing next to AI candidate prioritization and an AI Notetaker, and a one-way video records answers to set questions. The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes, with questions that adapt to each answer against a fixed rubric, for candidates you import from Pinpoint and invite.
Does Pinpoint source candidates outside your applicants?
Partly. Pinpoint lists a sourcing extension, talent pools and a recruitment agency portal, and its AI candidate prioritization ranks people already in Pinpoint. Its site does not describe a database of outside profiles. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, and the people it finds stay in The Cognitive's role pool until a recruiter adds them to Pinpoint.
What does multi-stream hiring mean in Pinpoint?
It means running several hiring processes side by side, from early career to executive, in one system. Pinpoint says it gives each stream "its own workflows, branding, permissions, and reporting". The Cognitive fits that model with a fixed rubric per role, so each stream's candidates are scored on their own criteria, and stage moves in every stream stay with your team in Pinpoint.
Does The Cognitive integrate with Pinpoint?
Yes. The Cognitive imports active candidates from the Pinpoint stage you choose, you invite them to a live AI interview, and the score, summary and report link go back to Pinpoint as a note. It is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into Pinpoint?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside Pinpoint: 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 Pinpoint 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 Pinpoint stage should feed AI interviews?
Pinpoint teams usually import from the screening stage of their professional-hiring stream, where a live conversation tells them more than a recorded answer. 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 Pinpoint.
Do I need engineering help to connect Pinpoint?
Not for the connection itself. An Pinpoint 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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