TalentLyft + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with TalentLyft so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow growing in-house recruiting teams already use: you import active candidates from the TalentLyft 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. TalentLyft is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations, all connected through one unified integration from the dashboard. Your TalentLyft stages and decisions stay yours: the integration never moves or rejects a candidate.
What does the TalentLyft integration do?
- Import from a stage: pick the TalentLyft stage to import active candidates from, run a sync, and they arrive in The Cognitive ready to invite.
- Back into TalentLyft: the score, summary and report link land on the imported candidate as a note, wherever TalentLyft takes notes through the integration.
- Stages untouched: nothing in TalentLyft 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 TalentLyft applicants.
- Per-pipeline import: choose the stage in whichever TalentLyft pipeline a role runs on.
- TalentLyft remains the system of record - The Cognitive layers interviews and evidence on top, never a second database to reconcile.
The Cognitive in a TalentLyft workflow
TalentLyft is a "Recruitment Marketing and Applicant Tracking System", with career sites, multiple pipelines and candidate self-scheduling. It also has its own sourcing tools with email sequences.
TalentLyft teams usually import from the screening stage of a specific pipeline and invite that role's candidates together.
TalentLyft lets you run a different pipeline per role, so you pick the matching stage in The Cognitive for each one. Candidates book a 10 or 20 minute live AI interview, and the report shows a 1 to 5 score per criterion and overall written feedback. Stage moves and offers stay in TalentLyft.
How does candidate sourcing get into TalentLyft?
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 TalentLyft automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to TalentLyft yourself.
TalentLyft's sourcing works through lookup tools and sequences; The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief and ranks people against its must-haves. People found in The Cognitive are not written into TalentLyft automatically.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: open the integration from The Cognitive dashboard, choose TalentLyft, and sign in with the credentials TalentLyft asks for.
- 2. Choose a stage: pick the TalentLyft 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 TalentLyft as a note with the score and report link.
- Your team keeps every stage move and decision in TalentLyft; the integration reads candidates and writes notes, nothing more.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
Tracking candidates is what TalentLyft does; finding and evaluating them is the gap The Cognitive fills. Search ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, then invite the people you pick, or the applicants you import from TalentLyft, to a live AI interview that books itself into their calendar. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does TalentLyft have AI interviews or video screening?
TalentLyft's site mentions "AI-assisted assessments" and interview self-scheduling, but it does not describe video or AI-led interviews. Candidates book your team's interviews through "Collective & Round Robin Self-Scheduling". The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes in 9 languages, with a transcript, the recording and a suggested verdict.
Does TalentLyft source candidates outside your applicants?
Yes. TalentLyft says it helps you "source, engage, and convert passive candidates faster" with lookup tools and email sequences. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, ranks people who meet every must-have above those who miss one, and learns from your shortlists after 8 or more decisions. People found there are not written into TalentLyft automatically.
Does TalentLyft post to job boards?
Yes. TalentLyft says it draws on "a database of over 3000 job boards and channels", so you can pick the most popular ones for each location. Board traffic is what fills a first round. The Cognitive runs that round as a live AI interview the candidate books without an account, and each report gives a 1 to 5 score per criterion and overall written feedback.
Does The Cognitive integrate with TalentLyft?
Yes. Candidates in your chosen TalentLyft stage are imported on sync, invited to a live AI interview, and their score and report link are added back in TalentLyft as a note. TalentLyft is one of 60+ ATS integrations The Cognitive offers.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into TalentLyft?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside TalentLyft: 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 TalentLyft 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 TalentLyft stage should feed AI interviews?
TalentLyft teams usually import from the screening stage of a specific pipeline and invite that role's candidates together. 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 TalentLyft.
Do I need engineering help to connect TalentLyft?
No. You connect TalentLyft from The Cognitive dashboard in one integration window, using the admin credentials TalentLyft 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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