Tribepad + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with Tribepad so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow UK public sector and volume hiring teams already use: you import active candidates from the Tribepad 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, Tribepad is one, connected from the dashboard through one unified integration. Stage moves and decisions stay in Tribepad; the integration only reads candidates and writes notes.
What does the Tribepad integration do?
- Import from a stage: pick the Tribepad 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 Tribepad gets the score, summary and report link added to their record, where the integration can write notes.
- Stages untouched: nothing in Tribepad moves or gets rejected by the integration; your team makes every call.
- Sourcing alongside: The Cognitive also finds people outside Tribepad across ~900M public profiles; you choose who to contact and interview.
- Before the panel: import Tribepad's shortlist stage and run a live AI interview ahead of panel scheduling.
- No parallel system of record: Tribepad stays the source of truth; The Cognitive adds the interview and evidence layer.
The Cognitive in a Tribepad workflow
Tribepad is a UK recruitment platform for "fairer, faster, better hiring", used by councils such as Staffordshire and Coventry and by care, housing and education employers. It reports more than 40 million users.
Tribepad teams usually import from the shortlist stage and invite those candidates before panel interviews are booked.
Councils and care providers hire the same roles again and again, and fairness is part of how Tribepad sells. The Cognitive keeps the rubric fixed per role while the questions adapt to each answer, and integrity flags are logged, not scored. Nothing is rejected automatically, so the panel decision and stage moves stay in Tribepad.
How does candidate sourcing get into Tribepad?
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 Tribepad automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to Tribepad yourself.
Tribepad builds talent pools from people who have applied or registered; The Cognitive reaches people who have not, across ~900M public profiles. Those people stay in The Cognitive's role pool until you add them to Tribepad.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: the dashboard opens one integration window; select Tribepad and authorize the connection there.
- 2. Set the stage: select the Tribepad stage that feeds candidates into The Cognitive.
- 3. Sync, invite, write back: run a sync, invite the imported candidates, and push the score and report link back to Tribepad as a note once they have interviewed.
- Your team keeps every stage move and decision in Tribepad; the integration reads candidates and writes notes, nothing more.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
Tribepad 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 Tribepad. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Tribepad have AI interviews or video screening?
Tribepad has recorded video screening. Its page says "Tribepad Video Screening is powered by Willo", with candidates recording answers to predefined questions when it suits them. The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview where the rubric is fixed per role and the questions adapt to each answer. Integrity flags are logged, not scored, and nobody is rejected automatically.
Does Tribepad source candidates outside your applicants?
Tribepad's site offers "smart recruitment marketing, talent pooling and CRM" to attract candidates, and does not describe searching public profiles of people who never applied. The Cognitive does that across ~900M public profiles and keeps everyone found with the role, so later searches skip people already seen. Those people stay in The Cognitive's role pool until you add them to Tribepad.
Is Tribepad used in the public sector?
Yes. Tribepad publishes case studies from Staffordshire County Council and Coventry City Council, and reports "over 40,000,000 users". Councils rehire the same roles often, so The Cognitive keeps the rubric fixed per role for every candidate while the questions adapt live. The panel reads a 1 to 5 score per criterion and overall written feedback before deciding in Tribepad.
Does The Cognitive integrate with Tribepad?
Yes. The Cognitive imports active candidates from the Tribepad stage you choose, you invite them to a live AI interview, and the score, summary and report link go back to Tribepad as a note. It is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into Tribepad?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside Tribepad: 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 Tribepad 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 Tribepad stage should feed AI interviews?
Tribepad teams usually import from the shortlist stage and invite those candidates before panel interviews are booked. 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 Tribepad.
Do I need engineering help to connect Tribepad?
Not for the connection itself. An Tribepad 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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