UKG Pro Recruiting + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with UKG Pro Recruiting so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow mid-size and large employers on UKG Pro already use: you import active candidates from the UKG Pro Recruiting 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, UKG Pro Recruiting is one, connected from the dashboard through one unified integration. Stage moves and decisions stay in UKG Pro Recruiting; the integration only reads candidates and writes notes.
What does the UKG Pro Recruiting integration do?
- Import from a stage: pick the UKG Pro Recruiting 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 UKG Pro Recruiting gets the score, summary and report link added to their record, where the integration can write notes.
- No automatic stage moves: UKG Pro Recruiting keeps every stage change and rejection decision; the integration only reads candidates and writes notes.
- Beyond your applicants: The Cognitive's sourcing reaches ~900M public profiles, so the people you interview are not limited to UKG Pro Recruiting applicants.
- Role-by-role rubrics: a separate role in The Cognitive for each UKG requisition, each with its own rubric and interview length.
- Nothing forks: UKG Pro Recruiting keeps being the source of truth while The Cognitive supplies the interview and evidence layer.
The Cognitive in an UKG Pro Recruiting workflow
UKG Pro Recruiting sits inside UKG Pro, which UKG sells as HR, payroll, workforce management and culture tools in one suite, and UKG's solution guide, read on 3 October 2026, lists "branded job boards, AI-based ranking" and LinkedIn integration among its recruiting features. The Cognitive adds a first-round conversation on top of that ranking: a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes, scored against a fixed rubric.
UKG Pro teams usually import from the screening stage of a requisition and invite candidates themselves; nothing is sent automatically.
UKG pitches UKG Pro to employers managing salaried, hourly, hybrid and gig workers, so one recruiting team can be screening very different roles in the same week. In The Cognitive each role carries its own rubric and interview length, in 9 languages, so a shift supervisor and a payroll analyst are judged on different criteria. The score, summary and report link come back as a note on imported candidates where UKG Pro accepts notes through the integration, and UKG keeps every stage decision.
How does candidate sourcing get into UKG Pro Recruiting?
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 UKG Pro Recruiting automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to UKG Pro Recruiting yourself.
AI-based ranking orders the people who already applied to a UKG requisition, and outbound search is what fills the gap when that list is short. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, keeps every person found in the role pool, and the recruiter adds the ones worth pursuing to UKG Pro.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: the dashboard opens one integration window; select UKG Pro Recruiting and authorize the connection there.
- 2. Choose a stage: pick the UKG Pro Recruiting 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 UKG Pro Recruiting as a note with the score and report link.
- Nothing in UKG Pro Recruiting moves on its own: stages and decisions stay with your team.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
An ATS tracks candidates; it doesn't find or evaluate them. The Cognitive adds both to UKG Pro Recruiting: 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 UKG Pro Recruiting. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does UKG Pro Recruiting have AI interviews?
UKG's site does not describe AI interviews for UKG Pro Recruiting. Its solution guide lists branded job boards, AI-based ranking, mobile support, LinkedIn integration, real-time analytics and gamified tools. The Cognitive adds the interview itself: you import candidates from the stage you pick, invite them, and each takes a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes in 1 of 9 languages.
Does UKG Pro Recruiting source candidates outside your applicants?
UKG's solution guide does not describe searching beyond your applicants. Its recruiting features center on branded job boards, LinkedIn integration and AI-based ranking of the people who apply. The Cognitive searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief. Sourced people are not written into UKG Pro automatically; your recruiter adds the ones worth pursuing.
Is UKG Pro Recruiting part of UKG Pro?
Yes. UKG's solution guide lists Recruiting among the UKG Pro talent solutions, next to onboarding, talent marketplace, performance and learning, inside a suite that also covers HR, payroll and workforce management. The Cognitive connects to UKG Pro Recruiting, reads candidates from the stage you choose and writes back a note with the score, summary and report link where UKG accepts notes.
Does The Cognitive integrate with UKG Pro Recruiting?
Yes, it is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations. A sync imports candidates from the UKG Pro Recruiting stage you pick, they take a live AI interview when you invite them, and each result is written back to UKG Pro Recruiting as a note with the score and report link.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into UKG Pro Recruiting?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside UKG Pro Recruiting: 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 UKG Pro Recruiting 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 UKG Pro Recruiting stage should feed AI interviews?
UKG Pro teams usually import from the screening stage of a requisition and invite candidates themselves; nothing is sent automatically. 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 UKG Pro Recruiting.
Do I need engineering help to connect UKG Pro Recruiting?
No. You connect UKG Pro Recruiting from The Cognitive dashboard in one integration window, using the admin credentials UKG Pro Recruiting 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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