Workable + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with Workable so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow growing companies and mid-market HR teams already use: you import active candidates from the Workable 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, Workable is one, connected from the dashboard through one unified integration. Stage moves and decisions stay in Workable; the integration only reads candidates and writes notes.
What does the Workable integration do?
- Stage-based import: you choose which Workable stage feeds The Cognitive, and a sync brings those active candidates in for interview invites.
- Results go back as a note: each interviewed candidate imported from Workable gets the score, summary and report link added to their record, where the integration can write notes.
- Stages untouched: nothing in Workable 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 Workable applicants.
- Live follow-up: where a Workable one-way video records set answers, The Cognitive's interviewer asks its next question based on what the candidate just said.
- Nothing forks: Workable keeps being the source of truth while The Cognitive supplies the interview and evidence layer.
The Cognitive in a Workable workflow
Workable calls itself "agentic software for recruiting and HR" (workable.com, read on 3 October 2026), and its AI agent already searches 400M+ profiles and scores inbound applicants against up to 14 job criteria. Its own video interviews are one-way: candidates record answers to set questions on a pipeline stage. The Cognitive adds the step Workable does not run, a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes with follow-up questions that adapt to each answer.
Workable teams usually import from the stage after the agent's screen, so the applicants it has already scored get a live conversation before a hiring manager gives them an hour.
Workable's agent can auto-advance strong fits and route clear no's out, and that setting belongs to Workable. The Cognitive moves nobody: it imports candidates from the stage you pick, interviews only the ones you invite, and writes a note with the score, a summary and the report link back to each imported candidate. Any stage change after that is made by a person in Workable.
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How does candidate sourcing get into Workable?
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 Workable automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to Workable yourself.
Workable's agent already sources from 400M+ profiles inside the ATS, so The Cognitive's search across ~900M public profiles works as a second net for roles where that pool comes back thin. People found in The Cognitive stay in its role pool, and the recruiter adds the ones worth pursuing to Workable themselves.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: open the integration from The Cognitive dashboard, choose Workable, and sign in with the credentials Workable asks for.
- 2. Choose a stage: pick the Workable stage whose active candidates should be imported for AI interviews.
- 3. Use it: a sync brings candidates in, you invite them, and finished interviews go back to Workable as notes with the score and report link.
- Workable stays in charge of stages and decisions; The Cognitive adds the interview and the note.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
An ATS tracks candidates; it doesn't find or evaluate them. The Cognitive adds both to Workable: 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 Workable. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Workable have AI interviews?
Workable has one-way video interviews, not a live AI interviewer. Its help centre describes adding one-way video interviews to pipeline stages, where candidates record answers with set think time and takes. The Cognitive adds a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes for candidates you import from a Workable stage and invite, and writes a note with the score, summary and report link back.
Does Workable source candidates outside your applicants?
Yes. Workable says its AI agent sources candidates from 400M+ profiles and evaluates every inbound candidate against up to 14 job criteria. The Cognitive adds a second search across ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief, which helps when Workable's pool comes back thin. People found that way stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into Workable automatically.
What is Workable's AI agent?
Workable's AI agent is an add-on that sources, screens and engages candidates inside the Workable ATS. Its own page lists the steps, from sourcing 400M+ profiles to moving strong candidates to a shortlist or inviting them to a screening call. The Cognitive can hold that first conversation as a live AI video interview, and it moves nobody in Workable: a person makes every stage change.
Does The Cognitive integrate with Workable?
Yes. The Cognitive imports active candidates from the Workable stage you choose, you invite them to a live AI interview, and the score, summary and report link go back to Workable as a note. It is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into Workable?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside Workable: 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 Workable 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 Workable stage should feed AI interviews?
Workable teams usually import from the stage after the agent's screen, so the applicants it has already scored get a live conversation before a hiring manager gives them an hour. 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 Workable.
Do I need engineering help to connect Workable?
No. You connect Workable from The Cognitive dashboard in one integration window, using the admin credentials Workable 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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