Applied Pros and Cons

It's easy to use, and makes the shortlisting process much quicker - both for shortlisters and on the admin side.

Candidates who are genuinely interested in the role and the organisation seem to like it, and I don't mind losing candidates who are put off by having to express interest beyond a CV and covering letter.

It helps us show that we're concerned about diversity and inclusion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do find it hard to search and save questions and review guides - it always seems to save them as new questions, and then says I the questions I have on the role are too similar. I've got round it, but it's a niggle.

Honestly, the only real downside is the cost. It is well priced, but we are a relatively small charity who aren't constantly recruiting, and it is a big commitment for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tool is very easy to use and it is imperitive that we use this tool for recruitment purposes to ensure that our adverts remain inclusive. We require to use this frequently and we haven't had any issues at all.

The tool can be used effectively my more than one user and the results are very fast and provide details that we can feed back to our stakeholders.

I would recommend to anyone! The customer support is fantastic and the responses are fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing specifically that I do not like about Applied Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Applied gives you a ton of tools and data-backed approaches to remove as much inherent bias as possible from your hiring process. They don't pretend there is a silver bullet, but through their ATS provide a whole range of different tools to help you build a hiring process that makes sense for your organisation, while also bringing in as many best-practice elements as possible to create a genuinely fair and high quality interview and recruitment process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can tell that Applied's experience is first and foremostly in hiring and building a fair hiring methodology backed up by science, and secondly in UI and UX. The interfaces are not always super intuitive and are a little clunky to use. We would certainly prefer it this way round though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As per the title - you can set up the manner of screening you would like to adopt, by creating and maintaining an archive of questions to ask potential interviewees, testing their expertise and experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have found that on one occasion that I looked to duplicate and re-advertise a role, but I wasn't able to start it afresh (which could have been my lack of skill) and so had applicants who had applied before not being able to re-apply due to being screened out previously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Applied has made us really think about our recruitment processes to ensure that they are as fair and inclusive as possible. Despite some initial hesitation, our hiring managers have come to enjoy reviewing applications based on sift questions rather than lengthy cover letters. The product team are regularly adding new features which is great in challenging us to think about alternative ways we can be assessing candidates! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The one particular challenge that comes to mind is the time spent thinking about the design of the sift questions. We don't always get it quite right, but over time we have got better at this (and for ensuring we allow time to design these questions before going live with an advert) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The aspects of Applied that I find most helpful are the candidate communication option, candidate management page, scheduling integration/booking link and ease of saving content as you go. I use Applied daily, so I appreciate the UX for most functions! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It would be great to have an easier way to view the communications you've had with the candidates. It would be very helpful to have an embedded log/quick way to see who has been sent what. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Applied helps us to review applicants in a non-biased way, levelling the playing field for those with the right skills and experience! The sift questions allow us to check how someone would perform in work-based scenarios even if they don't have prior experience in this area and the CV reviews help us to look for the right information across applicant CVs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing I don't like about Applied! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Anonymisation of answers and capacity to request CVs

- Easy to shortlist

- Easy to schedule interviews

- Easy to contact candidates

- We've had good quality candidates and filled most posts on the first round of recruitment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Set up can feel a bit clunky and difficult to see what's missing

- Interview meeting invites do not update so interview panel end up with two calendar invites - one scheduled and one once the candidate has accepted, which can be confusing

- It would be good if reporting were available for all sample sizes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is user friendly and they have a great team who are very supportive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few tech elements that could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's easy to use for us and for candidates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a small charity, it'd be great if it was even cheaper! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.