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Hiring teams and candidates
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Net Promoter Score
+100
World-class NPS
Candidate Satisfaction
4.6/5
6,000+ reviews
NPS
+100
World-class
CX
4.6/5
6k+ reviews
Testimonials
What people are saying
“We had 400 applicants for some roles. First made it possible to review them all efficiently, make great hires, and save time and costs — with zero talent team, just hiring managers.”
“FirstStage is easy to use, with excellent onboarding and support that goes above and beyond. It's streamlined our shortlisting process, saving hours of productive time. The personalised service and caring team deliver an efficient, effective product that helps us maximise their technology.”
“First allowed us, as a business and as consultants, to do more, in the same space of time. Using First has allowed us to make sure that every CV has been reviewed consistently.”
“It's been great for the new apprenticeship and helped reduce the impact of hiring on our billable staff. We even built a talent pipeline of candidates for future roles. We need more tools like this.”
“Thank you! Pretty impressed by the recruiting system Luke! Our team has already used it to make two hires from hundreds of applications. It's amazing 🤩”
“First has greatly improved our candidate flow and helped expand our client market by saving us significant time. The support is outstanding—Danny and Luke are always available to help. Highly recommend!”
Candidate feedback
“The best job application experience ever, I like this one-page-one-question design!”
Marketing Associate
“Most unique, interesting and fun interview I have ever done. Simple, but nice.”
ML Engineer
“First time being interviewed by AI. It's been trained really well, I felt like I was being interviewed by a real person.”
Principal Software Engineer
“This is one of the amazing job application processes I have experienced in the recent times. Kudos to the team!”
Vehicle Safety Operator
“It was really good to communicate with the chat bot, its questions are professional”
Purchase Ledger Clerk
Even More Candidate feedback
great
Great
Makes the experience of applying for a new role good because it is interactive making it feel more engaging rather than just clicking on upload and apply on multiple job boards.
Perfect!
Able to add more relevant detail
Love how easy it is to
On time prompt responses with a lot of details in questions.
It is well designed, concise, user-friendly and to the point
good
Very nice
A clean and smooth process.
great
Nice. Easy to apply
It was an innovative way of interviewing, and allowed me to express my thoughts and answers to the questions in a way I wouldn't have been able to in a traditional interview.
Good
Comfortable to answers.
Great way to do interviews 🙂
good
Most unique, interesting and fun interview I have ever done. Simple, but nice.
Great and interactive way to gather information.
Interactive and straightforward. I look forward to the prospects of the role
Very prompt but interactive
Excellent
Lovely
Lovely
Impressed with the toolset
It was amazing! keep it up.
I love this. Easy and simple.
Easy to use, smooth process
First ever experience with a personal assistant as part of the interview phase. Can see greater use cases with this! Thank you.
was pretty straight forward and direct
A very innovative way to structure a phase of an interview
It was really good to communicate with the chat bot, its questions are professional so I hope it will help you know me better
Excellent
very smooth process
Smooth and didn't attempt to bore you with repetitive questions
Loved the experience but would have liked to be told upfront how many questions so I could have set time aside
Great Experience. Smooth process
Effective way to process an application
Simple to use
it was okay
Better than I thought it would be
AI
Simple
Ease of navigation.
Was good, but if questions have to be repeated in an interview, it could be annoying...
Easy to operate, simple and to the point
Very interactive process
Love the automated system. Quite interesting and brilliant.
wonderful
I Love the Chat
very good, very different, very easy!
Very interactive and easy
Excellent
Nice, friendly and good interface
Nice and smooth
It was a straight, straightforward, good-form experience
Really easy
it was smooth and interactive
Really good UI
Unique experience
good
Loved the UI used for the application process, had never come across such a user-friendly one. Nice one
Great
Very good
Nice use of ai!
Awesome
Enjoyed the interaction.
It’s good
it was easy to use
It's very pleasant
Whoever made Fred well done!
Seamless process and the use of chat bots is cool.
Very interesting with AI
Easy to understand instructions
Very engaging
very friendly, easy going
This was an amazing experience.
Wonderful chat
Good
Simple and efficient
The chat-based interview process was fantastic and seamless!
This process of using AI chat is impressive. It enables the candidate to complete the application in their own time.
First time being interviewed by AI. It's been trained really well, I felt like I was being interviewed by a real person. Hope more companies implement this.
Swift and straight to the point. Relevant information sought in a concise manner
wow its very good, thanks for this opportunity MRJ.
It was easy completing the steps
Awesome
Good
Great
Great, transparent, simplified, direct. Love it.
I love the process
It went easy and smooth
I like it
Insightful application process.
A nice & easy form.
It was nice to have an immediate interview to brief about me and my experience.
Its a good opportunity, because developers will get some experience
Very cool and concise application process.
This was a nice experience
I was able to give an in-depth answer to the questions asked.
First time being interviewed by AI. It was a pleasant experience.
nice to chat with AI
New and different
Great experience
It's quite accessible and user friendly. Great job from your tech team.
Nice chat with AI
easy and well laid out
I like these kind of preliminary questions before proceeding to the next step. I am more relaxed to answer in a way which is the best of me.
My experience doing this application was very smooth, convenient and hassle-free
it was great
I've never really wrote about myself in that way before so found it really useful—and think it might be a introductory tool for both parties. Thanks a lot—Sam
The use of live chat and micro-moment is top-notch. The image of the hiring manager gives me a kind of assurance that my application would be accessed and reviewed because they can see me apply.
Its a good opportunity
perfect
quick and painless
nice tool
Pretty easy and efficient, thanks!
Good
User friendly.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon
Very Enjoyable
Absolutely love technology and the questions answered here would normally be the first 15 minutes of an interview. Liking this!!!
Good user experience and easy to navigate the screens.
AI chat about the work experience is something new and amazing.
I am impressed with the introduction of AI based interview for faster candidate shortlisting instead of an ATS based shortlisting.
Really straight forward process, love the fact that the Assistant probed further on responses provided. I was able to give more details, I was concerned there would be a word restriction on my responses.
It was very wise to use AI agents in the application process!
it was alright, not too tedious and straight forward
good
very user friendly
It was nice experience
Its a wonderful experience to AI and technology involved recruitment process.
I liked the interactive application.
Quite thorough, I hope it was useful however sometimes these conversations may be easier over the phone. Although I can appreciate if it helps compile a shortlist of candidates
very good user approach
That was one of the easiest applications I've ever come across. The process was seamless, intuitive, and surprisingly quick. Honestly, it's phenomenal—far beyond what I expected. It not only saves time but also sets a new standard for how simple applications should be.
best experience so far in application process. loved it
good
easy application process.
Easy to submit details and enjoyed the AI question experience.
Unusual but definitely better than a lot of other applications that I have completed!
Was very user friendly
It was a splendid flow
Nice experience working with an AI assistant in the application submission process itself.
The experience was great and the interview bot was very responsive to my answers
It was easy and straightforward
It was interactive. I felt like I'm having a conversation with someone
An interesting interview
Good
not bad
it was fun!
I enjoyed it very much.
GREAT
Love this as I'm a bit of a data and technology nerd. My kind of round 1 interview
This was the first time I had an interview with AI and it was so nice to attend like this type of interview this was a nice experience I had the interview with AI
Very user friendly and easy to understand and use
Smooth and Relevant
The best job application experience ever, I like this one-page-one-question design!
It was a refreshing way to apply
Great and Seamless
Really clear form and instructions thanks
This is one of the amazing job application processes I have experienced in the recent times. Kudos to the team !!! Looking forward to be part of this amazing team!
Great
good
Good experience.
I liked the UX. It was well thought out and guided me well. I liked the stage guide so I knew where I was in the process.
It was indeed great talking to Fred and looking forward to starting my apprentice ASAP!
Good
Excellent
The AI assistant is fantastic.
User experience is top-notch
Great experience, streamlined with an insightful question to answer
Excellent - I had never taken part in an AI interview before but I have to say it was a great learning experience. I thought the questions and single word prompts were really helpful.
I enjoyed the AI questions
Some information was already on my CV, but good to see some practical questions asked
clear and concisely
Nice ux
Easy to navigate interface, with clear call to actions
Quick and easy to use
Awesome
The application process was quite straightforward
Not a tedious application process post having submitted a CV already. I particularly enjoyed answering the question on streamlining an operational process and making an impact.
The process was without a teething issue as a user. Thanks
simple and straight forward
Great website, easy to navigate.
Great!
Even though I love AI and chat I still prefer speaking directly with individuals as I do not believe ones passion and full experience can be understood in this format.
it was great
easy going, self-paced AI interview
Chatbot was humanized 😊
It was amazing
Really enjoyed the Ai questions, very refreshing!!
I like it, it's different.
The application website is user-friendly
Very creative questionnaire
Easy
Excellent
great
Good
I felt like a real person taking my Interview. It was great experience. Thank you.
Interesting with the AI feedback
Awesome!