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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
it was easy to use
Great Experience. Smooth process
Able to add more relevant detail
User friendly.
I like it
Nice, friendly and good interface
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
Most unique, interesting and fun interview I have ever done. Simple, but nice.
Swift and straight to the point. Relevant information sought in a concise manner
Excellent
Lovely
It’s good
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.
Good
Simple to use
First time being interviewed by AI. It was a pleasant experience.
Better than I thought it would be
It is well designed, concise, user-friendly and to the point
Great experience
perfect
Really easy
Easy to use, smooth process
Really clear form and instructions thanks
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.
Love how easy it is to
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.
Easy
I love this. Easy and simple.
wow its very good, thanks for this opportunity MRJ.
Some information was already on my CV, but good to see some practical questions asked
Great and interactive way to gather information.
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 Enjoyable
Good
Very user friendly and easy to understand and use
Very cool and concise application process.
it was fun!
It's very pleasant
Pretty easy and efficient, thanks!
A very innovative way to structure a phase of an interview
This was an amazing experience.
Good
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.
Really enjoyed the Ai questions, very refreshing!!
Whoever made Fred well done!
Nice experience working with an AI assistant in the application submission process itself.
Great!
wonderful
Very prompt but interactive
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.
Absolutely love technology and the questions answered here would normally be the first 15 minutes of an interview. Liking this!!!
I enjoyed it very much.
A clean and smooth process.
Nice. Easy to apply
Nice use of ai!
Excellent
It was very wise to use AI agents in the application process!
Awesome!
AI
Easy to operate, simple and to the point
AI chat about the work experience is something new and amazing.
nice to chat with AI
good
Excellent
It was indeed great talking to Fred and looking forward to starting my apprentice ASAP!
It was nice to have an immediate interview to brief about me and my experience.
not bad
quick and painless
Effective way to process an application
It was really good to communicate with the chat bot, its questions are professional so I hope it will help you know me better
Seamless process and the use of chat bots is cool.
good
Easy to navigate interface, with clear call to actions
Very interesting with AI
I love the process
Unusual but definitely better than a lot of other applications that I have completed!
It was nice experience
easy and well laid out
simple and straight forward
Was very user friendly
Excellent
Awesome
it was great
Nice chat with AI
it was great
A nice & easy form.
Great way to do interviews 🙂
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.
very friendly, easy going
The AI assistant is fantastic.
great
The application website is user-friendly
Easy to submit details and enjoyed the AI question experience.
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!
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.
I enjoyed the AI questions
it was okay
GREAT
easy going, self-paced AI interview
very good, very different, very easy!
An interesting interview
Good
Very interactive process
Wonderful chat
Loved the UI used for the application process, had never come across such a user-friendly one. Nice one
Loved the experience but would have liked to be told upfront how many questions so I could have set time aside
Ease of navigation.
Smooth and didn't attempt to bore you with repetitive questions
Good experience.
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.
Lovely
Enjoyed the interaction.
Perfect!
great
I liked the interactive application.
It was a refreshing way to apply
Awesome
Simple and efficient
It's quite accessible and user friendly. Great job from your tech team.
Very nice
Looking forward to hearing from you soon
Was good, but if questions have to be repeated in an interview, it could be annoying...
it was alright, not too tedious and straight forward
nice tool
very smooth process
clear and concisely
Nice and smooth
Its a wonderful experience to AI and technology involved recruitment process.
I am impressed with the introduction of AI based interview for faster candidate shortlisting instead of an ATS based shortlisting.
Very engaging
It was easy and straightforward
Its a good opportunity
Interesting with the AI feedback
Great
On time prompt responses with a lot of details in questions.
was pretty straight forward and direct
Great
Great experience, streamlined with an insightful question to answer
I Love the Chat
good
Good
The experience was great and the interview bot was very responsive to my answers
Smooth and Relevant
Very good
Great website, easy to navigate.
Impressed with the toolset
Good user experience and easy to navigate the screens.
Good
Simple
Really good UI
it was smooth and interactive
Great and Seamless
I was able to give an in-depth answer to the questions asked.
It went easy and smooth
Great
Very creative questionnaire
Interactive and straightforward. I look forward to the prospects of the role
very user friendly
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
good
My experience doing this application was very smooth, convenient and hassle-free
New and different
It was amazing! keep it up.
It was interactive. I felt like I'm having a conversation with someone
The chat-based interview process was fantastic and seamless!
Nice ux
Insightful application process.
It was easy completing the steps
Love the automated system. Quite interesting and brilliant.
The best job application experience ever, I like this one-page-one-question design!
easy application process.
Easy to understand instructions
Awesome
very good user approach
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.
It was amazing
It was a straight, straightforward, good-form experience
Chatbot was humanized 😊
Very interactive and easy
Good
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.
User experience is top-notch
good
The application process was quite straightforward
Great
good
Unique experience
The process was without a teething issue as a user. Thanks
This process of using AI chat is impressive. It enables the candidate to complete the application in their own time.
First ever experience with a personal assistant as part of the interview phase. Can see greater use cases with this! Thank you.
I felt like a real person taking my Interview. It was great experience. Thank you.
Comfortable to answers.
Its a good opportunity, because developers will get some experience
Great, transparent, simplified, direct. Love it.
best experience so far in application process. loved it
Quick and easy to use
This was a nice experience
Love this as I'm a bit of a data and technology nerd. My kind of round 1 interview
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.
Excellent
It was a splendid flow
I like it, it's different.