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Net Promoter Score
+100
World-class NPS
Candidate Satisfaction
4.6/5
8,156+ reviews
NPS
+100
World-class
CX
4.6/5
8k+ 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
Pretty easy and efficient, thanks!
Interesting with the AI feedback
Very creative questionnaire
Enjoyed the interaction.
wow its very good, thanks for this opportunity MRJ.
Impressed with the toolset
Very interactive process
It was interactive. I felt like I'm having a conversation with someone
AI
Smooth and didn't attempt to bore you with repetitive questions
Nice experience working with an AI assistant in the application submission process itself.
simple and straight forward
Really clear form and instructions thanks
The chat-based interview process was fantastic and seamless!
Quick and easy to use
It was a splendid flow
It was nice experience
It is well designed, concise, user-friendly and to the point
Very good
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.
The AI assistant is fantastic.
I liked the interactive application.
Very engaging
This was a nice experience
Good
it was fun!
it was easy to use
Really enjoyed the Ai questions, very refreshing!!
very user friendly
Smooth and Relevant
AI chat about the work experience is something new and amazing.
Great
nice tool
Good
It was a straight, straightforward, good-form experience
best experience so far in application process. loved it
Its a wonderful experience to AI and technology involved recruitment process.
Some information was already on my CV, but good to see some practical questions asked
Great website, easy to navigate.
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.
wonderful
good
It’s good
Good
Most unique, interesting and fun interview I have ever done. Simple, but nice.
very friendly, easy going
very good user approach
Very cool and concise application process.
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.
It was very wise to use AI agents in the application process!
Wonderful chat
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.
Easy
Good experience.
Was very user friendly
Nice. Easy to apply
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
It was indeed great talking to Fred and looking forward to starting my apprentice ASAP!
It's very pleasant
GREAT
Love this as I'm a bit of a data and technology nerd. My kind of round 1 interview
good
Lovely
Good
I am impressed with the introduction of AI based interview for faster candidate shortlisting instead of an ATS based shortlisting.
It was nice to have an immediate interview to brief about me and my experience.
great
I love this. Easy and simple.
Very Enjoyable
Interactive and straightforward. I look forward to the prospects of the role
Excellent
I Love the Chat
Comfortable to answers.
An interesting interview
Very nice
good
Simple
First ever experience with a personal assistant as part of the interview phase. Can see greater use cases with this! Thank you.
It was easy and straightforward
good
I like it, it's different.
perfect
Very prompt but interactive
The experience was great and the interview bot was very responsive to my answers
Excellent
Very user friendly and easy to understand and use
Excellent
Great experience
User friendly.
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
Great experience, streamlined with an insightful question to answer
Loved the UI used for the application process, had never come across such a user-friendly one. Nice one
Ease of navigation.
Nice use of ai!
Good
Really easy
quick and painless
On time prompt responses with a lot of details in questions.
it was great
It's quite accessible and user friendly. Great job from your tech team.
Unusual but definitely better than a lot of other applications that I have completed!
Very interactive and easy
Great way to do interviews 🙂
A very innovative way to structure a phase of an interview
Nice chat with AI
It went easy and smooth
I was able to give an in-depth answer to the questions asked.
Excellent
Great, transparent, simplified, direct. Love it.
First time being interviewed by AI. It was a pleasant experience.
great
good
Easy to operate, simple and to the point
Simple and efficient
very good, very different, very easy!
easy application process.
Easy to navigate interface, with clear call to actions
Awesome
Simple to use
I felt like a real person taking my Interview. It was great experience. Thank you.
Excellent
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!
easy going, self-paced AI interview
nice to chat with AI
Great
It was easy completing the steps
Great Experience. Smooth process
It was really good to communicate with the chat bot, its questions are professional so I hope it will help you know me better
Its a good opportunity
Swift and straight to the point. Relevant information sought in a concise manner
The best job application experience ever, I like this one-page-one-question design!
Great
Looking forward to hearing from you soon
very smooth process
Nice, friendly and good interface
Better than I thought it would be
Great and Seamless
Awesome!
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.
Insightful application process.
This process of using AI chat is impressive. It enables the candidate to complete the application in their own time.
Nice ux
Awesome
The application website is user-friendly
Very interesting with AI
was pretty straight forward and direct
Absolutely love technology and the questions answered here would normally be the first 15 minutes of an interview. Liking this!!!
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.
Whoever made Fred well done!
Easy to submit details and enjoyed the AI question experience.
The application process was quite straightforward
Effective way to process an application
It was a refreshing way to apply
Was good, but if questions have to be repeated in an interview, it could be annoying...
It was amazing! keep it up.
My experience doing this application was very smooth, convenient and hassle-free
great
Easy to use, smooth process
The process was without a teething issue as a user. Thanks
Love the automated system. Quite interesting and brilliant.
I enjoyed the AI questions
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.
Really good UI
Perfect!
Easy to understand instructions
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.
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.
Loved the experience but would have liked to be told upfront how many questions so I could have set time aside
This was an amazing experience.
A nice & easy form.
I enjoyed it very much.
Great
I like it
Good user experience and easy to navigate the screens.
Able to add more relevant detail
Nice and smooth
good
easy and well laid out
I love the process
Love how easy it is to
A clean and smooth process.
it was okay
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.
clear and concisely
Seamless process and the use of chat bots is cool.
it was smooth and interactive
Lovely
Great and interactive way to gather information.
Great!
User experience is top-notch
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.
Chatbot was humanized 😊
Its a good opportunity, because developers will get some experience
It was amazing
it was great
Good
Unique experience
it was alright, not too tedious and straight forward
Awesome
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
not bad
New and different