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