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