Applied

🎯 Should you use Applied?

Buy if: You need documented proof that your hiring process reduces bias and you have budget for structured assessments at scale.

Skip if: You hire fast-moving technical roles where engineers refuse 90-minute work samples or you need ATS integrations beyond Greenhouse and Workable.

⚡ In practice

• ●Setup: 3-4 weeks to build scorecards and train hiring managers on blind review
• ●Screening: Candidates complete work samples before you see resumes
• ●Review: Hiring panels score answers anonymously with rubrics you define

⚠️ Where it breaks

• ●Work sample dropout rates hit 40-60% for senior technical roles who already have five other offers.
• ●No native integration with Ashby, Lever, or LinkedIn Recruiter, so you manually export candidate data.

💸 Is it worth the money?

$200/month gets you 3 active jobs and 100 candidates per role, then $50 per extra job slot. Worth it if you are hiring for UK public sector roles where bias audits matter, expensive if you are filling 15 SDR seats this quarter.

🆚 If not this

• ●Greenhouse -> Built-in structured scorecards without forcing candidates through pre-hire assessments
• ●TestGorilla -> Cheaper skills tests but no blind review or ATS workflow

🎯 Final verdict

Buy it when compliance and fairness documentation justify slower pipelines, skip it when speed-to-offer beats process rigor.