SmartRecruiters Reviews & Product Details

I have used SmartRecruiters to apply on genuine jobs posts. I can track how far i have made throughout the complete hiring pipeline . I can see the interview schedules, ratings, conversations happened between applicant and recruiter . It allows job seeker to send message directly to recruiters. I have used this platform to refer a friend for a Job. It has got nice UI interface for making referral. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing as such i found so far to dislike but one feature I would like to suggest is integration of online test / virtual interviews . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the fact that smart recruiters help manage and put forward data in a single view dashboard, along with enabling recruiters to manage data and a pool of potential candidates in an organized manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't dislike anything about SM. Helps me organize my information, and I am very happy with the features as of now. I dislike that the person being interviewed isn't being given a consolidated score basis the multiple feedbacks they receive within the system. A feedback mechanism should be able to show us the probability of a person succeeding at an interview and the likelihood of them being hired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I had referred one of my colleague and the seamlessness in tracking the application status and the User Interface is really great. There is no need to ask the recruiter for the status of the application. The jobs shown also gives us an international exposure. If its is an internal refer the Bold Caption of I am Interested is also fascinating. Benefits are the application status and suggested job code related to the applied one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

An email to the referrer on application Status is needed. This saves lot of time in logging into the account again.Also the reason for the rejection in application will help in understanding what kind of preference the recruited is looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Differently from other recruiting software I used in the past, SmartRecruiters is really easy to use: just point and click.

Also, the look and field is very attractive and makes the environment very friendly.

It even has a internal emai-like system that is very interesting for following the status of the applications.

SmartRecruiters allows to save the searches, which are useful for keeping an eye on what is the company doing, differentiating from internal and external positions.

The notification system is also nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a very advanced and easy to use software; the only thing SmartRecruiters do not let me to do is that, after a referral is done, it does not show information of the referral such as the recommendation letter written for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have been doing recruitment processing manually for a long time, and I know the pain behind it. Having a specialized tool that you can configure to match your recruitment processes is awesome. That said, the best feature I like in the tool is the fact that all major steps from creating the vacancy, getting approval from the leadership to actual hiring. You actually don't have to step out of the tool anytime during the hiring process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most of the time we have multiple recruitments on going for different and similar job opportunities. If I as the "Hiring Manager" come across a good candidate during the interview steps for the vacancy I'm hiring for, but realize he does not fit mine, but at the same time would like to recommend him to another hiring manager in a different recruitment, I hit a block in SmartRecruiters. If you are playing the "Recruiter" role I believe you can, I'm not really sure how the role based security works here! but it's something I can look past :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It connects you to a pool of candidates easily, has all the needed functions for the full recruitment process, and the preset templates are so helpful to make your job quicker and make sure that you share a reply for every candidate. Love the fact that it links directly to your email! The notes section is really helpful especially that you are able to right notes for yourself, while reviewing applications you tend to forget what makes the candidate special. The selection menus are awesome as they help in finding valid reasons for refusing or accepting candidates' Love the fact that you could use between friendly and formal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that when you do setup a meeting, you don't have control to add a Video link invite. I would love to have more flexibility once it reaches to that phase as I find the interviewing support not necessary or needed. One tiny problem with the preset templated for emails is that the 'company name' field will show as Smartrecruiters vs. the name of the our agency which makes the letter confusing, I had to manually type it every time. I wish you could see the full candidate list when you reviewing a candidate profile so you can easily browse and switch between different candidates. There is no navigation bar for moving back from a candidate profile to the full list, or I couldn't find the function. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Centralised candidate assessment and communication tools, native and friendly candidate and HR user experience throughout the platform, simple yet effective team collaboration features, multi-role assignment and facilitated employee access in the platform.

Emails sent to candidates are highly customisable and more personal, as the HR user is shown as the sender of the email (instead of a noreply address). Assessments are consolidated in the platform and can be deployed quickly, and the pricing is at negotiated lower rates.

When advertising on LinkedIn, application rates increase due to the Easy apply feature that is automatically added based on SmartRecruiters integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some features aren't modifiable by design (e.g. Deletion of inactive users), only rejection emails can be scheduled beforehand, resume parsing is faulting at times, the provided job portal is too simplistic and doesn't enable further customisation.

Job opening distribution to external recruitment marketing platforms could be improved since propagation times tend to be high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI and the communication features with the recruiters. It helped to clearly mark and track the status of the applications and also sending an receiving mails from the recruiters. When saving a referral profile, the website glitches. when i had my hiring process going on, it was a lot better than any other job portals. it helped to clearly mark and track the status of the applications and also sending an receiving mails from the recruiters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When saving a referral profile, the website glitches. when i had my hiring process going on, it was a lot better than any other job portals. it helped to clearly mark and track the status of the applications and also sending an receiving mails from the recruiters. The UI and the communication features with the recruiters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is configurable to a large extent even in the free version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No api support in the free version. No admin view where I can see all the interviews scheduled company wide. Also even if I tagged one or two colleagues in the comment, I still want to make it visible to admins. This is not possible. Overall activity view is missing, like colleague A marked x candidate shortlisted, colleague B scheduled interview for y candidate. At an admin level atleast i would like to view the activity and being able to filter these based on colleague name or activity type. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The entire hiring process is in one place.

Easy to use GUI

Easy to track the references

Resumes saved as backup in case needed

updating candidate information is very easy

drag drop facility to attach resume Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes search results are not correct

should have the facility of filtering resumes based on skills with specific keywords Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All features are set to make recruiter happy. The SmartRecruiter help recruiter to simplify their job mostly and can track back candidates easily.

Also the best thing of SR is automatically read info from candidates, which help recruiter save a lot of time for key-in.

We can also set email, interview, tests, discussion, everything is ready there to help.

SmartRecruiter also help to post job board on several free job channels worldwide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cost is too high and cannot affordable for small business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The automatic CV scanner saves tons of time. I like the GDPR compatibility, the status updates, the inmail, and the review section as well. The scoreboards make reviewing very effective! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was developed for candidates coming from the SmartRecruiters default career page or from an ad advertised through SR When I upload a CV manually, sometimes it does weird things with the statuses. GDPR consent cannot be set manually for candidates that have given it during an interview, you have to ask for it again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Excellent free platform

Place to concentrate all the info regarding headhunting projects: CV, notes, valuations, interviews...

Excellent app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'd say nothing but sometimes the web is a bit slow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I, honestly, can't really think of a whole lot I like about SmartRecruiters. It seems that the recruitment marketing aspect of the platform is pretty neat, but that is only if you actually use that function. I guess (?) the customizability of the platform, but I think that is what ultimately leads to this platform's downfall — trying to do a lot of things well which is not executed super great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are too many downfalls to this platform to list: Is it that every time I review a resume in a .doc or .docx filetype it downloads to my computer or when a review a pdf it opens in another tab as opposed to just being embedded in the platform? Is it the terrible inbox feature that makes it so difficult to actually respond to candidates from my email? There are just too many downfalls to choose from, and the thing is, each one kills recruiter productivity in its own way.

Our team has only been on the platform for 4-5 months, and I highly doubt we will be sticking with the platform after our initial year contract. I tried to give it a chance and thought it — initially — was just the change in system. If I had the choice, I'd end the contract now to go to one of the more recognized leaders in the space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's easy and intuitive to use, posts to a lot of job boards, increased our application volume significantly, and lead capture forms are great for prospecting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

not geared towards education, customer service can be slow, not able to build towards needs, changes slow to be implemented Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is nice, the page that gets exposed as the career page can be customised and the way it pushes the posting to multiple aggregators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The way candidates are organised.

Also, interviews can't be scheduled in Google Meet. Which is weird.

The candidates can not pick interview dates and time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like the Smart Recruiter platform integrations with Outlook, LinkedIn Recruiter, Scheduling, ratings, etc. This allows everyone to see all of your notes, emails, ratings, interview schedules (assuming they have permission for those accesses). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the layout is confusing compared to others still fairly easy to use. Sometimes the single sign on for a new manager doesn't flow but may be a challenge on our companies end, rather than SR. Our company is still playing with all of the features like building the filters for who can see what as far as interview scores, reviews, etc, but if we used the full functionality or customized it more, that may be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how its easy to access and I have always had luck getting a job through it as well. Plus points as we can constantly track the application process as well as have all the emails at a single place. I like the way it puts up the job description and the other active buttons in one page view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The GUI is not very nice. It can be developed to be more user friendly. It can be more easier by incorporating a easy sharable button for jobs and also prompt to save details for future use. Instead of the "I'm interested" button there can be a "Apply" button. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to communicate directly with candidates and have them be able to supply additional documentation that is stored in their profile. I also love that it emails me the additional documentation! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far I have not found a downside though I would say an improvement would be allowing other members to be able to login and tag their resumes but not be able to see other resumes in the portal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.