# SquarePeg Reviews **Vendor:** SquarePeg Hires **Category:** [Recruiting Automation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/recruiting-automation) **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 23 ## About SquarePeg SquarePeg is a smart candidate screening tool that helps recruiting teams identify top applicants with confidence. SquarePeg Intelligence enriches, evaluates, and scores applicants in your ATS, uncovering key insights beyond the resume. We help lean recruiting teams cut back on hours of manual work and make more confident hiring decisions at lightning speed. ## SquarePeg Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find SquarePeg's platform to be **extremely intuitive and effective** , facilitating seamless communication throughout the hiring process. (2 reviews) - Users praise SquarePeg for its **ease of use and helpful support** in finding strong candidates effectively. (2 reviews) - Users find **SquarePeg's talent acquisition** effective for attracting strong candidates while saving time and reducing hiring costs. (2 reviews) - Users find SquarePeg to be a **great time saver** , efficiently filtering resumes and focusing on the best candidates. (2 reviews) - Users value the **AI-driven resume screening** of SquarePeg, enhancing recruitment efficiency without replacing the human touch. (1 reviews) - AI Technology (1 reviews) - Analytics (1 reviews) - Users highly value the **accurate candidate matching** of SquarePeg, significantly enhancing their hiring process efficiency. (1 reviews) - Users highlight the **effective communication** throughout the hiring process, ensuring candidates feel acknowledged and informed. (1 reviews) - Users value the **effective communication** from SquarePeg, fostering a smooth and efficient hiring process throughout. (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users experience occasional **bugs** in SquarePeg, which can impact their overall experience despite its rapid feature enhancements. (1 reviews) - Users find the **excessive daily reminder emails** distracting and overwhelming, impacting their overall experience with SquarePeg. (1 reviews) - Users are overwhelmed by the **excessive daily reminder emails** which disrupt their workflow and communication. (1 reviews) - Users express a need for a **broader database** of candidates, particularly in government and renewable energy sectors. (1 reviews) - Users experience **software bugs** occasionally, which can hinder the overall performance of SquarePeg despite frequent updates. (1 reviews) ## SquarePeg Reviews ### 1. Super smart, intuitive, great use of AI in Recruiting (not always the case) **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 02, 2025 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** SquarePeg allows us to leverage AI to get through high volumes of resumes, however it allows us to screen in vs screen out by combining strong human-like inferences with detailed, robust, and highly customizable scoring systems that make it feel like an extension of the recruiter vs a bot replacing the recruiter. Super easy to implement and use. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** They are continuing to add more features daily and are also exceptional to work with and fix/add features really fast, however bugs sometimes do occur. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** We receive a high volume of applicants for roles, and we really want to read through all of them. However, with sometimes thousands of applcants and a small team, having this tool has saved us time and energy and has increased our speed to hire. ### 2. A great new way to source candidates **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kelly G. | VP, People, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2024 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** We posted a very hard to fill role with Square Peg - we got great candidates (and some not so great candidates) however we did interview several strong candidates and fill the role. It was very easy to post the job and communicate with candidates as we moved through the interview process. Our contact was super helpful and answered all our questions as we went through the process and I can easily see how Square Peg can help companies significantly reduce their hiring costs. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** For us there were none other than having to remember how to use it (this was our first time). **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Square Peg helps us identify candidates who are interested in our specific job versus the folks who apply for a job whether or not they're a good match. ### 3. Solid Product, Great Recruitment Resource, Superb Customer Service! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carrie E. | Director, Talent Acquisition, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2024 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** The product is extremely intuitive and effective. I had some nich roles that were difficult to fill, once we signed up with Square Peg we began seeing results. I'm sold on the product and love the analytics, responsiveness, and professionalsm. I look forward to using SquarePeg as my "go to" for all my open roles. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** Need a broader database of various candidates including government and renewable energy professionals. The search functions are intuitive and AI driven so I'm not that concerned that the product won't catch up as I am using it and it's learning what our typical needs are. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am hoping SquarePeg can provide a solid place for us to go to for difficult or harder to fill roles especially within specific or newer industries. ### 4. Excellent tool for talent acquisition **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alan H. | Sr. Recruiter, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 16, 2024 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** It is a great time saver! Eliminates all but the most viable candidates from you queue. Ability to A-B test job titles is a big help in attracking the right candidates **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** The amount of reminder emails sent every day. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** The biggest problem SquarePeg solves is waisting time reviewing totally unqualified candidates for a given role. ### 5. Personable AI Recruiting Platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ann G. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2024 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** SquarePeg did exactly what they said they would - they were able to review hundreds of resumes and select just the right ones based on my criteria. My resume review to interview ratio has sky rocketed. They also are very communicative with all applicants and do not leave anyone hanging out in a black hole. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** The only thing I dislike is that I didn't find them sooner. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Hundreds of unqualified applicants would apply, leaving the select few qualified candidates buried in the "noise". SquarePeg is quickly able to bring the top candidates to the surface. ### 6. Recruiting Efficiency: One of the best recruiting tools we've used to date **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stefanie B. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 22, 2024 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** We were impressed with how accurately it matched us with candidates based on our job description. One of our biggest roadblocks is finding the time to source candidates and SquarePeg significantly reduced that part of our process and left us with lots of great candidates to connect with. The whole tool was incredibly easy to use and very cost-effective. The support team was great and always had ideas or solutions for us. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** There isn't anything that stands out as something we disliked. We asked about some things around filtering of candidates but they came up with some great ideas for us. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Automation of our recruiting process. It helped reduce the time spent on sourcing candidates and gave us top-matched candidates who were excited to chat with us. ### 7. Great Tool for Recruiting **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kiel W. | Head of Talent Acquisition and Recruiting Operations, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2024 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** First off, the team is easy to get a hold of and responsive. Secondly, it's great to see a percentage match to my job. It's also a very intuitive product that was easy to use. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** The only issue I ran into was there were still unqualified applicants making it through because they answered yes to a knock out question even if they didn't have the experience on their resume. But this happens everywhere so nothing against SquarePeg for this **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** eliminating unqualified applicants ### 8. Effecitve recruiting: below cost, ahead of schedule **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akash N. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 06, 2024 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** Tremendous team, slick platform, rapid turnaround, and seamless communication. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** Some of the algorithmic matching can be slow or incomplete. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** We had a sudden dip in our team compositon and needed to rapidly backfill a critical role on our team to maintain our customer obligations. The team at SquarePeg helped us scope the job role / title, pack the funnel, and orchestrate interviews; we had the role filled in < 4w. ### 9. A Viable Alternative to Agency Recruiting, at a Fraction of the Cost **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Conner R. | Forbes 30 Under 30, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** Squarepeg helped our small startup find a stellar Senior Engineering to join our team in Charlotte, North Carolina. We had a very high bar for this role, and we're having major difficulties finding qualified candidates in the area on any other site. We were very close to sending the road to a recruitment agency, but thankfully we found square peg. Their software was very efficient at helping us find the exact person we needed right on time. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** There were many great candidates that started to apply to our role on square peg, but hadn't yet completed profiles. I would have loved to see those candidates as wel **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Square peg helped us source, screen, and track applicants through our entire recruitment process. It helped save us a ton of time, and connect with the right candidates for the role we were hiring for on our team. We really appreciated the help during a time of need. ### 10. Easy to Use. Solid candidates sourced. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ben M. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2024 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** It was pretty set-it-and-forget-it. We had several strong candidates apply for our open position, better than we've seen with some of the other job posting platforms. Their team was super helpful in getting it all set up as well. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** Some of the candidate sorting/filtering UX within the platform could be improved, but overall not a deal breaker. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Didn't want to spend time sourcing candidates manually or enrolling candidates in email sequences. ### 11. SquarePeg is a great tool for lean teams **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sejla A. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 06, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** SquarePeg is an excellent choice for lean teams, saving valuable time. What I find most appealing about the platform is its visually appealing candidate profiles, the high caliber of candidates, user-friendly navigation, and seamless integration with our ATS. Additionally, I appreciate the tags associated with each candidate's job history, clearly indicating whether they have experience working in SaaS companies or specific sectors like Healthcare or Insurance. This feature is particularly valuable to us as we frequently seek candidates with expertise in these areas, and SquarePeg easily identifies them for us. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** While reviewing resumes, it would be beneficial if the interface allowed an option to enlarge the view. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** SquarePeg is generating a robust pipeline of qualified candidates for recruiters, resulting in significant time savings in sourcing AND outreach efforts. It's that tool you can always rely on that has your back and keeps on giving. We recently filled a time-sensitive role with the help of SquarePeg. ### 12. Top Notch Recruiting Partner **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Julie E. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** SquarePeg has been an incredible new partner for us in 2023. Love the weekly status with our SquarePeg manager. She truly takes the time to understand our business! The partnership and dedication of the team has helped our small business focus on our priorities and positively impacting our hiring efficiency. We’ve successfully hired 8 new hires through SquarePeg and look forward to many more! Awesome time saver, easy to navigate technology and collaboration. Feels like I have a true partner without adding recruiting staff to our team. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** Create a widget for use on company career page that embeds the postings. Currently candidates have to launch a SquarePeg landing page to see job postings. Easier reporting & search of candidates. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reduce number of unqualified applicants. Target passive reach for candidates to ensure we are getting the strongest caliber options. Saves times and reduces need of third party recruiters. ### 13. Minimize your time reviewing resumes **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** In a market where there is a surplus of qualified candidates, we were overwhelmed reviewing hundreds of resumes for a single position. SquarePeg minimized the initial resume review by presenting the top qualified candidates for hiring manager consideration, while allowing us to view all applicants at any time. So far, we have successfully hired two tech positions through SquarePeg. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** As HR, I am responsible for scheduling and communicating directly with candidates. If you are starting a new message to a candidate that you have not corresponded with before, the system automatically include all relevant team members in that message (such as the hiring manager). You have to intentionally remove other internal team members from the conversation before initiating with the candidate. It's not a difficult step, but you just have to remember to do it. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** SquarePeg helped minimize the number of initial resumes we reviewed of qualified candidates. We were grateful to save time on initial resume screenings, and were confident in reviewing qualified matched candidates based on SquarePeg's recommendations, which include a real person on Recruiting Operations personally reviewing the resumes. ### 14. Vastly Accelerated my Hiring Process on Multiple Levels **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dan K. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** Getting hiring right is essential to any seed stage team. It's also a contact sport. SquarePeg is essential for getting the best candidates in the most efficient, cost effective way with the best candidate experience. Highly recoomend to the G2 community and beyond. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** I can honestly not think of any......... **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Candidate Sourcing, Top-notch Candidates, Automation, Time Savings, Cost Effectiveness. ROI. ### 15. Squared Peg is a great recruitment partner **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brenda V. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** We have a true recruiting partner with SquarePeg as their team really listens to what we need. They come back with great recommendations and strong candidates. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** There are specific skills needed for our talent pool which are unique based on our industry so initially we had to work closely with the dev team to refine our search criteria. Not a negative as it has led us to successfully fill open roles. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed an additional resource for recruiting which was more cost effective. Square Peg has helped us accomplish that. ### 16. A great recruiting platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 03, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** As the only recruiter on my team, SquarePeg has been a huge help. No matter what, I know that I am being introduced to high quality candidates even when I am not sourcing. The user interface is very straightforward, and the team has been in constant communication to make sure that the candidates applying are relevant. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** Not too many downsides for the product. They are constantly updating features and take customer feedback very well. The email feature was something I gave feedback on to improve and they improved it quickly. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am the only recruiter on my team sourcing for 5 roles at a time. I could hand off two high priority roles to SquarePeg and know that I will get good leads. It works very well, and when a match is above 90% according to their algorithm it is generally a very strong lead. ### 17. Intuitive design, powerful sourcing **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew E. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** Sourcing was extremely powerful, yielding not only a high volume of applicants but then doing the gruntwork of identfying the best candidates. The resulting cohort had one of the highest passthrough rates to an actual recruiter screen I've seen — across several departments. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** Communicating with applicants was not as intuitive as, say, AngelList (now WellFound); but I think this could be remedied with integrations to other apps we used. We only used it as a standalone. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** It'sa hard time to hire, especially for startups. We needed a higher volume of quality candidates to fill our recruitment funnel and SquarePeg provided them effortlessly. ### 18. A Partner for Talent Success **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Evyn C. | VP of People | Head of People, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** From the beginning of our partnership, SquarePeg has been a great partner in our search for talent. I find the interface of the platform to be intuitive and it was easy to integrate information from our JD onto the platform. Their personalized customer support team were very responsive and provided several analytical dashboards during our search. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** On occasion our search required some manual adjustments, which the customer service team quickly helped us with **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Automation of our recruitment process + increased candidates in our pipeline ### 19. Super charge, measure, and unbias your hiring funnel **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Investment Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** Squarepeg is easy to set up, seamless to get started, metric and analytic-driven to show quantifiable progress from the get-go, and result-oriented. I've never seen an ML-powered sourcing system get results this good to great interested candidates into the funnel, this fast and this consistently! Squarepeg solves problems in volume and quality of funnel right away then continues to add depth and value by measuring job description performance, language, engagement, time on page etc. Their goals are aligned with their customers: get you the best conversion, be memorable and high-quality with results, take the smallest amount of time from you possible to get set up and running, and integrate with your ATS so you don't have to use their platform (but their platform is simple, intuitive, and very powerful when it comes to analytics). Additionally, their customer service is top notch and they take my feedback seriously! They've achieved the ability to meet me as a user, administrator, and champion at my level by sharing the right amount of feedback with me and giving me context to justify their work and actions so I can step back even further and trust their process. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** I wish they were able to provide this level of excellence throughout the rest of the hiring funnel. They haven't yet developed products for use beyond the top-of-funnel sourcing and engagement of quality candidates. If and when they do, they will become a one-stop shop for hiring. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** They fill the top of funnel for all my jobs quickly and with quality candidates worth my time. They are extremely cost-effective, more predictable, and measured, as well as higher quality in surfacing interested candidates when directly compared to even the best off-shore solutions I've used. Saves me time, bring me candidates we want to hire. ### 20. Great Experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gage B. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** SquarePeg is refreshing because it combines the functions of job board aggregation, sourcing, and screening candidates for a flat monthly fee per job posting. Where traditional recruiting services fall short on technology and transparency, SquarePeg has an easy-to-use interface with real-time insights. Their sourcing and screening processes were seamless extensions of our own, promoting a positive candidate experience. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** SquarePeg easily exceeded the expectations we laid out for them. There were no shortcomings. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simplifying the integration of additional recruiting resources with our own processes. ### 21. Found our strongest candidate for this role ever **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 14, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** We've had a few different folks in this role over the last several years. SquarePeg helped us source the best quality and quantity of candidates to date. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** Really can't think of anything. We are very satisfied. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding a high quantity and quality of candidates. We hardly had to do anything to get a very competitive candidate pool. ### 22. Great Product for Hiring Talent! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Monica S. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** The ease of use of the product was fantastic! The ramp up time to get the job postings live was fast. The team that supported in the implementation were all amazing! **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** Not many dislikes! Great tool for small talent organizations. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** Resume screening and sourcing passive candidates. ### 23. Major time saver! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Market Research | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2023 **What do you like best about SquarePeg?** SquarePeg has helped find top-quality candidates in half the time. **What do you dislike about SquarePeg?** There is sometimes a lag in getting applicants through. **What problems is SquarePeg solving and how is that benefiting you?** SquarePeg is sourcing applicants and saving us time by matching with what our company is looking for! - [View SquarePeg pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/squarepeg/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-15+00%3A06%3A01+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=1882d885-de7e-413f-ada4-a427ef821ab8&secure%5Btoken%5D=72a2cc91a179d021d7eecd3a1c4cac6395604c8fcf7033d3d58bd4e28b61674e&format=llm_user) ## SquarePeg Features **Platform Basics** - Interoperability - Performance - Self-service - Automation **Platform Functionality** - Sourcing and Candidate Identification - Job Posting - Interview Scheduling - Applicant Tracking **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization **Platform Data** - Platform Search - Dashboard - Alerts and Notifications - Analytics **Agentic AI - Recruiting Automation** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **Platform Functionality** - Dashboard - Talent Management - Diversity - Add-on - Talent Acquisition - Proctoring - Assessments **Platform** - Customization - Integration APIs - User, Role, and Access Management - Performance - Mobility - Reporting - Dashboards **Agentic AI - Talent Intelligence** - Multi-step Planning - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Decision Making ## Top SquarePeg Alternatives - [SeekOut](https://www.g2.com/products/seekout/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (750 reviews) - [Indeed Hiring Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/indeed-hiring-platform/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (638 reviews) - [Paycor](https://www.g2.com/products/paycor/reviews) - 3.9/5.0 (1,236 reviews)