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Greenhouse vs RecruitAI — keep your ATS, add intelligence.

Greenhouse is excellent as a system of record. RecruitAI is the screening intelligence it lacks — blind scoring, rubric calibration and sub-second semantic search. Most teams run them together, with RecruitAI scoring before Greenhouse records hires.

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Capability
Greenhouse
RecruitAI Intelligence Layer
Screening method
✕Keyword filtering + manual reviews; candidates win by stuffing terms.
✓Semantic embeddings + rubric scoring; matches meaning, not acronyms, with evidence citations.
Bias control
✕No built-in blind screening; names/photos visible before scoring.
✓PII redacted before LLM scoring; toggle per campaign and audit-log redaction.
Scoring consistency
✕Unstructured feedback with ±30% variance across interviewers.
✓Calibrated 5-pillar rubric auto-generated from JD; color-coded fit tiers.
Pipeline velocity
✕Hours per req; hiring managers wait on recruiter spreadsheets.
✓Sub-second retrieval; 500 resumes ranked in minutes, 31ms pgvector p95.
ATS role
✕System of record and attempted screening engine.
✓Intelligence layer before your ATS — exports Greenhouse-ready JSON/CSV; no migration needed.
Human oversight
✕Manual workflow; limited HITL automation.
✓LangGraph agents + explicit HITL gates block autonomous sends/calendar holds.

Verdict: add RecruitAI, don’t rip out Greenhouse

If your pain is top-of-funnel — hundreds of resumes, biased feedback, 15–20 hours per req — RecruitAI pays back immediately. If your pain is downstream (offer letters, background checks, headcount planning), keep Greenhouse. Enterprises often deploy RecruitAI inside Greenhouse workflow: candidate enters Greenhouse via API, RecruitAI scores blind, scorecard writes back as comment with rubric evidence, hiring manager reviews matrix. No re-platforming required.

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