Greenhouse

Greenhouse is an applicant tracking system and hiring platform used by mid-sized and large companies. It helps organisations attract candidates, run consistent interview processes, make fair hiring decisions and onboard new employees, with a particular emphasis on structured hiring. Structured hiring is the philosophy at its core. Rather than letting each interviewer ask whatever they like and make gut decisions, Greenhouse encourages companies to define the skills and qualities needed for a role, assign each interviewer specific attributes to assess, and use scorecards and interview kits so feedback is consistent and comparable. That approach aims to improve hiring quality, reduce bias and make decisions defensible, and it made Greenhouse popular with fast-growing technology companies building disciplined recruiting operations. The platform covers the hiring workflow end to end. Job posts are distributed to job boards and a careers page, and candidates flow into pipelines with customisable stages. Recruiting teams source and nurture passive candidates in a CRM, schedule interviews with calendar integrations, collect structured feedback, manage approvals for jobs and offers, and send offer letters. Reporting tracks pipeline health, time to hire, source effectiveness and diversity metrics, and features support inclusive hiring practices. Greenhouse Onboarding helps new hires through paperwork and their first weeks. A large partner ecosystem integrates assessments, background checks, sourcing tools and HR systems, and AI features help write job descriptions, summarise interviews and identify strong candidates. Greenhouse is priced by company size and package, usually through annual contracts, and it is generally more expensive and more process-heavy than tools aimed at small businesses. Companies without dedicated recruiting staff may find it more than they need. Alternatives include Lever, which combines ATS and CRM; Ashby for analytics-driven recruiting at high-growth startups; Workable for small and mid-sized businesses; SmartRecruiters for enterprise hiring; iCIMS and Workday Recruiting for large enterprises; and Dover for a free startup ATS. Choose Greenhouse when you want a mature, structured hiring process across many roles and interviewers.