Equip is a candidate shortlisting platform that brings an AI-native ATS, CV screening with AI job-fit ranking, skill assessments, and AI interviews (one-way and conversational) into one place, so recruiters can take a role from job application to offer letter without stitching separate tools together.

Do I have to use all four products?

No. Each product works on its own or alongside the others. You can run your whole pipeline in Equip's ATS, or keep your existing ATS and use Equip only for assessments or AI interviews.

Can I try Equip before paying or talking to someone from your team?

Yes, one of three ways: Sign up and preview any job post, assessment or AI interview you build. New teams get 10 free credits to run real assessments and interviews before buying anything. Explore the features overview and the sample recruiter dashboard with no signup. Explore our helpdesk to see videos and tutorials.

Can I use Equip for entry-level and lateral hiring?

Both. Entry-level and campus roles usually mean high applicant volume, which is exactly where automated screening and ranking pay off. For lateral and senior roles, you can increase question difficulty, add niche skills through custom tests, and use conversational AI interviews that probe depth with follow-up questions.

Is Equip's ATS really free?

Yes, on every plan. Job posts, your careers page, CV parsing, AI resume screening and pipeline management cost no credits, however many people apply. You spend credits only when you send a candidate an assessment or an AI interview.

What can I do in the ATS?

Create job openings, publish job posts, collect applications, and move candidates through a pipeline you configure. Upload a job description as a PDF and Equip pre-fills the job fields for you. Application forms take custom fields and screening questions. As candidates come in, you can act on them in bulk, add notes, assign owners, and track every change on a per-candidate timeline. Everything exports to CSV or Excel.

Can I customize my hiring pipeline?

Yes. Add the stages your process actually needs and drag them into the order you want. Stages can be simple review steps, or steps that run an assessment or an AI interview automatically, and each one can carry its own scorecard, email templates and assignee. If your process needs something Equip doesn't offer out of the box, a Custom Stage will do it: send an email, make an API request to your own system, redirect the candidate somewhere else, or whatever else that step requires.

Does Equip contact my candidates on its own?

No. Your candidates are yours. Equip emails them only when you trigger it, at the moments you choose, and never markets to them. That holds across every Equip product, not just the ATS.

Do I need to replace my existing ATS to use Equip?

No. Equip's assessments and AI interviews work as standalone links you can send from any system, so you can keep your current ATS and use Equip for evaluation only. If sending those links by hand gets tedious at volume, your engineering team can wire the two systems together so invitations go out and results come back on their own (see the next question).

Can I connect Equip to my own ATS or internal system?

Yes, through Equip's REST APIs. You invite candidates, pull results and manage the pipeline from your own system. Candidates still take the assessment on Equip, but your team never has to open our dashboard, and everything runs through your existing tooling. Our guide to API integrations covers the endpoints and how to get set up.

Does Equip give me a careers page?

Yes. Equip auto-generates a public careers page listing all your published job posts at a custom URL slug. Candidates can search your openings. You can add your logo, apply custom CSS, and embed it on your own site.

How does Equip screen resumes?

Candidates upload a CV when they apply and Equip's AI parses it into structured fields, pre-filling the rest of the application form. Every applicant then gets an AI Job Fit Score so you can rank the pile instead of reading it top to bottom.

What is the Job Fit Score and how is it calculated?

Every applicant gets a 0–100 score with a one-line explanation of why. You choose up to three ranking criteria from six (Skills, Experience, Education, Previous Companies, Seniority and Industry) and drag them into priority order, plus an optional free-text criterion such as “prefer candidates with fintech experience”. Scoring is relative: candidates are benchmarked against the same job's applicant pool, so rankings stay meaningful as volume grows.

For AI to discriminate, it needs to know whom it's discriminating against, and Equip doesn't give it that. Names, photos, addresses and other demographic identifiers are stripped out before anything reaches the scoring model, which sees skills, experience and qualifications only. There's no facial analysis, no tone or accent scoring, and no social media scraping. Every score comes with a written explanation of how the AI got there, and recruiters can override it. How Equip handles bias has the full detail.

Can I upload CVs in bulk?

Yes, on Premium and above. Upload a batch of CVs and each one is parsed and turned into a job application automatically. You get per-file progress with reasons for any failures.

What does CV parsing extract?

Name, email, phone, current city, LinkedIn and portfolio URLs, languages, education, work history, skills with years and expertise level, and industry experience. Parsed values are normalized against Equip's canonical databases of skills, roles, cities, companies and institutions, so “SWE-2 at Google” and “Software Engineer II, Google” don't end up as two different things.

What is an Assessment?

An Assessment is a set of tests intended for one job role. If you're hiring a developer, you might combine one aptitude test and one coding challenge, and those two tests together count as one assessment. Candidates attempt the tests one by one.

What skills can Equip test for?

Equip covers coding proficiency, spoken and written communication, analytical and aptitude skills, spreadsheet ability, typing, personality and behavioral traits, and more. You can browse the full list of skills we support.

What test types can I create on Equip?

Quizzes: MCQs, multiple-correct, short text, fill-in-the-blank, matching, categorization, comprehension, and more Programming: auto-evaluated coding tests in a browser editor SQL: auto-evaluated SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and more Excel: formula skills in a simulated spreadsheet, auto-evaluated CSS: replicate a target design in a code editor, compared at desktop, tablet and mobile breakpoints Communication (CEFR): AI-evaluated Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Psychometric: DISC and OCEAN/Big Five Typing Test: speed and accuracy Most types can be built from Equip's library or from your own content. Psychometric and CEFR Communication tests are standardized instruments and come as they are.

Do I need to write my own questions?

No. Most skills come with pre-built question banks at multiple difficulty levels, so you just choose how many questions you want. You can also create custom tests, bulk-import questions from Excel (with Markdown and LaTeX support in quiz templates), and define question pools so each candidate gets a random (set of) questions.

Which programming languages are supported?

Most major languages such as C, C++, C#, Dart, Go, Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, TypeScript, Kotlin, PHP, Python (including an AI/ML environment), Ruby, Rust, Scala, Swift and SQL. Others can be enabled on request.

How does the Communication (CEFR) test work?

AI evaluates Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening through scenario-based questions and grades on the CEFR scale, from below-A1 through C2. Where a test is adaptive, candidates self-assess a starting level and the difficulty then adjusts to how they actually perform, so the grade reflects the level they can sustain rather than a single snapshot.

Does Equip offer psychometric tests?

Yes. DISC (24 questions, about 12 minutes) and OCEAN/Big Five (50 questions, about 25 minutes).

How long does an assessment take?

A pre-screening assessment can be as quick as 15 minutes; a technical round with several tests can run over an hour. We'd recommend staying under an hour, because longer assessments mean more drop-offs.

How difficult are the questions?

Questions are grouped by skill level: Medium, Hard and Expert. You can combine different difficulty levels in a single test.

Can candidates take assessments on a mobile device?

Some test types, yes. Quizzes, psychometric tests, CEFR communication tests and video responses work on mobile. Programming, SQL, CSS, Excel and typing tests are desktop-only. Desktop-only tests are flagged with a badge before the candidate starts, and you can also enforce desktop at the test level.

Are tests graded automatically?

Mostly. Programming, SQL, Excel, typing and MCQ-type questions are auto-graded. Text, audio and video answers in AI tests are graded by Equip AI, guided by an evaluation prompt you can write per question. Video Response tests and CSS challenges are reviewed manually.

Can I preview an assessment before sending it?

Yes, as many times as you like, for free. Preview as a recruiter to move freely between tests without proctoring, or as a candidate to walk the flow they'll go through.

What's the difference between one-way and conversational AI interviews?

One-way interviews use a fixed set of questions and AI to grade candidate responses. In Conversational AI interviews, the AI both generates questions and evaluates responses. In One-way AI interviews, you can ask candidates to answer each question in video, audio or text. Conversational interviews are live, spoken conversations where the AI asks follow-ups based on what the candidate actually says. Both last from around 15-45 minutes depending on the number of questions you set.

How does Equip create Conversational AI interview questions?

The recruiter first uploads the job description, sets years of experience and any focus areas. Equip converts this into a set of topics with difficulty levels. The recruiter specifies how many follow-ups they wish for each topic. Depending on the candidate's response to each question in the topic, the AI will follow-up with other questions and then move on to the next topic.

What languages can AI interviews be conducted in?

Around 100 of the most popular languages in the world.

Can candidates write code during an AI interview?

Yes, the recruiter can enable a Workspace where candidates can type into a syntax-highlighted editor. The AI can read the written code and can nudge the candidate and ask follow-ups based on the code.

How do you ensure the AI doesn't go off-script?

With One-way AI interviews, the AI doesn't talk to the candidate. It only evaluates their response. With Conversational AI Interviews, we use some of the best LLMs and have implemented comprehensive guardrails so the AI behaves only as an interviewer. Further, the topics and follow-ups set by the recruiter ensure the AI stays on track.

How does proctoring work?

Before a test or AI interview starts, Equip requests access to the candidate's camera, mic and screen. You choose which measures to switch on: Detect audio, detect face, take random photos, capture photo before start Detect switched tab, and capture a screenshot of the tab they switched to Detect multiple monitors, enforce full screen, enforce desktop, disable copy/paste Record the full user session, and pair the candidate's phone as a second camera When the candidate finishes, you see a proctoring summary.

Can candidates cheat using ChatGPT or another AI tool?

Equip makes it very hard to cheat. If you enable all the proctoring features, the candidate is being tracked holistically. Apart from the regular proctoring described above, you can enable auxiliary-device proctoring. With this, the candidate links their phone camera to the assessment and we get a 360-degree view of the candidate's test-taking environment.

What is the Trust Score?

A 0–100% score calculated from the type, frequency and duration of violations. The lower the Trust Score, the more likely we think the candidate cheated on the test.

What's in the proctoring summary?

Every violation, when it happened, how long it lasted, and the recorded evidence: screenshots, photos, audio flags. If a candidate switched to another tab, you can see what they switched to. See a sample proctoring summary.

Can I see a recording of the candidate's screen?

Yes. Session Recording captures the candidate's screen as they work, capturing what they clicked, what they typed and how the mouse moved, then plays back from the report. Question content is masked in the recording.

What about candidate privacy?

Equip is SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliant and has the ISO 27001 certificate. See the Trust Center. Recordings and captured media are stored on servers in the US, encrypted at rest and in transit, and accessible only to the test administrator via a unique URL. Evidence files are automatically deleted within 3 months and PII isn't used for any training. Candidates can request for their data to be deleted.

When are results available?

As soon as a candidate submits, results appear on your dashboard. AI evaluations may take a few minutes, but the results are available near real-time.

What does the candidate report include?

For assessments, three tabs: Test Scores, Proctoring and Session Recording. See a sample assessment report. For AI interviews, an overall recommendation, strengths, areas for improvement, a summary and per-topic scores, alongside the full transcript and a recording. See a sample AI interview report. You can add notes, export a PDF, or share a copyable report link.

Can I export results?

Yes. Candidate reports export to PDF, applications export to CSV/Excel.

Does Equip give me hiring analytics?

Yes, on the Elite plan. ATS Insights covers Key Metrics, Pipeline and Funnel, Velocity, Team, and Quality and Source, with charts including time to hire, offer acceptance rate, stage drop-off, applications by source, fit-score distribution and rejections by reason. Each view can be customized to suit what you need to see.

Do candidates see their scores?

No. Results are recruiter-gated, so candidates see a completion confirmation and are directed to you for outcomes. Equip doesn't issue candidate-facing scores, certificates or badges.

How does Equip's pricing work?

Equip runs on subscription plans, each carrying the full ATS and a pool of credits every cycle. One credit is $1. The ATS and CV screening are free. Credits are spent only when a candidate takes an assessment or an AI interview. Standard, $30 a month: 30 credits, 2 recruiter seats Premium, $60 a month: 60 credits, 5 recruiter seats Elite, $120 a month: 120 credits, unlimited recruiter seats Annual billing saves 15%.

What does a credit buy?

CV screening: free, however many candidates apply Skill assessment: 1 credit per candidate, per test One-way AI interview: 1 credit per candidate Conversational AI interview: 2 credits for Quick (5 to 10 questions), 3 for Comprehensive (10 to 25 questions)

Which features need a higher plan?

ATS automations and API access need Premium or above, and live chat support comes with annual Premium plans and with Elite. ATS Insights, candidate rediscovery and a dedicated account manager are Elite.

No. Each renewal adds to your balance rather than resetting it, so unused credits carry forward. If you cancel, the balance is zeroed at the end of the current period.

What if I run out of credits mid-cycle?

Top up at any time, at the same rate, on any plan. You don't have to change plans to buy more.

What if I invite a candidate who never takes the test?

The credit is deducted when you send the invitation, and you can reclaim it if the candidate never starts. You end up paying only for candidates who actually began.

Can I try Equip before subscribing?

Yes. New teams get 10 free credits at signup, with no card required and no time limit on spending them.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. About Equip

1.1. What is Equip?: Equip is a candidate shortlisting platform that brings an AI-native ATS, CV screening with AI job-fit ranking, skill assessments, and AI interviews (one-way and conversational) into one place, so recruiters can take a role from job application to offer letter without stitching separate tools together.
1.2. Do I have to use all four products?: No. Each product works on its own or alongside the others. You can run your whole pipeline in Equip's ATS, or keep your existing ATS and use Equip only for assessments or AI interviews.
1.3. Can I try Equip before paying or talking to someone from your team?: Yes, one of three ways:

Sign up and preview any job post, assessment or AI interview you build. New teams get 10 free credits to run real assessments and interviews before buying anything.

Explore the features overview and the sample recruiter dashboard with no signup.

Explore our helpdesk to see videos and tutorials.
1.4. Can I use Equip for entry-level and lateral hiring?: Both. Entry-level and campus roles usually mean high applicant volume, which is exactly where automated screening and ranking pay off. For lateral and senior roles, you can increase question difficulty, add niche skills through custom tests, and use conversational AI interviews that probe depth with follow-up questions.

2. ATS and Candidate Pipeline

2.1. Is Equip's ATS really free?: Yes, on every plan. Job posts, your careers page, CV parsing, AI resume screening and pipeline management cost no credits, however many people apply. You spend credits only when you send a candidate an assessment or an AI interview.
2.2. What can I do in the ATS?: Create job openings, publish job posts, collect applications, and move candidates through a pipeline you configure. Upload a job description as a PDF and Equip pre-fills the job fields for you. Application forms take custom fields and screening questions. As candidates come in, you can act on them in bulk, add notes, assign owners, and track every change on a per-candidate timeline. Everything exports to CSV or Excel.
2.3. Can I customize my hiring pipeline?: Yes. Add the stages your process actually needs and drag them into the order you want. Stages can be simple review steps, or steps that run an assessment or an AI interview automatically, and each one can carry its own scorecard, email templates and assignee.

If your process needs something Equip doesn't offer out of the box, a Custom Stage will do it: send an email, make an API request to your own system, redirect the candidate somewhere else, or whatever else that step requires.
2.4. Does Equip contact my candidates on its own?: No. Your candidates are yours. Equip emails them only when you trigger it, at the moments you choose, and never markets to them. That holds across every Equip product, not just the ATS.
2.5. Do I need to replace my existing ATS to use Equip?: No. Equip's assessments and AI interviews work as standalone links you can send from any system, so you can keep your current ATS and use Equip for evaluation only. If sending those links by hand gets tedious at volume, your engineering team can wire the two systems together so invitations go out and results come back on their own (see the next question).
2.6. Can I connect Equip to my own ATS or internal system?: Yes, through Equip's REST APIs. You invite candidates, pull results and manage the pipeline from your own system. Candidates still take the assessment on Equip, but your team never has to open our dashboard, and everything runs through your existing tooling.

Our guide to API integrations covers the endpoints and how to get set up.
2.7. Does Equip give me a careers page?: Yes. Equip auto-generates a public careers page listing all your published job posts at a custom URL slug. Candidates can search your openings. You can add your logo, apply custom CSS, and embed it on your own site.

3. CV Screening and Job Fit

3.1. How does Equip screen resumes?: Candidates upload a CV when they apply and Equip's AI parses it into structured fields, pre-filling the rest of the application form. Every applicant then gets an AI Job Fit Score so you can rank the pile instead of reading it top to bottom.
3.2. What is the Job Fit Score and how is it calculated?: Every applicant gets a 0–100 score with a one-line explanation of why. You choose up to three ranking criteria from six (Skills, Experience, Education, Previous Companies, Seniority and Industry) and drag them into priority order, plus an optional free-text criterion such as “prefer candidates with fintech experience”. Scoring is relative: candidates are benchmarked against the same job's applicant pool, so rankings stay meaningful as volume grows.
3.3. Is the AI biased?: For AI to discriminate, it needs to know whom it's discriminating against, and Equip doesn't give it that. Names, photos, addresses and other demographic identifiers are stripped out before anything reaches the scoring model, which sees skills, experience and qualifications only. There's no facial analysis, no tone or accent scoring, and no social media scraping. Every score comes with a written explanation of how the AI got there, and recruiters can override it. How Equip handles bias has the full detail.
3.4. Can I upload CVs in bulk?: Yes, on Premium and above. Upload a batch of CVs and each one is parsed and turned into a job application automatically. You get per-file progress with reasons for any failures.
3.5. What does CV parsing extract?: Name, email, phone, current city, LinkedIn and portfolio URLs, languages, education, work history, skills with years and expertise level, and industry experience. Parsed values are normalized against Equip's canonical databases of skills, roles, cities, companies and institutions, so “SWE-2 at Google” and “Software Engineer II, Google” don't end up as two different things.

4. Assessments

4.1. What is an Assessment?: An Assessment is a set of tests intended for one job role. If you're hiring a developer, you might combine one aptitude test and one coding challenge, and those two tests together count as one assessment. Candidates attempt the tests one by one.
4.2. What skills can Equip test for?: Equip covers coding proficiency, spoken and written communication, analytical and aptitude skills, spreadsheet ability, typing, personality and behavioral traits, and more. You can browse the full list of skills we support.
4.3. What test types can I create on Equip?: Quizzes: MCQs, multiple-correct, short text, fill-in-the-blank, matching, categorization, comprehension, and more

Programming: auto-evaluated coding tests in a browser editor

SQL: auto-evaluated SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and more

Excel: formula skills in a simulated spreadsheet, auto-evaluated

CSS: replicate a target design in a code editor, compared at desktop, tablet and mobile breakpoints

Communication (CEFR): AI-evaluated Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening

Psychometric: DISC and OCEAN/Big Five

Typing Test: speed and accuracy

Most types can be built from Equip's library or from your own content. Psychometric and CEFR Communication tests are standardized instruments and come as they are.
4.4. Do I need to write my own questions?: No. Most skills come with pre-built question banks at multiple difficulty levels, so you just choose how many questions you want. You can also create custom tests, bulk-import questions from Excel (with Markdown and LaTeX support in quiz templates), and define question pools so each candidate gets a random (set of) questions.
4.5. Which programming languages are supported?: Most major languages such as C, C++, C#, Dart, Go, Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, TypeScript, Kotlin, PHP, Python (including an AI/ML environment), Ruby, Rust, Scala, Swift and SQL. Others can be enabled on request.
4.6. How does the Communication (CEFR) test work?: AI evaluates Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening through scenario-based questions and grades on the CEFR scale, from below-A1 through C2. Where a test is adaptive, candidates self-assess a starting level and the difficulty then adjusts to how they actually perform, so the grade reflects the level they can sustain rather than a single snapshot.
4.7. Does Equip offer psychometric tests?: Yes. DISC (24 questions, about 12 minutes) and OCEAN/Big Five (50 questions, about 25 minutes).
4.8. How long does an assessment take?: A pre-screening assessment can be as quick as 15 minutes; a technical round with several tests can run over an hour. We'd recommend staying under an hour, because longer assessments mean more drop-offs.
4.9. How difficult are the questions?: Questions are grouped by skill level: Medium, Hard and Expert. You can combine different difficulty levels in a single test.
4.10. Can candidates take assessments on a mobile device?: Some test types, yes. Quizzes, psychometric tests, CEFR communication tests and video responses work on mobile. Programming, SQL, CSS, Excel and typing tests are desktop-only. Desktop-only tests are flagged with a badge before the candidate starts, and you can also enforce desktop at the test level.
4.11. Are tests graded automatically?: Mostly. Programming, SQL, Excel, typing and MCQ-type questions are auto-graded. Text, audio and video answers in AI tests are graded by Equip AI, guided by an evaluation prompt you can write per question. Video Response tests and CSS challenges are reviewed manually.
4.12. Can I preview an assessment before sending it?: Yes, as many times as you like, for free. Preview as a recruiter to move freely between tests without proctoring, or as a candidate to walk the flow they'll go through.

5. AI Interviews

5.1. What's the difference between one-way and conversational AI interviews?: One-way interviews use a fixed set of questions and AI to grade candidate responses. In Conversational AI interviews, the AI both generates questions and evaluates responses. In One-way AI interviews, you can ask candidates to answer each question in video, audio or text. Conversational interviews are live, spoken conversations where the AI asks follow-ups based on what the candidate actually says. Both last from around 15-45 minutes depending on the number of questions you set.
5.2. How does Equip create Conversational AI interview questions?: The recruiter first uploads the job description, sets years of experience and any focus areas. Equip converts this into a set of topics with difficulty levels. The recruiter specifies how many follow-ups they wish for each topic. Depending on the candidate's response to each question in the topic, the AI will follow-up with other questions and then move on to the next topic.
5.3. What languages can AI interviews be conducted in?: Around 100 of the most popular languages in the world.
5.4. Can candidates write code during an AI interview?: Yes, the recruiter can enable a Workspace where candidates can type into a syntax-highlighted editor. The AI can read the written code and can nudge the candidate and ask follow-ups based on the code.
5.5. How do you ensure the AI doesn't go off-script?: With One-way AI interviews, the AI doesn't talk to the candidate. It only evaluates their response. With Conversational AI Interviews, we use some of the best LLMs and have implemented comprehensive guardrails so the AI behaves only as an interviewer. Further, the topics and follow-ups set by the recruiter ensure the AI stays on track.

6. Proctoring and Cheating Prevention

6.1. How does proctoring work?: Before a test or AI interview starts, Equip requests access to the candidate's camera, mic and screen. You choose which measures to switch on:

Detect audio, detect face, take random photos, capture photo before start

Detect switched tab, and capture a screenshot of the tab they switched to

Detect multiple monitors, enforce full screen, enforce desktop, disable copy/paste

Record the full user session, and pair the candidate's phone as a second camera

When the candidate finishes, you see a proctoring summary.
6.2. Can candidates cheat using ChatGPT or another AI tool?: Equip makes it very hard to cheat. If you enable all the proctoring features, the candidate is being tracked holistically. Apart from the regular proctoring described above, you can enable auxiliary-device proctoring. With this, the candidate links their phone camera to the assessment and we get a 360-degree view of the candidate's test-taking environment.
6.3. What is the Trust Score?: A 0–100% score calculated from the type, frequency and duration of violations. The lower the Trust Score, the more likely we think the candidate cheated on the test.
6.4. What's in the proctoring summary?: Every violation, when it happened, how long it lasted, and the recorded evidence: screenshots, photos, audio flags. If a candidate switched to another tab, you can see what they switched to. See a sample proctoring summary.
6.5. Can I see a recording of the candidate's screen?: Yes. Session Recording captures the candidate's screen as they work, capturing what they clicked, what they typed and how the mouse moved, then plays back from the report. Question content is masked in the recording.
6.6. What about candidate privacy?: Equip is SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliant and has the ISO 27001 certificate. See the Trust Center. Recordings and captured media are stored on servers in the US, encrypted at rest and in transit, and accessible only to the test administrator via a unique URL. Evidence files are automatically deleted within 3 months and PII isn't used for any training. Candidates can request for their data to be deleted.

7. Results and Reporting

7.1. When are results available?: As soon as a candidate submits, results appear on your dashboard. AI evaluations may take a few minutes, but the results are available near real-time.
7.2. What does the candidate report include?: For assessments, three tabs: Test Scores, Proctoring and Session Recording. See a sample assessment report.

For AI interviews, an overall recommendation, strengths, areas for improvement, a summary and per-topic scores, alongside the full transcript and a recording. See a sample AI interview report.

You can add notes, export a PDF, or share a copyable report link.
7.3. Can I export results?: Yes. Candidate reports export to PDF, applications export to CSV/Excel.
7.4. Does Equip give me hiring analytics?: Yes, on the Elite plan. ATS Insights covers Key Metrics, Pipeline and Funnel, Velocity, Team, and Quality and Source, with charts including time to hire, offer acceptance rate, stage drop-off, applications by source, fit-score distribution and rejections by reason. Each view can be customized to suit what you need to see.
7.5. Do candidates see their scores?: No. Results are recruiter-gated, so candidates see a completion confirmation and are directed to you for outcomes. Equip doesn't issue candidate-facing scores, certificates or badges.

8. Pricing and Plans

8.1. How does Equip's pricing work?: Equip runs on subscription plans, each carrying the full ATS and a pool of credits every cycle. One credit is $1. The ATS and CV screening are free. Credits are spent only when a candidate takes an assessment or an AI interview.

Standard, $30 a month: 30 credits, 2 recruiter seats

Premium, $60 a month: 60 credits, 5 recruiter seats

Elite, $120 a month: 120 credits, unlimited recruiter seats

Annual billing saves 15%.
8.2. What does a credit buy?: CV screening: free, however many candidates apply

Skill assessment: 1 credit per candidate, per test

One-way AI interview: 1 credit per candidate

Conversational AI interview: 2 credits for Quick (5 to 10 questions), 3 for Comprehensive (10 to 25 questions)
8.3. Which features need a higher plan?: ATS automations and API access need Premium or above, and live chat support comes with annual Premium plans and with Elite. ATS Insights, candidate rediscovery and a dedicated account manager are Elite.
8.4. Do credits expire?: No. Each renewal adds to your balance rather than resetting it, so unused credits carry forward. If you cancel, the balance is zeroed at the end of the current period.
8.5. What if I run out of credits mid-cycle?: Top up at any time, at the same rate, on any plan. You don't have to change plans to buy more.
8.6. What if I invite a candidate who never takes the test?: The credit is deducted when you send the invitation, and you can reclaim it if the candidate never starts. You end up paying only for candidates who actually began.
8.7. Can I try Equip before subscribing?: Yes. New teams get 10 free credits at signup, with no card required and no time limit on spending them.
8.8. Can I change plans later?: Upgrades take effect immediately: you pay the prorated difference and the prorated credits are added at the same time. Downgrades take effect from your next cycle.

9. Account, Team and Security

9.1. Do candidates need to create an account?: No. Candidates access tests through an emailed or shared link and sign in with a code sent to their email.
9.2. Can I add my team?: Yes, up to your plan's seat limit: 2 recruiter seats on Standard, 5 on Premium, and no limit on Elite. Members join by invite email.
9.3. How do I sign up?: Self-serve, with a work email. Personal-domain addresses aren't accepted for teams. Takes 1 minute to create a team. Sign up here.
9.4. Is Equip secure and compliant?: Equip is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and GDPR compliant and holds an ISO27001 certification. Data is stored on servers in the US, encrypted at rest and in transit. Full details are in the Trust Center.

Frequently asked questions