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Benefits

Everything you get. 52 benefits, one record.

From finding someone to approving their hours, without leaving Winkle.

Sourcing & talent

Find people on proof, not keywords.

6 benefits

  • Talent discovery

    Search candidates open to opportunities. They can switch it off.

  • Filter by skill, level, location, availability

    Narrow straight to the people who fit.

  • Ranked by fit for a role

    Pick a role and results rank by fit, each showing what matches and what's missing.

  • Private talent pool

    Save people with notes and tags.

  • Full profiles, portfolios and video reels

    See their work, not only their CV.

  • Add to pipeline in one click

    One person or many, straight into a role.

Roles & applications

Post it, publish it, collect it, in one record.

8 benefits

  • Roles drafted from a sentence

    Every published role gets a public job page to share.

  • Fit rubric written with the role

    Decide what good looks like before anyone applies.

  • Your own pipeline stages

    Per role, on a kanban board you drag across.

  • AI screening on arrival

    Applications are read as they come in: a fit score with what matched and what's missing.

  • Pipeline rules

    Act on fit score as people arrive, or on time in stage when you run them. A rule can suggest a rejection; a person confirms it.

  • Bulk actions

    Shortlist, reject or move many candidates at once.

  • Rejection reasons

    Worded kindly, and shared with the candidate only if you choose.

  • Your logo on tests and invites

    On every test, test invite and decision email, so candidates see who is asking.

Screening & interviews

The hour goes on what nobody has proven yet.

8 benefits

  • AI interviews

    Spoken or typed, in 11 languages, every answer scored with reasons.

  • Gap-driven interview guides

    Questions aimed at what the evidence hasn't shown.

  • Skills assessments

    Ready-made tests by skill and level, or drafted for the role.

  • Coding questions

    Code reading, debugging and coding questions in 10 languages.

  • Bulk invites, with your note

    Tests and interviews to one person or two hundred, with a personal line.

  • Import questions from a CSV

    Bring your own questions, checked row by row before anything is added.

  • Scheduling against your calendar

    Connect Google Calendar: times around your busy slots, with a Meet link added.

  • Booking pages and reminders

    Candidates pick a time and can reschedule themselves.

Evidence & decisions

Every call traceable to something checked.

8 benefits

  • Skill verification

    A skill is marked verified only when it's demonstrated.

  • Consent before every sitting

    Assessments and interviews start only after recorded consent.

  • Scorecards and notes

    On each candidate, shared with your team.

  • Fit scoring you can read

    Every score comes with what matched, what's missing and any flags.

  • Decisions on the record

    Every decision is made and signed by a person, and candidates can ask for a human review.

  • Integrity flags

    On assessments: tab changes, pastes, face checks, browser and IP changes, automated browsers, all timestamped.

  • Decision room

    Two to four candidates side by side, with who leads on what.

  • Shortlist links for hiring managers

    Read-only, expiring, and no login needed.

Contracts & signing

Drafted, discussed, approved and signed here.

6 benefits

  • Templates and a clause library

    Start from what your team already approved.

  • Clause negotiation

    Propose and discuss changes with the other side, and accept or reject each one.

  • Internal approvals

    Nothing is sent until every approver has signed off.

  • Native e-signature

    Signed in Winkle, with an executed PDF.

  • Renewals and expiry

    Dates tracked, with an in-app reminder 30 days ahead.

  • Search and signed copies

    Find any contract, see where it stands, and download the signed PDF and certificate.

Work & time

From signature to the hours you approve.

6 benefits

  • Engagements from contracts

    Opened the day an employment or contractor agreement is signed.

  • Weekly timesheets

    Candidates log hours against the engagement their contract opened.

  • Approve, send back or reopen hours

    Every submitted week gets a decision, with a reason when it goes back.

  • Time tracker

    Projects, tags and billable rates.

  • Reports

    Summary, detailed, weekly and attendance.

  • Calendar week view

    Drag to create time entries.

Team & permissions

Who sees what, including candidates' pay expectations.

4 benefits

  • Custom roles

    Built from a catalogue of permissions.

  • Compensation gate

    A separate permission for who sees candidates' pay expectations.

  • Activity log

    Key actions on the record, with IP address and device on sign-ins and invites.

  • Invites and roles

    Invite teammates by email or join link, and give each one a role.

Platform

Billing, notifications and reports, built in.

6 benefits

  • Notification inbox

    Hiring, interview, contract, team and time events in one place.

  • Plans and AI credits

    Free in early access. When billing starts, you pay only when a candidate starts, and a broken sitting is credited back.

  • Invoices and auto top-up

    Numbered PDF invoices for every payment. Auto top-up switches on with paid billing.

  • Analytics and reports

    Funnel, sources and time to hire, as a PDF report or a CSV.

  • Bring your own AI key

    Use your own Anthropic key for contract drafting, the copilot, and building tests and interviews.

  • In-app messaging

    Message any applicant in the app, one thread per candidate.

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