A tracker shows you the work. Tarkflo does it.
Most high-volume teams screen one of three ways today: recruiters on back-to-back calls, a generic ATS that only tracks, or a one-way-only video tool where the recording is the whole product. Each forces a trade between a real conversation and the scale you need. Tarkflo Hire runs the whole pipeline, one-way video screening included, with a live two-way AI voice interview inside it, and removes that trade.
Conversation or scale. Pick one. Until now.
A human call is a real conversation, but it doesn’t scale. A tracker and a one-way-only video tool scale, but the conversation is gone. Tarkflo is a lightweight ATS that runs a real interview on every applicant, so you stop choosing. We’re not a full HR suite, and we don’t need to be.
You get the real conversation, but recruiters burn the week on first-round calls and strong candidates wait days. It simply doesn’t scale past a few roles.
These scale, but a generic ATS only tracks candidates through stages and a one-way-only tool stops at the recording. The real evaluation still lands back on your recruiters.
Tarkflo vs how teams screen today
We compare against the real alternatives a high-volume team weighs right now: doing it by hand, a tracker, or a one-way-only video tool, not enterprise suites built for a different size of company.
| What high-volume hiring needs | Tarkflo Hire | Screening by hand | A generic ATS | One-way-only video tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every applicant gets a first-round interview | − | − | Recorded | |
| A two-way conversation with real follow-ups | − | − | ||
| Scales to thousands a week, around the clock | − | Tracking only | ||
| Consistent scoring against your rubric | Notes | − | Varies | |
| Candidates advance or hold automatically | − | Manual | − | |
| The whole multi-round pipeline in one place | − | − | ||
| Ranked shortlist with transcript and evidence | − | − | Per clip | |
| Interview integrity signals, flagged for your review | − | − | Basic | |
| Ask your whole pipeline in plain language | − | − | − | |
| No candidate account, just a magic link | Portal | Varies | ||
| Frees recruiters from first-round calls | − | − | Partly | |
| White-label under your agency brand | − | Some | − |
These columns are approaches, not specific products. A partial mark means it depends on the tool or how you configure it. The comparison reflects the typical approach a high-volume team takes today.
The differences that change your shortlist
The pipeline runs the rounds
CV screen, assessment, and interview all happen inside one flow, not work that lands back on a recruiter.
A conversation, not a recording
A live two-way interview asks real follow-ups. A phone call does too, but only Tarkflo does it on every applicant.
Candidates advance on their own
Passing candidates move to the next round automatically; borderline ones wait for a human.
An AI copilot for your pipeline
Tarkflo Lens answers questions about your candidates in plain language, with the evidence cited. A tracker gives you filters, not answers.
Integrity you can stand behind
Room scan, dual camera, and second-voice signals flag the environment for your review, never an automatic decision.
Evidence, not a black box
Every score traces back to the answer that earned it, with the transcript attached.
Built for agencies
Client-organized pipelines under your agency’s brand, which a generic tracker or a video tool was never designed for.
Fast to live
Most teams run a real screening within 48 hours, with no setup fee.
Common questions
Why don’t you compare against HireVue, Greenhouse, or other big names?
Honestly, because they’re built for a different size of company than the teams we serve right now. Tarkflo is a focused, lightweight ATS for high-volume hiring, and the real decision our customers face is whether to keep screening by hand, bolt assessments onto a tracker, or use a one-way-only video tool. That’s the comparison that actually helps them. As we move upmarket, we’ll add head-to-head vendor comparisons.
Is Tarkflo a replacement for our ATS?
It depends what your ATS does for you. Tarkflo is a lightweight ATS built around AI interviews: it runs the screening and interview rounds that a generic ATS leaves to your recruiters. It does not replace sourcing, a candidate CRM, offer management, or onboarding. Many teams run Tarkflo at the front of the funnel and keep their system of record for the rest.
Isn’t a one-way video tool basically the same thing?
No, and the difference is what happens around the recording. Tarkflo includes one-way video as a screening format: answers are proctored, transcribed, and graded to your rubric. But a one-way-only tool stops there, and a human still has to watch and judge every clip. In Tarkflo the graded screening feeds a live two-way voice interview and the rest of the pipeline. The recording is one step; the pipeline is the product.
Is this an unbiased comparison?
It is published by Tarkflo, so treat it as a starting point. The rows describe common approaches rather than any single product, and we encourage you to weigh them against how your own team hires today.