Early access Help shape a more human hiring

Hiring, made for connection.

Cortopus puts candidates and hiring teams on one shared application, from the first CV to the final decision. Each side sees what comes next, the moment it changes.

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  • Free for candidates
  • Live on both sides
  • Each side private
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CandidateNorthwind offered 3 timesJust now · Pick the one that suits you

Applications in one place. Emails in another. Calendars, links andCV_final_v3.pdf somewhere in between.

Candidates are left wondering where things stand, and hiring teams spend their days coordinating. Cortopus gathers every piece into one application that both sides share, so the next step is never a guess.

How it works

Eight arms.
One application.

An octopus holds many things at once and drops none of them. So does an application on Cortopus: every piece of hiring lives on it, shared by both sides, each from their own side.

For candidates

Know where you stand.
Every single time.

Every application, interview, assignment and offer in one place, with your next step always first. Even the applications you send elsewhere.

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Your applications, grouped by where they stand

Needs your action, interviews, waiting, offers. Verified by Cortopus when the company hires here, or added by you from anywhere else.

A profile for every kind of role

Keep a card per role, each with its own CV. The company gets a copy of the one you chose, exactly as you sent it.

A CV builder that reads like a recruiter

Write and export CVs inside Cortopus, with a score for how well applicant tracking systems can read them.

See what actually works

Insights compare how each CV and profile did: replies, interviews, offers. Then send more of what works.

For hiring teams

Clear decisions.
Every candidate answered.

Jobs with their process upfront, pipelines that say whose move it is, independent scorecards and fair, reasoned decisions. With your whole team, in the right roles.

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Pipelines that say whose move it is

A column per stage of the job's own workflow. Every card says what's next and who's waiting, so nothing sits.

Your workflow is their journey

Design the stages once. Candidates follow them as their journey, and a stage with a reply target shows them the date they can count on.

Feedback without groupthink

Each interviewer's scorecard stays sealed until they've added their own.

Decisions with real reasons

Every rejection names reasons from your own list, and the message is written from your template.

Measures you can explain

Response rate, reply time, replies on time against your own targets, and where every applicant went.

The right people, the right access

Owners, admins, recruiters and interviewers. Everyone sees what they need to, and nothing more.

Our promise

No more
silence.

Each stage of a job can carry a reply target. The candidate sees the date, and the team is reminded before it passes. When the answer is no, it comes with the team's reasons and a real message. Never a ghosting.

Coral AI

A little help,
right where you work.

Mention @CoralAI in a team note or a conversation and it answers right there, from that note or conversation alone. No digging through private records, no account pretending to be a person.

  • In the flow of workSummaries, follow-ups and drafts, in the thread that asked.
  • Only what you sharedCoral reads the note or conversation it's mentioned in, nothing else.
  • Never a replacement for a replyCoral's answers never count as a human reply to a candidate.

Security & privacy

Built so both sides
can trust it.

How we keep each side private

  • Real employers only

    A company's jobs go public only once it proves it owns its website.

  • Each side private

    Your notes, to-dos and CV labels never reach a company. Team notes never reach a candidate.

  • Need-to-know access

    Teammates see the jobs they're on and the candidates they interview. Owners see it all.

  • Two-step and audit

    Two-step sign-in that owners can require, and an audit log of who opened what.

Questions

Good questions,
straight answers.

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What is Cortopus?

Cortopus is a hiring platform built around one shared application. Candidates follow every application, pick interview times, hand in assignments and answer offers. Hiring teams run jobs, pipelines, interviews and decisions. Both sides work on the same application, each from their own side, and see each other's moves within about a second.

Can I use it today?

Yes, while it's in development. You can create a candidate account or set up a hiring workspace today. Teams who'd like to shape what comes next can join early access.

Is it free?

Cortopus is free for candidates. Hiring teams can set up a workspace today; paid company plans aren't on sale yet.

What does a company see when I apply?

Your name and contact details, and a copy of the profile you applied with (headline, about, skills and links) with its CV, as they were when you applied. Never your profile's name, your private notes and to-dos, or the labels you give your CVs.

Can I track applications that aren't on Cortopus?

Yes. Add any application yourself and follow it next to the rest: it's marked as added by you, while applications to companies hiring on Cortopus are verified by Cortopus. You can already link Gmail or Outlook; reading hiring emails from them comes next.

How does Cortopus make sure candidates hear back?

Each stage of a job can carry a reply target: the longest a candidate waits for the team's next move. The candidate sees the date, the team is reminded before it passes, and the dashboard shows how often replies were on time.

Early access is open

Bring both sides
of hiring together.

Create a candidate account in a minute, or set up your hiring workspace and publish your first job with its process upfront.

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