Cut unqualified interviews by 50% and save 3 hours/week on early-stage screening.
~3 hrs
Saved / wk
Medium
Setup
No AI
AI
The moment someone applies on Indeed, they automatically get an email with a link to a Cognito Forms screening questionnaire (a form tool). This filters out unqualified candidates before you spend time reviewing resumes, so you only talk to people who meet your basic requirements.
~3 hrs
Saved / Week
Some setup required
Setup Complexity
No AI involved
AI Status
Step 1: Build a screening form in Cognito Forms with questions about availability, experience, and pay expectations
Step 2: Connect Indeed to Make using your Employer account credentials
Step 3: Set the trigger to activate when a new Indeed application comes in
Step 4: Add a Make email action to send the applicant a message with your Cognito Forms link
Step 5: Set up a Notion or spreadsheet destination to log who received the form
Step 6: Test the full flow with a real application to confirm the email sends correctly
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See PlansIndeed is best for small business owners who need to find and hire workers quickly without a big HR team. You can post a job for free and start getting applications the same day. Paid options let you sponsor your listing so more job seekers see it. It's one of the largest job boards in the US, so your posting reaches a huge pool of candidates across nearly every industry and location.
Cognito Forms is an online form builder that lets you create anything from simple contact forms to complex multi-page workflows with conditional logic, calculations, and payment collection — all without writing code. You drag and drop fields, set up rules for which sections appear based on answers, and embed the form on your website. The platform handles payment processing through Stripe, Square, or PayPal right inside your forms. Repeating sections let respondents add multiple items dynamically. Free tier includes unlimited forms with 500 entries/month. Paid plans start at $15/month.
Notion is an all-in-one workspace where your team can write notes, track projects, build databases, and share knowledge — all in one place. Instead of juggling separate apps for documents, project boards, and wikis, Notion puts everything under one roof. Over 100 million people use it, from solo freelancers to large companies. The free plan is generous. You get unlimited pages, a calendar, email, basic forms, and databases at no cost. When your team grows, the Plus plan starts at $10 per member per month and adds collaboration features. Notion also includes built-in AI that can search across your workspace, write drafts, summarize long documents, and fill in database fields automatically — saving you hours of manual work each week. Where Notion really shines is flexibility. You can mold it into almost anything: a CRM, a content calendar, a hiring tracker, or an internal wiki. It connects with about 197 other apps, including two-way syncing with tools like Jira, GitHub, and Asana. If your business needs one hub to organize everything, Notion is a strong contender.
Visual workflow automation connecting 3,000+ business apps. Build multi-step automations with branching logic, data transformation, and error handling — all by dragging and dropping on a visual canvas. Formerly Integromat. Free: 1,000 credits/month. Core: $9/month. Pro: $16/month. SOC 2 and GDPR compliant.
