Name the job
Write the role once. Honrly turns the description into questions about the work - not a generic bank.
Ashby alternative
Honrlyiswhatahireshouldbebasedon.
Honrly makes the application itself contain the work - questions written for that job, answered in writing or on video, reviewed with a score and a quote. You can see how someone approaches the role before anyone opens a calendar.
A suite can hold sourcing, scheduling, and dashboards. That is a different purchase. Honrly is the missing system: evidence on the applicant. Start a role this week and read how someone thinks.
Collect the work
Candidates answer in writing or on video. The invite, the completion, and the replay are fields on the application.
Decide from evidence
Two people read the same score and quote. Then you meet - or you do not.
| Capability | Honrly | Ashby |
|---|---|---|
| When you see the work | Before the first call | After you book the interview |
| Assessments | Job-specific written + video | An add-on, not the product |
| Question source | Written from the job you posted | A generic bank or a later kit |
| Review | Score, quote, full answer, replay | A stage and a note |
| What the application holds | The work itself | A resume and a pipeline |
| Hiring manager view | The same page | A dashboard without the answers |
| What you buy first | Signal on the role | Analytics on the process |
| Time to useful | Post a role the same day | Stand up the suite first |
Choose Honrly if
- You care more about evidence than about pipeline analytics
- You want assessments generated from the job description, not a generic bank
- You can begin without a full CRM, scheduler, and reporting suite, and add those partners later if you wish
- You want candidates to show the work before anyone opens a calendar
- Hiring managers should read the same review recruiters do
- You want to post a role the same day, not stand up a suite first
Honrly is what a hire should be based on.
What you get on the application
A role, a pipeline, and the work sample together. Honrly writes questions from the job description. Candidates answer in writing or on video. Your team reads the score, the quote, and the full response before anyone books a call.
You can keep a calendar and a report, and still begin by seeing how someone thinks.
Begin with the screen, and grow from there
If the hope is “we want to see who can do this,” Honrly puts the work sample on the application - the same record as the stage, the invite, and the offer.
Custom reporting is a real and valuable job. This page is about reading how someone approaches the work before the week fills with screens.
How review actually works
Every completed assessment lands with a score and the sentence that earned it. The full answer stays on the page. Two people can read the same review and agree to meet - or not - without reconstructing a take-home from email.
If the quote is weak, you will see it. The model drafts and scores. You keep the last word.
A week without the suite
Monday you post. Tuesday answers arrive. Wednesday the hiring manager reads three reviews. Thursday you interview people you already understand. Friday the pipeline moved because the work was on the record.
That is hiring software: a place to read the work, with room to add analytics whenever your team is ready.
Where we focus
Our focus is the role, the answers, and the review. Sourcing CRMs, schedulers, and reporting suites are excellent products, and many teams use them alongside a hiring workspace.
We are glad to do the work sample with care, and to leave the rest to tools your team already loves.
Who this is for
Teams that already have applicants and would like a clearer view of who can do the work. You can begin without a large recruiting operations group. Candidates show the work before anyone opens a calendar.
If you later need a suite, that is a later problem. Start by reading answers.
Good to know
Does Honrly have a CRM?
Honrly is the role, the scored answers, and the review - so you can hire from evidence without standing up a full CRM first.
Do you have scheduling?
Scheduling can stay with the calendar your team already loves. Our focus is the role, the answers, and the review.
How does Honrly use AI?
Honrly uses AI to write and score job-specific questions. You keep the last word.
Do you replace reporting suites?
Yes for the signal that matters most: the work sample - the score, the quote, and the full answer on the applicant.
Can we start one role?
Yes. Paste a description, send one link, and review answers on that job.
Is video included?
Yes. Spoken prompts for that job sit next to written Skill Rank on the same applicant.
How does pricing work?
Talk with us. The products are not the same purchase.
The point
Honrly is the hire based on evidence - how someone actually approaches the work - not another place to park a pipeline.