Crosschq offers AI-powered Interview Solutions designed to streamline and enhance the hiring process. Our platform enables organizations to run interviews on autopilot—either through fully automated AI-led interviews or by analyzing and improving human-led interviews with advanced coaching and reporting tools. Candidates receive a fast and consistent experience, while hiring teams gain decision-ready insights that improve quality, speed, and fairness in every stage of the interview process.

Crosschq’s integration with Greenhouse Recruiting allows you to seamlessly add Crosschq’s assessment to a job's interview plan.

Enable the integration

Create a Harvest API key

To configure the  integration, you’ll need to create a Harvest API key. 

Follow the steps in this article to create the key, and verify that the permissions below are selected when configuring the Crosschq integration.

Credentials

In the Create New Credential box, make the following selections:

  • API Type: Harvest
  • Partner: Crosschq
  • Description: Crosschq Harvest API Key

Permissions (Harvest API Key V1)

Verify that the following permissions are selected for the Crosschq integration: 

  • Applications
    • GET: Retrieve Application
  • Candidates
    • GET Retrieve Candidate
    • GET List Candidate
    • POST: Add Note
    • POST: Add Attachment
  • Users
    • GET Retrieve User
    • GET List User
  • Custom Field
    • GET: Custom fields
    • POST: Create custom field
    • PATCH: Update custom field
  • Job Posts:
    • GET: List Job Post

Note: If you already have a Harvest API key created for Crosschq, you’ll just need to update the permissions to match those required for Interview.

Configure Crosschq settings

Now, navigate back to the Greenhouse Connector API settings in Crosschq (Organization Settings > Connectors > Greenhouse). 

Paste the API key that you copied from Greenhouse into the  Harvest APIKEY field (Click unlock Field Button). Click Save Changes.

Get an API Key in Crosschq

To obtain your API key in Crosschq for the assessment stage, go to Organization Settings >> Connectors and look for Greenhouse Card and click Manage.

Enable the Integration in the toggle, the Token will be under the API Settings

Finally, you must to enable Interview Feature under the App Settings and click Save Changes 

Now, The Greenhouse card will update to show a green "Connected" label.  

Alternatively, follow the steps in this article to retrieve your API key from your Crosschq and add the assessment stage in your interview plans. 

Once you’ve set up your interview plans and configured your take home test, you’ll be able to send the test to candidates.

Use the integration with Greenhouse Recruiting

Once the Crosschq integration is enabled for your organization, you will be able to add the Crosschq assessment as an interview stage.

You can send an assessment to a candidate by selecting the Send Test button next to the interview stage. The assessment instructions will be sent by Crosschq.

After it has been sent, an assessment’s status will display in Greenhouse Recruiting.

Once the candidate has submitted their test, the Interview Kit will contain a link to view the submitted test in the Crosschq application. 

To see a candidate’s results in Crosschq, click View Report .

The report will open in Crosschq. 

When the candidate completes the assessment, Crosschq will automatically create custom fields in the Candidate Profile under Additional Details, such as Interview Name, Status, Last Update, Interview Score, and View Report

A Report Pdf the information you see in Crosschq will be attached to the candidate profile under the Documents tab.

Click the document to open it.

For every status change in Crosschq, the app will automatically add a note in the Candidate Profile to keep both platforms synchronized, using the recruiter as the author

Additional resources

For additional information not covered here, reach out to support@crosschq.com.