Greenhouse candidate incentives & payouts integration
Pay candidates for their time, automatically. When someone turns in a take-home or finishes a final round in Greenhouse, Hoppier sends their payout the same day, whatever the outcome - so strong candidates stay through every stage, everyone at a stage gets the same amount, and nobody buys gift cards or sets a candidate up as a vendor.
Popular ways to use Greenhouse with Hoppier
→Paid take-home
When: A candidate submits the take-home test you sent from Greenhouse
Hoppier: Send a $150 prepaid Visa the same day, before anyone grades it
→Final-round thank-you
When: A candidate finishes their final-round interviews
Hoppier: Send $50 for the afternoon they gave you, whatever the decision
→Presentation prep, paid
When: A candidate presents their case study to the hiring panel
Hoppier: Send $200 for the hours of prep it took
→Offer to day one
When: A candidate accepts their offer in Greenhouse
Hoppier: Send a $75 welcome card before their start date, while other recruiters are still calling
→Referral bonus, sent
When: A candidate a teammate referred is hired in Greenhouse
Hoppier: Send the referrer their bonus as a gift card or prepaid Visa
→Scorecards on time
When: An interviewer submits every scorecard within 24 hours for a month
Hoppier: Send a $20 coffee card - faster feedback means fewer candidates lost to waiting
Supported Greenhouse triggers and actions
A trigger is the Greenhouse event that sends a reward; an action is what Hoppier does back in Greenhouse afterwards.
- Take-home test submittedTrigger
A candidate turns in the take-home test or assignment you sent from Greenhouse.
- Interview completedTrigger
A candidate finishes an interview you choose - the final-round loop, a case presentation or a panel.
- Candidate stage changeTrigger
A candidate moves past a stage in the Greenhouse interview plan, like the take-home or onsite stage.
- Offer acceptedTrigger
A candidate accepts their offer in Greenhouse.
- Candidate rejectedTrigger
A candidate is rejected after a stage you choose, so finalists you don't hire still get a thank-you.
- Referred candidate hiredTrigger
Someone a teammate referred is marked hired in Greenhouse.
- Candidate hiredTrigger
A candidate is marked hired in Greenhouse.
- Scorecard submitted on timeTrigger
An interviewer submits their scorecard within the window you set.
- Add a candidate noteAction
Log the payout, amount and claim status on the candidate's activity feed in Greenhouse.
- Send notificationAction
Let the recruiter or coordinator know when a payout is sent or claimed.
Our team wires these as custom rules on your account today - tell us the event and the reward, and it runs. Self-serve trigger configuration ships with the public gift card API.
How to set up Greenhouse with Hoppier
Connect Greenhouse once and every candidate who reaches a paid stage is paid the same way, automatically - no coordinator buying gift cards on a personal card, no candidate set up as a vendor. Every payout is tracked per candidate, with an export your finance team can reconcile.
Want to build it yourself today? Use Zapier or the Hoppier API.
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Create your free Hoppier account (or log in) and open Integrations in your dashboard.
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Add Greenhouse as a custom request. Integrations are in beta, so the Hoppier team switches it on for your account and lets you know when it's ready.
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A Greenhouse Site Admin approves the connection, so Hoppier reads only the candidate, interview and offer data your payouts need.
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Choose which stages pay out - like "Take-home test submitted" or "Interview completed" - and set the amount and card message for each.
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Payouts go out on their own. Each candidate gets one link and picks from 3,000+ gift cards or a prepaid Visa in their own currency - no bank details needed.
About Greenhouse
Greenhouse is hiring software built around structured interviewing. Recruiting teams use it to take every candidate through the same interview plan - job posts, take-home tests, interview kits, scorecards and offers - so each stage is consistent and measurable.
With Hoppier: Pay candidates for take-home tests and final-round interviews the moment they finish.
They choose, worldwide
One link each: 3,000+ gift cards or a prepaid Visa, in 60+ countries and their own currency.
Unspent money comes back
37% of gift value goes unspent on average. On Hoppier Plus it returns to your balance instead of vanishing.
Guardrails on every card
Merchant restrictions, spend windows and per-card caps - set once, enforced on every send.
Clean records for finance
Every send, claim and return is tracked per recipient, with an export your finance team can reconcile.
Frequently asked questions
Does Hoppier integrate with Greenhouse?
Yes - the Greenhouse integration is in beta. Tell us you'd like it from the Integrations page in your Hoppier dashboard and our team switches it on for your account.
Should we pay candidates for every interview, or just take-homes?
Pay for work, not conversation. Recruiter screens and standard interviews are a normal part of looking for a job and usually aren't paid. Take-home assignments that run past an hour or two, case studies or presentations prepared for a panel, and final rounds that take half a day or more are different: you're asking for real time, often from someone with a job and other offers in play. Those are the stages strong candidates are most likely to drop out of, and where a payout makes the biggest difference.
Why pay candidates for their time?
Because the candidates you want most have options. A long, unpaid take-home is where many of them quietly withdraw, and the people who do finish remember who respected their time. Paying for the stages that take real work keeps more of your shortlist in the process, makes it easier for people with demanding jobs or caregiving at home to say yes, and changes how candidates talk about you afterwards - whether or not they get the job.
How much should we pay candidates?
Set a flat amount per stage and say so in the invite. A simple starting point: $100 to $250 for a take-home of a few hours, $50 to $100 for a final-round loop, and more for a prepared presentation or a longer project. Because the payout is tied to the stage in Greenhouse, every candidate who reaches it gets the same amount.
Do candidates get paid if we don't hire them?
Yes - the payout is for their time, not the result. It goes out when they finish the stage, before anyone grades the work or makes a decision, which keeps it fair and consistent for every candidate.
Do candidates have to share bank details or be set up as a vendor?
No. Each candidate gets one email link and picks from 3,000+ gift cards or a prepaid Visa, in 60+ countries and their own currency. You fund your Hoppier balance once, so there's no vendor setup per candidate, no bank details to collect, and no coordinator buying gift cards on a personal card and expensing them.
Can I pay Greenhouse candidates before the integration is switched on?
Yes - export the candidates in a stage from Greenhouse to a spreadsheet and upload it as a Hoppier bulk send, or connect an AI assistant to the Hoppier MCP, paste in this week's finalists and ask it to pay them.
What can I automate between Greenhouse and Hoppier?
Greenhouse events like take-home test submitted, interview completed, candidate stage change and offer accepted send rewards automatically, and Hoppier can add a candidate note or send notification in Greenhouse afterwards. A popular setup: a candidate submits the take-home test you sent from Greenhouse - send a $150 prepaid Visa the same day, before anyone grades it.
What rewards can recipients choose?
Each recipient gets one link and picks from 3,000+ gift card brands or a prepaid Visa, redeemable in 60+ countries in their local currency.
What happens to cards nobody uses?
On Hoppier Plus plans, 100% of unspent value returns to your balance. Across 2,090 programs on our platform, 37% of gift value goes unspent on average - recovery is usually the deciding economics.
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Take the hassle out of Greenhouse rewards
Think about the hours a year you spend buying, tracking, and sending gift cards. Now picture that number at zero.