Certn and Greenhouse integration for faster hiring

If you’ve been in talent acquisition for more than five minutes, you know Greenhouse. It’s one of the most trusted hiring platforms in the world, built for structured hiring, clarity, and scale.

And at Certn, we’ve been proud partners with Greenhouse for years.

They’ve been an incredible partner to work with, aligned on what matters most: helping hiring teams move fast without sacrificing quality. Now, we’re taking that partnership even further.

Background checks: Embedded directly into Greenhouse

Certn now integrates directly with Greenhouse through CertnCentric to enhance your hiring process. This new Integration will streamline background checks and improve efficiency, ensuring you have the best tools for your hiring needs.

Here’s what that means in practice:

• When a candidate hits your trigger stage, the background check launches automatically
• Recruiters never leave Greenhouse
• Status updates flow back into the Activity Feed in real time
• Clear “Clear” or “Review” labels eliminate guesswork
• Reports are accessible instantly via secure links

Instead of toggling between platforms or manually managing steps, everything flows cleanly between Greenhouse and Certn.

Move the candidate. The check starts. That’s it.

The result? Faster time to hire. Fewer bottlenecks. A better candidate experience.

Why this matters

Greenhouse customers are serious about hiring.

Whether you’re a 75-person startup building your foundation or a 2,000-person enterprise optimizing complex workflows, momentum matters. The best candidates don’t sit around waiting for back-office processes to catch up.

If background checks slow you down, they’re part of the problem.

Certn keeps pace with structured hiring by:

• Automating stage-based triggers
• Delivering real-time visibility to recruiters and hiring managers
• Reducing administrative overhead
• Supporting global, compliant screening across all 195 countries

It’s efficient. It’s embedded in your workflow. And it’s built for hiring teams who move fast and don’t want to waste time platform switching

Built for hiring ops (and the people who support them)

Greenhouse customers expect integrations to work out of the box: reliably, securely, and without needing a dev sprint.

Certn’s API-driven integration means:

• No fragile webhook-only setup
• Versioned API infrastructure
• Reliable event handling
• Minimal maintenance

You won’t need to debug this integration. That’s the point.

Setup is fully self-serve inside CertnCentric. No professional services team. No long onboarding cycle. Changes to packages or trigger stages take minutes — not projects.

How to enable the Greenhouse integration

Getting started takes less than a minute:

1. Log into your Certn account or (or create one)
2. Navigate to Settings
3. Select Integrations
4. Enable Greenhouse
5. Watch this video walkthrough to guide you through the rest ( trust me – it’s easy).

That’s it. No complicated setup. No cross-functional alignment meeting required. Turn it on and let your background checks run in the background — just like they should.

The bottom line

Greenhouse helps you hire with structure and confidence. Certn ensures your background checks match that pace; automated, visible, compliant, and built to scale.

We’re excited about this next chapter in our partnership with Greenhouse, and even more excited about what it means for the hiring teams who rely on both of us every day.

If you’re using Greenhouse, this is a no-brainer.

Enable it.

Let it run.

Hire faster, without hiring blind.

👉 Explore the integration here.

Written by:

Andrew McLeod, CEO & Co-Founder, Certn

Andrew McLeod is a serial entrepreneur and the award winning CEO of Certn. In addition to running one of the fastest-growing tech startups in North America, he’s an angel investor and advises leaders on how to thrive while “living the dream.” Andrew is a Forbes 30 Under 30 Nominee and Remote Tech CEO of the Year 2021.