How do Firstview and Metaview compare on screening, interviews, assessments and hiring workflows? This comparison looks at where they overlap, where they differ, and which needs each is built to serve.
Written by Ece Badak · Fact-checked by Barkin Kutucu
Updated · 32 primary sources reviewed
Published by Firstview. Based on the sources and scope described below.
From job post to final decision, with evidence
Recruiting agents on top of your ATS
Both platforms screen CVs, run two-way AI interviews and take notes in your team's own interviews. Where they differ is packaging: Firstview is one product that runs hiring from the job post to the final decision, while Metaview adds separate agents to the ATS you already run.
You want one product, and one set of criteria, behind the CV score, the interview and the final call. Firstview scores every CV against weights you set, interviews candidates live in English, Turkish, German, Spanish or French, and backs each verdict with the candidate's own words. It works with or without an ATS.
Your team runs an ATS such as Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or Workday and wants to add AI sourcing and outreach, application review, screening interviews and interview notes to it, one agent at a time.
These 16 rows compare hiring tasks, not whole platforms. A Full rating means the vendor offers the feature, not that every plan includes it; the pricing section shows what each plan covers.
| Capability | Firstview | Metaview |
|---|---|---|
| Screen | ||
| Recruiter-facing weighted CV scoring | ||
| AI splitting of combined-PDF CV uploads | ||
| Contextual CV evaluation beyond keyword matching | ||
| JD-based criteria / rubric generation | ||
| Interview | ||
| Real-time conversational AI interview | ||
| Adaptive follow-up questions | ||
| AI interview designer / custom questions | ||
| Assess | ||
| Technical / coding evaluation | ||
| Soft-skill / competency evaluation | ||
| Decide | ||
| Criterion-level evidence & score rationale | ||
| Structured candidate report | ||
| Human interview co-pilot / note-taker | ||
| Operate | ||
| Native customizable hiring pipeline without a separate ATS | ||
| Calendar integration / scheduling | ||
| Candidate communication automation | ||
| Hiring analytics dashboard |
Full and Partial describe what each vendor's cited public sources show; every source carries its audit date in the source list. Not published means the reviewed sources did not establish the capability; it does not mean the capability is absent.
The scorecard is the index. These five sections explain what the differences mean in a hiring workflow.
Firstview scores every CV against the weights you set
Firstview scores every CV against weighted criteria you set, checks dealbreakers first, and shows the evidence behind each score. It suggests criteria from your job description, and a combined PDF of CVs splits into individual candidates automatically. The same criteria carry on into the interview.
Metaview's Application Review builds an editable Ideal Candidate Profile from the role, reads applications in context and explains each match by criterion. Recruiters set priorities in natural language, and results come back as match categories. Its public sources do not show numeric weights or the splitting of a combined PDF.
If you want to state exactly how much each criterion counts, Firstview lets you set the weights and dealbreakers directly and gives every candidate a score with the reasons attached.
Firstview interviews each candidate live, in their own language, with follow-up questions
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Firstview runs live, two-way voice interviews in the browser, in English, Turkish, German, Spanish or French. It asks follow-up questions based on each answer, answers the candidate's own questions about the role, and suggests role-specific questions your team can edit.
Metaview's Screening also runs two-way voice interviews in the browser. Candidates can interrupt or ask for a question to be repeated or clarified, and it follows up on vague answers. Metaview lists several supported languages, including Turkish; confirm the ones you need.
Both hold a real conversation, so judge it on your own role: in a demo, Firstview interviews for one of your own open roles.
Firstview gives technical roles an in-depth interview and a technical report
Firstview evaluates competencies and role-specific knowledge inside the interview itself, using 30+ competency frameworks. Technical roles get an in-depth conversational interview and a detailed technical report instead of a coding test.
Metaview's Screening covers role plays, situational judgment, problem-solving and communication, and can show candidates code to explain, debug or fix aloud. Its public sources do not show executable coding tests.
Both assess skills in conversation rather than in separate tests. Firstview adds a detailed technical report for technical roles; if you want role-play scenarios, Metaview documents them.
Firstview judges every candidate on one set of criteria, from CV to decision
“I brought the two teams together to agree on the priorities.”Example candidate answer
Aligned teams around shared priorities
Each Firstview verdict links to the candidate's answer and the moment they gave it, and unclear cases go to a person, never to an automatic rejection. Firstview Notetaker also joins your team's own interviews on Zoom, Google Meet and Teams and files the notes on the candidate, so AI and human interviews end up on one record.
Metaview's Screening scorecards link each rubric match to the exact transcript moment, and Application Review explains its classifications by criterion. Notes, a separate agent, records your team's interviews and fills templates; Metaview describes it as factual note-taking, separate from candidate scoring.
Both let your team check a verdict against what the candidate said. In Firstview, one set of criteria runs from the CV to the final decision, and your team's own interviews sit on the same candidate as the AI interview.
Firstview runs hiring without a separate ATS; Metaview plugs into yours
Firstview includes the pipeline board, calendar scheduling, email and WhatsApp messages, and hiring analytics, so a team can run hiring without a separate ATS.
Metaview manages its review and screening queues against stages imported from your ATS. It names integrations with ATS vendors such as Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workday, and its Screening setup lists 34 ATS providers. It automates screening invitations and email and WhatsApp outreach, and its Reports agent charts data across interviews. Its public sources do not show a standalone ATS.
Without an ATS, or with fewer tools in mind, Firstview runs the whole flow on its own. If a large ATS is staying and you also want AI sourcing and outreach, Metaview's agents are built for that.
Firstview builds its rules into how it evaluates: it never analyzes faces, video is never part of the evaluation, and a person makes every hiring decision. Metaview publishes SOC 2 Type II, with the report available on request.
Firstview does not publish a price list; it sells subscription plans and starts with a pilot on one of your own open roles. Metaview publishes per-agent prices, with Screening credits and Reports charged separately, so compare the total for the agents you would need.
Decide by how your team wants to run hiring.
Yes. Firstview covers application review, screening interviews and interview notes in one product, against one set of criteria, and adds its own hiring pipeline, so no ATS is required. Metaview adds dedicated AI sourcing and outreach agents.
Yes. Both run two-way voice interviews in the browser with follow-up questions. Firstview's run in English, Turkish, German, Spanish or French and answer the candidate's questions about the role. Metaview's let candidates interrupt or ask for a question to be clarified.
Firstview lets your team set a weight for each criterion and mark dealbreakers, then gives every CV a score with the evidence behind it. Metaview's Application Review takes priorities in natural language and returns match categories with written reasoning; its public sources do not show numeric weights.
Not with Firstview, which includes its own pipeline, scheduling and candidate messages. Metaview's Screening and Application Review work on stages imported from a connected ATS, and its public sources do not show a standalone ATS.
Firstview processes data in Türkiye, the EU and the US. Metaview advertises storage on AWS in the UK, and its data processing agreement names processing in the UK, the US and Germany, with safeguarded onward transfers.
Firstview does not publish a price list; it sells subscription plans and starts with a pilot on one of your own open roles. Metaview publishes per-agent prices, with Screening credits and Reports charged separately, so compare the total for the agents you would need.
No. Firstview never analyzes faces, and video is never part of the evaluation. Integrity rules apply while the interview runs: the whole screen is shared, the camera stays on and virtual cameras are blocked.
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