Checkmate

RATING:

4.8

(16)
Overview

About Checkmate

Checkmate is a cloud-based background check tool that helps businesses in technology, retail, education and other industries streamline candidates' reference checking and background screening. The system allows recruiters to balance thorough reference checking with a positive experience for referees. With Checkmate, HR professionals can create a dynamic questionnaire that follows a natural conversation while providing an accessible and positive referee experience. The platform also allows them to automatically request additional references, build questionnaires for individual roles using templates and track progress from a centralized dashboard. With its digital signing module, Checkmate allows recruiters to upload ID directly from their phones and verify a candidate's...

Checkmate Pricing

Casual Check: $17 per check Plus Pack: $145 per pack (includes 10 checks) Enterprise: customized pricing (contact vendor for further information) Each reference check includes 3 referees per candidate. Free trial includes 3 free checks.

Starting price: 

$17.00 one time

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

Checkmate pre-employment checks
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Checkmate Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

5

Most Helpful Reviews for Checkmate

1 - 5 of 16 Reviews

User Profile

Ethan

Verified reviewer

Real Estate, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed August 2019

Best Addition to our Process Since We Started!

PROS

Since using Checkmate, we've been able to hire more candidates, take on more clients, and most importantly spend time in more pressing areas. To date we've turned 26 referee's into candidates that we've now placed - through them showing interest and openness for new roles within the questionnaire!

CONS

Best addition to our process since we started!

Marika

Non-Profit Organization Management, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2020

Excellent Product

Excellent. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] responds quickly and is able to help with any minor issue we have had with our own internal systems. More than helpful and very generous when we were trialing the product to ensure it worked for part of our organization that we were trialing it on.

PROS

The product is easy to use, you can customize your template and you don't spend hours of wasted time try to contact the referee as they can complete the template in the time that suits them. The time it traditionally takes for references to be completed has reduced significantly.

CONS

Just the number of reminder messages - but Checkmate is very open to feedback and looking to always improve processes.

Reason for choosing Checkmate

Cost.

User Profile

Misty

Verified reviewer

Restaurants, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed December 2020

People info

Overall experience was ok..You can find out a lot..The money you got to pay is not worth it when it gets the info wrong on the person .But they are good about giving you the money back

PROS

Well I like best about this software is it is so EASY TO USE.Really common sense to use this..You can find out alot

CONS

What I like the least is some of the information is incorrect because a lot of the info on me was most definitely incorrect.

Nicole

Telecommunications, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2020

Increased user experience and reduced follow up required

We have seen a number of benefits through CheckMate including, but not limited to cost savings, increased candidate and referee experience, reduced follow up time due to automatic reminders via email and text to candidates and referees, openness to introducing new features based on customer feedback. We have also seen an increase in completion of reference checks.

PROS

Ease of use for both internal users and candidates and referees has been a big positive. The mobile optimisation available to candidates and referees leads to a positive user experience. Ability to build customised reference templates for specific roles enables us to have a unique approach. CheckMate is integrated with our applicant tracking system which allows information to be available through one source. The support we have received has been fast and efficient. The CheckMate team are open to suggestions and feedback and are able to implement changes quickly. The pricing of the software is extremely competitive in the market.

CONS

Anything extra we have needed has been implemented through new releases over time.

Anonymous

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2019

Cost-Effective, Easy and Fast!

We hire high volume roles and we have seasonal variance so this is a great tool to assist with streamlining the process for everybody, it's easy for the candidate and referees which is important to us.

PROS

I really liked how easy it was to get set up and start using the system, we had urgent roles we were hiring and we could get these references completed within a few hours. The ability to control our brand was a really unique cool feature, and being able to design our questionnaires allowed me to tailor them to the unique roles we often hire. Being able to do everything via SMS and on mobile is also an awesome feature! The service was really helpful, and always available to answer any questions I had.

CONS

The only con was that the system didn't integrate with our recruiting system, however, this is currently being built and expected in the coming months.