Verifile
5 min
Verifile’s global background checks provide accurate insights and a great candidate experience to empower confident hiring and protect your business.
With this integration, customers can now:
- Order a Verifile background check package tailored to your needs; no need to switch between applications or manually input candidate data. CVs can be automatically transferred to Verifile when required too.
- Track progress in real time; enabling you to keep hiring timelines on track with ease.
- Cancel packages; if your candidate withdraws or fails early background check results, you can cancel the check at any time.
- Results and the Verifile report easily accessed within Ashby; accelerating decision making and keeping all essential candidate information in one place for easy reference and collaboration across hiring teams.
Overview
Enable the Verifile integration
- Contact Verifile Client Services to request a Verifile API key. Live Chat (During opening times) Call us +44 (0) 1234 339 350 Email [email protected]
- In the Ashby platform, navigate to the “Admin” tab. Select “Integrations” and search for Verifile. Click on the Verifile tile and click on “Enable Verifile”.
- Select the Ashby stage at which you want to order the background check. This is typically “Automatically add to offer stage”. If your workflow means that you order background checks at a different stage, then select the appropriate option for you.
- Add the Verifile API Key you got from Client Services.
- Click in the Ashby API Key field and enter Verifile. Click to Create new API key “Verifile”.
- Copy the Ashby API Key and give this to Verifile. Verifile will use the key to complete the integration set up.
Use the Verifile integration with Ashby
- You can order a Verifile background check upon the candidate reaching the Verifile integration stage.
- You may need to provide additional data before sending the Verifile assessment. This data must be added in the Summary section.
- If the background check package you'll order includes a Standard or Enhanced DBS check, you must select a value from the Verifile DBS Job Role drop down list.
- If the package includes a basic DBS check, you must select values from the Verifile DBS Purpose of Check and Verifile DBS Employment Sector drop down lists.
- To place an order under a sub account that you have set up in the Verifile system, select the sub account name from the Verifile Account list.

- Next, go to the Activities & Progress area where you can click Start Assessment. You'll see the list of packages that you have set up with Verifile.
- Select your chosen package and click Start.

- The status of the background check can be tracked in Ashby.

- To access the Verifile final report, click on View in Verifile.

- You'll need Verifile system access to view the Final Report.
