How teams actually use Kini with Cornerstone.
From multi-client agencies to in-house recruiting teams: Kini fits the way you work with Cornerstone. Five scenarios where the managed integration makes the biggest difference.
Your customer connects Cornerstone themselves
You generate a Magic Link and send it to your end customer. Their admin connects Cornerstone OnDemand with credentials from their own Cornerstone administration. You never touch access data, your team never touches applicant data.
Fields map themselves
Cornerstone's fields are auto-detected and mapped in the background. No code, no engineer, no development ticket.
You never touch applicant data
Applications land directly in your customer's Cornerstone account. Your team never has to download, forward or re-enter applicant data.
One Cornerstone account, 1,500+ job boards
Once connected, you choose from 1,500+ job boards, including Stepstone and Indeed, to promote Cornerstone jobs, and applications come back the same way. One connected account, no second integration project.
Every field. Every entity.Exactly where it belongs.
Kini syncs job requisitions, job ads, candidates and applications between Cornerstone OnDemand and your connected channels via its Recruiting and Candidate APIs. No intermediate storage, no manual exports, no data sitting in between.
Job Requisitions + Ads
Candidates + Applications
Cornerstone's Candidate API creates a candidate and application in one call, with existing candidates matched by email. Requisition data includes custom fields.
Operations like GET, POST, PATCH are documented per endpoint in the . The primary source for field definitions. Kini adds mapping and fallback logic on top.
From authorization to production go-live.
Kini connects to Cornerstone via Magic Link. Fields are mapped automatically, the connection is tested and your integration is live.
Step 1Connect
Your customer's admin registers an application in their own Cornerstone administration and connects it via the Magic Link. No end-user login involved, no credentials shared with you.
Step 2Map
Kini auto-detects and pre-maps Cornerstone's job requisition and candidate fields, including custom fields, between Cornerstone and your connected channels. No manual configuration needed.
Step 3Test
A test job and a test candidate run automatically through the full flow. Kini checks field mapping and sync behaviour before anything goes live.
Step 4Go-live!
Applications flow through Kini directly into the customer's Cornerstone OnDemand account, which stays the system of record. Kini operates and monitors the connection.
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What makes Kini different for Cornerstone customers.
Other tools connect. Kini manages. In practice that covers GDPR, field mapping, job board compatibility and everything that breaks when nobody is watching.
End-to-end GDPR consent
Every application that flows through Kini carries a consent flag, mirrored on the target system's side and traceable in audits.
Native-language custom fields
Locations, departments and sources are mapped correctly even when they use German naming conventions or regional variants, whether your customers sit in DACH or operate internationally.
Application flows for a wide range of job boards
Stepstone, Indeed, Jobrapido and regional boards each have their own required fields, screening patterns and encoding rules. Kini's mapping engine is trained for those: out of the box, not as a custom project.
Operated by the Kini team
Kini runs the connection for you, including monitoring and alerts. If a vendor changes an API or a mapping breaks, our team fixes it before it reaches your funnel. Operated from Germany.
Frequently asked questions about the Cornerstone integration.
Everything about how Kini connects to Cornerstone OnDemand. From setup and authentication to data sync and rate limits.
Kini syncs job requisitions, job ads, candidates and applications with Cornerstone OnDemand, based on its Recruiting and Candidate APIs. Requisitions and their advertisement details are read, including custom fields, and candidates are created with their application in a single call.
Cornerstone OnDemand uses the Client Credentials grant, server to server. Your customer's admin registers an application in Cornerstone and connects it via the Magic Link. No end-user login is involved, and you never see or store credentials.
Cornerstone's Job Application API sets rate limits per minute, per hour and per day, and creating a candidate with an application has its own per-minute limit. Syncs are paced within these limits, so records queue instead of dropping.
No. Cornerstone OnDemand stays your system of record. Kini is the connectivity layer around it: requisitions, candidates and applications are synced between Cornerstone and your connected recruiting channels, so you extend what Cornerstone already does without replacing it.
No. The Cornerstone integration is pre-built, so there is no development project on your side. Your customer's admin connects their own Cornerstone instance through the Magic Link, and Kini handles mapping, operation and monitoring as a managed service.
Trusted by recruiting teamsacross europe.
From enterprise HR platforms to lean recruiting boutiques. Teams use Kini to connect their tools without involving engineering. Here's what they say.
"Kini syncs candidates from Perspective straight into our customers' ATS. That saves us manual transfers and around four hours a week."
"Kini gets enterprise customers on SAP SuccessFactors live much faster. Fewer technical hurdles in sales, around 20% more conversion."
"With Kini, we sync candidates straight into our customers' ATS through 65+ integrations. We don't need an extra full-time hire for it."
