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Maki automates hiring decisions. Paradox automates conversations.
Full-spectrum AI screening and skill evaluation that leads to confident hires, not chatbot-only workflows that stop at engagement.
Overview
Paradox introduced conversational recruiting with Olivia. Maki takes automation further, engaging, screening, assessing, and learning in one unified system.
Where Paradox handles interaction, Maki handles execution and intelligence, driving measurable outcomes with validated science and automation.
Ideal customer
Designed for fast-scaling organizations managing high candidate volumes that need both efficiency and rigor.
If Paradox helps you talk to candidates, Maki helps you understand and hire the right ones faster, across languages and roles.
Feature comparison
Scope
Conversational recruiting
Assessments
None or external
Scheduling
Automated
Interviewing
Chat-based
Candidate experience
Text or web chat
Insights
Surface-level
AI type
Rules-based
Security
Standard
Scope
End-to-end AI hiring suite
Assessments
300+ science-backed tests
Scheduling
Fully autonomous with ATS sync
Interviewing
Conversational + skill-based AI
Candidate experience
Multilingual, branded journeys
Insights
Predictive analytics & skill intelligence
AI type
Self-learning compound intelligence
Security
SOC 2, ISO 27001, EU AI Act-ready
Why companies choose Maki
From chat to intelligence: Paradox automates conversation, Maki automates decisions with skill-based agents
Science meets scale: Validated assessments ensure predictive accuracy at global scale
Global and human: 45+ languages and branded experiences increase engagement and fairness
Compound learning moat: Maki learns from each interaction, creating a data advantage that grows
Proof in performance
45%
faster hiring
70%
less recruiter work
95%
candidate satisfaction
In summary
Paradox helps you talk faster. Maki helps you understand and hire the right ones.
Paradox focuses on conversational engagement, while Maki delivers full-funnel automation with science-backed skill assessments, predictive intelligence, and multilingual experiences that improve hiring quality at scale.
