Almost There
I really like this platform's potential and I continue to support the founder, but there were a couple key primary features that it still lacks. To date, I'm still mostly using a competitor (for which I hate--it's clunky) and am hoping to be able to migrate to Dropboard at some point once they get these features done.
To be fair, I just logged in again and Dropboard has been making progress. Hat tip to them.
The initially missing functionality for me with a status update is below
1) DONE: The UX for the job posting formatting WAS really difficult to use and limiting. I just logged in again to check a posting I tried to do earlier, and it looks like they made some material improvements in doing this. Thank you! This is much better. Could it still use a little polish? Sure, but this is good enough for me to for a long time.
2) OPEN: I have been using video interviews more and more, and would absolutely love if they incorporated video into the platform or at the very least made it easy for me to incorporate third-party video interview providers. This is becoming more important for us. I know this is a major feature, but with so many applicants now this has become something that is hard for us not to use, more and more.
3) PARTIAL: The email system WAS difficult to use. I just logged in and it's gotten a lot better. I'm still confused on how to implement some of it but it looks like has definitely improved. Note: they allow connection to some third-party email platforms like SendGrid. For me, I don't want to have to spin up another email provider when I've already got one (loops). Either make the email integration universal or let me configure the email templates within the Dropboard platform.
4) DONE: It would be really nice if I could add a couple of custom questions to the application process so I can do very quick screens. A lot of other application platforms let me do this.
5) OPEN: Minor issue but it would be great if I could do more custom aesthetic updates to the job portal. Right now the customizations are fairly limited. Of everything on this list, this is the least important but would be nice if I could style things a little closer to my website aesthetic.
EDIT: Updated #4 to Done. Missed this. Upgraded to 5 tacos since team has been shipping. Love it!
Colin_Dropboard
Apr 17, 2025Thank you for this!
Regarding #3, I hear you and it's a good point that more email provider integrations would be useful. I just wanted to mention that Dropboard does allow you to customize all of the outbound candidate emails that Dropboard sends. The confirmation email to the candidate is configured as part of your embed or portal settings and any other emails you'd like to send during stage transitions can be managed in the "Email Templates" area.
I'm happy to say that #4 does exist already. In your embed or portal settings, you can customize the "Application Form" quite a bit. You can add questions, multiple-choice, single-choice, file attachments, and more. Look to the "Custom Fields" setting in your embed or portal settings.
Thanks again!