1 min lesson
The objects map cleanly onto what I've run elsewhere
Consider this situation. "You've never used Ashby. The hiring manager asks about your Ashby experience. What's the strongest response?" Start with the decision, then the evidence.
Step 1 of 2
Check Ashby's docs for how scheduling reads interviewer calendars and proposes slots across a panel, then rehearse that walkthrough aloud.
Check Ashby's docs for its analytics features, then rehearse using them to answer one question: where do candidates stall and who is overloaded?
"I haven't used Ashby in a role yet, but I went through its docs and feature set before today. The objects map cleanly onto what I've run elsewhere: interview plans, kits, scorecards. What interests me is the scheduling automation and the analytics, because I'd use the dashboards to spot where loops are dragging and fix it. I'd expect to be productive in the first week."
Don't overclaim Ashby fluency you don't have: a one-question follow-up will expose it, and that costs you more than admitting the gap. And don't undersell it either. "I've never used it" with a shrug reads as low initiative. The studied-it-already answer is the only one that wins both ways.