AI voice screening: how one recruiter reached 86 percent of applicants
Screening used to take seven minutes per candidate. In this walkthrough it takes 45 seconds, applicant reach goes to 86 percent, and every call leaves a transcript a human can audit.
Most applicants never get a call. Not because they are unqualified, but because a recruiter has a finite number of hours and a growing pile of CVs.
This walkthrough shows what changes when screening calls run as an AI Worker campaign: applicant reach moves to 86 percent and the time a human spends per candidate drops from about seven minutes to 45 seconds.
What the walkthrough covers
- Campaign setup: role, screening questions, calling window and language.
- Live call: the AI Worker runs the interview and states up front that it is an AI system.
- Monitoring: the recruiter watches calls in progress and can take one over.
- AI summary: each call produces a structured summary next to the full transcript.
- Shortlist: candidates are ranked against the criteria the recruiter set, not against a hidden score.
Why the numbers move
Reach improves because calls happen in parallel and outside the recruiter's own calendar. Quality holds because every candidate gets the same questions in the same order.
The 45 seconds is not the call length. It is the human time per candidate: reading the summary, skimming the transcript, deciding.
The point is not to remove the recruiter. It is to give the recruiter every candidate instead of the first twenty.
Where humans stay in the loop
Hiring decisions stay with people. The AI Worker gathers information and never rejects a candidate on its own.
Every call is disclosed as AI at the start, transcripts are stored for audit, and a recruiter can join a live call at any moment.
This walkthrough is scripted and anonymised, with figures drawn from typical production use.
Frequently asked questions
Does the AI Worker reject candidates?
No. It gathers answers and produces a summary and ranking. Advance and reject decisions stay with the recruiter.
Are candidates told they are speaking to AI?
Yes, at the start of the call, in line with Article 50 of the EU AI Act. A human can take over at any point.
