Use an AI recruiter for first-round candidate screening
A company used an automated recruiter to email and call applicants for the first HR screen before any human spoke with them.
- What they did
- A job seeker said a company’s system first sent a message from a generic recruiting inbox, then phoned them and started a scripted screening as soon as they answered. The caller was an AI agent, and it handled the opening HR questions without a person on the line. Other commenters said some employers are already using similar tools to run the first interview step.
- How it went
- The candidate hung up instead of continuing with the bot. The post drew a mostly negative response, with several people saying this kind of setup pushes applicants away.
- Tips
- If you try this, keep the first touch simple and make it easy for a person to step in. Use it for scheduling and basic screening, but pause before any call goes out and before any answers are recorded or submitted.
Try it yourself with Lindy
Set up an assistant for [job title] applicants who apply through [application source]. When a new candidate arrives, send a short email from [recruiting address] offering a first screening window based on my availability: [days and hours]. If they reply, propose 3–5 standard questions: [questions], then start a phone screening only after showing me the draft and getting my approval. Stop and ask me before any message is sent, any call is placed, or any screening responses are saved in [tool].
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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