Field notes on AI screening and high-volume hiring
How AI screening actually works in production: resume scoring, voice interviews, and high-volume hiring, written from live pilots.
Trigger-Based Hiring: A Sheet Drop Starts a Campaign
Automated trigger-sheet logic can launch a screening campaign the moment candidate data arrives, with no recruiter action before the invite.
Why HR Teams Cap at 80 Interviews Per Recruiter
Recruiter interview capacity per week hits a hard ceiling at 60–80.
Why Per-Interview Rates Penalise High-Volume Hirers
Per-interview AI screening pricing looks fair until you're running thousands of campus hires. Here's the math that changes the vendor conversation.
Why Your Campus Funnel Breaks Before the AI Screen
Campus hiring funnels lose a significant share of shortlisted candidates at scheduling — before any AI runs. Here's what breaks and how to fix it.
Generic vs JD-bound AI screening: when each approach wins
Most AI screening tools use one rubric for all roles. When generic screening works, when JD-bound is non-negotiable, and what the tradeoff costs you.
The 50:1 Candidate-to-Recruiter Ratio Nobody Plans For
India's campus hiring math breaks early. The constraint isn't sourcing—it's the phone screen queue no team budgets for until it's too late.
Candidate Self-Scheduling Design Choices That Matter
Candidate self-scheduling sounds easy until show-up rate tanks mid-drive. Four design decisions that determine whether candidates complete.
The 48-Hour Campus Drive: 500 Applicants in 2 Days
When 500 campus applicants arrive in a 48-hour window, most HR teams screen a fraction of them.
Fresher hiring is a campaign problem, not a pipeline problem
Most fresher hiring tools treat the funnel like a pipeline. The math says campaign: tens of thousands of applications in 72 hours, then nothing.
JD-Aware AI Screening: Match the Rubric to the Role
Most AI screening tools score every role against the same generic rubric.
AI Interview Platform Comparison for India 2026
An honest comparison framework for AI interview platforms in India: what to test, what to ignore, and what to ask a vendor before signing.
AI Phone Screen Replacement for HR Teams in India
What it takes to replace human phone screens with AI for Indian HR teams: the rollout sequence and the failure modes we learned the hard way.