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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.

Campus hiringAI screening

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.

May 28, 2026 5 min read
Campus hiringAI screening

Why HR Teams Cap at 80 Interviews Per Recruiter

Recruiter interview capacity per week hits a hard ceiling at 60–80.

May 28, 2026 5 min read
Campus hiringAI screening

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.

May 27, 2026 5 min read
Campus hiringAI screening

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.

May 27, 2026 5 min read
Campus hiringAI screening

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.

May 26, 2026 6 min read
Campus hiringAI screening

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.

May 26, 2026 10 min read
Campus hiringAI screening

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.

May 25, 2026 11 min read
Campus hiringAI screening

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.

May 25, 2026 6 min read
Campus hiringIndia

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.

May 25, 2026 5 min read
AI screeningHR tech

JD-Aware AI Screening: Match the Rubric to the Role

Most AI screening tools score every role against the same generic rubric.

May 25, 2026 6 min read
AI screeningHR tech

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.

May 7, 2026 12 min read
AI screeningVoice AI

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.

May 7, 2026 6 min read