AI phone screener
AI Phone Screener: 15-minute calls, placed minutes after they apply
The QuillHire AI Phone Screener is a 15-minute outbound phone call placed automatically when a candidate applies. It asks structured questions about must-have skills, notice period, salary expectations, and motivation, then returns a transcript, a score, and a shortlist recommendation. It runs on ordinary mobile numbers, so candidates need no app, no login, and no data connection.
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How it runs
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Candidate applies
Upload a list, connect your careers page, or push candidates from your job board flow. No candidate-side setup.
- 2
QuillHire calls within minutes
An outbound call goes to the candidate’s mobile number while your role is still top of mind for them.
- 3
A structured 15-minute conversation
The AI works through your rubric: must-have skills, current and expected compensation, notice period, location and shift fit, and why they applied. It follows up on vague answers instead of accepting them.
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Evidence lands in your dashboard
Full transcript, per-criterion scores, and a clear advance, hold, or reject recommendation, ready before a recruiter has opened their inbox.
Who it's for
- Teams receiving more applications than they can call back
- Agencies whose speed-to-first-call decides whether they place a candidate
- Campus drives where thousands of students need the same fair rubric
What you get back
- Full call transcript
- Per-criterion scores against your rubric
- Notice period, current and expected compensation, captured as structured fields
- Advance / hold / reject recommendation
What AI phone screening software replaces
The job being automated is not a hard one. It is a recruiter working down a list, asking the same six questions, and writing the answers somewhere. What makes it expensive is the volume and the hour of the day it has to happen in.
A recruiter dialling manually can only screen during the hours both sides are free, one call at a time. Many calls go unanswered and need a second or third attempt. By the time one connects, a candidate who was actively looking on Monday may already have accepted something else.
Automated phone screening removes the scheduling problem rather than speeding up the calling. The 15-minute AI phone screen calls every applicant within minutes of applying, in parallel, at whatever hour they applied. Nobody waits behind anyone else in a queue.
The second thing it replaces is drift. A human asking the same question for the fortieth time that week asks it differently: shorter, or with the answer half-implied. That variation is invisible while it happens and impossible to correct afterwards. A structured screen covers the same criteria with every candidate, and follows up wherever an answer is vague, which is what makes two scorecards genuinely comparable.
What it does not replace is judgement. The screen produces evidence: a transcript, scores against your rubric, and the structured fields you filter on. Deciding who moves forward is still yours.
Frequently asked
What is AI phone screening?
AI phone screening is an automated live phone call that asks structured hiring questions the moment a candidate applies. QuillHire dials the candidate, captures the answers, and scores fit before a human recruiter spends any time.
How long is a QuillHire phone screen?
15 minutes. That is enough to cover must-have skills, notice period, current and expected salary, location and shift fit, and motivation, while still respecting the candidate’s time. The call is hard-limited to that length, so it cannot overrun.
Do candidates need an app or internet connection?
No. It is an ordinary phone call to their mobile number. No app, no login, no data connection, which matters for candidates on patchy networks or entry-level phones.
Can we customise questions per role?
Yes. Each job can define mandatory skills, a salary band, notice-period limits, and custom screening questions, so every call matches the role it is hiring for.
Does the phone screen include anti-cheat?
No, and it does not need to. Anti-cheat monitoring applies to the video interview, where there is a screen and a camera to monitor. The phone screen is a conversation about availability, expectations, and background.
What happens after a strong phone screen?
That is your call. You can hire straight from it for high-volume roles, or move the candidate to the 45-minute video interview. The two formats are independent, so there is no required order.
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