AI hiring for small businesses and hourly teams

Your first-round AI interviewer.

Screen resumes, interview candidates by phone or AI video, and review their scorecards. Candidates start when they are ready. You decide who to meet.

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Your screening workflow

From a stack of applicants to conversations worth reviewing.

Screen resumes against your role, let candidates answer your questions, and compare the evidence. Your team makes every hiring decision.

Phone screen Warehouse Associate Ringing On the call Scored

Ana Ruiz is calling9:12 pm · from your apply page · in Spanish

Ana RuizWarehouse associate 03:42

Q2 · ¿Tiene certificación de montacargas o transpaleta? “Sí, montacargas y reach truck, desde 2021.”

91/100 Yes 5 of 5 answered · read in English

Lifting 100

Certification 100

Shifts 95

Transportation 60

Work authorization 100

AI interviewer

A real first conversation, on their time

Start with phone interviews in 34 languages, or choose an AI video screen with beta access. Your questions and guidance carry through to the conversation, transcript, recording, and scorecard.

Meet the AI interviewer

Resume screener

Sorts a stack of resumes Yes, Maybe or No

Jev reads each resume against the job and gives its reasons. Try the free demo without an account. Ongoing resume screening is included with every paid plan.

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Reference AgentPro

Checks references, and chases the slow ones

It texts each reference your questions or takes a short call, sends reminders, and scores what they say. Included with Pro and Enterprise.

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ChatGPT and Claude

Run it all from your AI assistant

Connect PhoneScreen to ChatGPT or Claude and just ask: score these resumes, call Ana now, check Maya’s references.

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Candidate experience

Choose the interview experience for each role.

Candidates start when they are ready. Both formats use your questions and interviewer guidance, then return a transcript, recording, and scorecard.

Phone screenDefault

A phone call, whenever they’re ready.

A live conversation by phone. Candidates call when they are ready, or you call them. No camera or app required.

1 included credit · $4 after the allowance

How it works

Ashley · AI

You · Candidate

AI video screenBeta

A face-to-face conversation with AI.

A live browser conversation with a camera and microphone. Review both sides alongside the transcript and scorecard.

2 included credits · $8 after the allowance

Try a video screen Explore video

AI video is a limited beta for adults aged 18 and older. Try the free demo or request beta access. Live demo places are limited.

You make the call

It reports. You decide.

The agents never accept or reject anyone. Every score comes with its reasoning, the transcript and the recording, and you choose who moves forward.

Same questions, same order, same rubric for every applicant
Never asks about age, health, family, religion or national origin
Always says it is an AI, with recording disclosure before the interview
Transcript-based scoring, with recordings and reasons your team can review

How we use AI in hiring

Built for hourly hiring

For the roles that keep your business running.

Hiring a caregiver, line cook, warehouse associate, or store team? Start with questions built for the role and edit them for your business.

A professional caregiver preparing tea with an older adult in her home

Home care

Hire caregivers and home health aides without the phone tag.

Live-in and hourly caregivers apply at all hours and take the first job that calls back. Coordinators spend their day leaving voicemails.

Questions it asks

1 Are you available for live-in placements, and how many consecutive days can you stay?
2 Do you hold a current HHA, CNA, or PCA certification, and in which state?
3 Have you cared for someone with dementia? Describe a difficult moment and how you handled it.

See home care hiring

Warehouse associates scanning inventory and moving a pallet safely through an aisle

Warehouses

Hire pickers, forklift operators and drivers without the phone tag.

High-volume postings bring hundreds of applicants; recruiters can only reach a fraction before the shift starts.

Questions it asks

1 Are you able to lift 50 pounds repeatedly through a shift?
2 Do you have forklift or pallet jack certification?
3 Which shifts are you available for: days, nights, or weekends?

See warehouses hiring

A restaurant kitchen team preparing dishes together before service

Restaurants

Hire line cooks, servers and hosts without the phone tag.

Managers screen between lunch and dinner rush, so applicants wait days and take the job across the street.

Questions it asks

1 What shifts and days are you available, including weekends?
2 Tell me about your most recent kitchen or front-of-house job.
3 Do you have a food handler card or ServSafe certification?

See restaurants hiring

A staffing recruiter speaking with two hourly workers in a branch office

Staffing agencies

Hire temp and temp-to-hire candidates without the phone tag.

Every order needs qualified people the same day. Recruiters burn hours on the phone confirming basics before the real conversation.

Questions it asks

1 Which types of assignments are you looking for, and are you open to temp-to-hire?
2 What hourly rate are you targeting?
3 Describe your most recent assignment and why it ended.

See staffing agencies hiring

Two care professionals speaking with an older patient in a senior living community

Healthcare

Hire CNAs, medical assistants and care techs without the phone tag.

Open shifts cost overtime and agency fees every day they sit. HR screens between onboarding paperwork, and licensed applicants get hired elsewhere first.

Questions it asks

1 Is your certification current, and in which state is it registered?
2 Which settings have you worked in: skilled nursing, assisted living, hospital, home health?
3 Tell me about a resident or patient who was difficult to care for and how you approached it.

See healthcare hiring

Hotels

Hire housekeepers, front desk and banquet staff without the phone tag.

Occupancy swings mean hiring waves. Housekeeping managers cannot call back sixty applicants between room inspections, and many applicants prefer Spanish.

Questions it asks

1 Tell me about your housekeeping or hotel experience and how long you were there.
2 About how many rooms did you clean per shift, and how did you keep quality up?
3 Are you comfortable with the physical side of the job for a full shift?

See hotels hiring

Retail

Hire sales associates and cashiers without the phone tag.

Seasonal hiring spikes flood store managers with applications they cannot call back during floor hours.

Questions it asks

1 Are you available evenings, weekends, and holidays?
2 Tell me about a time you handled a difficult customer.
3 Have you used a point-of-sale system before?

See retail hiring

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Trucking

Hire CDL drivers without the phone tag.

Drivers apply from the road and cannot take scheduled calls. Recruiters lose them to whoever answers first.

Questions it asks

1 Do you hold a current CDL-A, and in which state?
2 How many years of verifiable over-the-road experience do you have?
3 Any accidents, violations, or DOT issues in the last three years?

See trucking hiring

Construction

Hire laborers, carpenters and equipment operators without the phone tag.

Crews need people on site Monday. Superintendents screen from the truck, and applicants are working another job when the call comes.

Questions it asks

1 Tell me about your last two construction jobs and what trade work you did.
2 Do you have OSHA 10 or OSHA 30, and any equipment certifications?
3 Are you comfortable working at heights, outdoors in all weather, and lifting 75 pounds?

See construction hiring

Security

Hire security officers and patrol guards without the phone tag.

Posts open on short notice and licensed guards are scarce. Recruiters chase applicants by phone across every shift.

Questions it asks

1 Do you hold a current state guard license, and any armed certification?
2 Which types of posts have you worked: lobby, patrol, retail, event, industrial?
3 Tell me about a time you had to de-escalate a situation. What did you do?

See security hiring

A customer support team handling calls in a bright contact center

Call centers

Hire customer service and inbound sales reps without the phone tag.

Classes start on a date and seats must be filled. Every applicant needs a voice screen, and recruiters cannot do two hundred of them in a week.

Questions it asks

1 Tell me about your most recent customer-facing or call center role.
2 How would you handle a caller who is angry about something that was not your fault?
3 Have you used a CRM or ticketing system? Which ones?

See call centers hiring

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Your first-round AI interviewer.

From a stack of applicants to conversations worth reviewing.

A real first conversation, on their time

Sorts a stack of resumes Yes, Maybe or No

Checks references, and chases the slow ones

Run it all from your AI assistant

Choose the interview experience for each role.

A phone call, whenever they’re ready.

A face-to-face conversation with AI.

It reports. You decide.

For the roles that keep your business running.

Hire caregivers and home health aides without the phone tag.

Hire pickers, forklift operators and drivers without the phone tag.

Hire line cooks, servers and hosts without the phone tag.

Hire temp and temp-to-hire candidates without the phone tag.

Hire CNAs, medical assistants and care techs without the phone tag.

Hire housekeepers, front desk and banquet staff without the phone tag.

Hire sales associates and cashiers without the phone tag.

Hire CDL drivers without the phone tag.

Hire laborers, carpenters and equipment operators without the phone tag.

Hire security officers and patrol guards without the phone tag.

Hire customer service and inbound sales reps without the phone tag.

Get your first 10 phone screens free

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