AI screening · First round screening

First round interview screening done for every applicant

First round interview screening is where hiring slows to a crawl. It is hundreds of nearly identical phone calls, and because no team has time for all of them, most applicants are screened out on a resume rather than a conversation.

InterviewAgent.ai owns the first round. It conducts a structured screening interview with every applicant by voice or video, asks role-tailored questions, follows up, and scores each answer against a rubric. Recruiters get a ranked shortlist with transcripts and highlights, make the final decision, and rely on screening that is consented, AI-disclosed, and bias-audited for EEOC and NYC Local Law 144. The first round stops being a bottleneck and becomes a strength.

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Interview · score · rank · recruiter reviews

Interview Studio

Role

First-round interview

Candidate consented · AI-conducted

00:00 · AI Interviewer

Run the sample interview to watch the AI ask, follow up and score against your rubric.

Scored report

Rubric

The report assembles after the interview: overall score, rubric, highlights and a recommendation. You make the final call.

score

Highlights

Recommendation only · a recruiter makes the final decision

Ranked shortlist

Live, interactive · consent-first · no signup needed

Score /100 Ranked #1 of Transcript + highlights ready

Structured & consistent · bias-audited (EEOC / NYC Local Law 144) · you make the final call

ROLE-TAILORED RUBRIC-SCORED ATS-READY

Human-in-the-loop you decide

EEOC and LL144 bias-audited

Why it works

What your team gets with first round screening

No applicant skipped

Every applicant gets a real first-round screen, so you stop deciding who is worth a call based on a resume alone.

Faster to shortlist

Because screens run in parallel and score automatically, you reach a ranked shortlist in days, not weeks of scheduling.

Human final call

Recruiters review the ranked results and decide who advances, so the speed never comes at the cost of human judgment.

What it handles

Interviewed, scored and shortlisted on autopilot

The agent invites each applicant, runs a role-tailored screening interview by voice or video, asks smart follow-ups, scores every answer against your rubric, and advances the strongest candidates into a ranked shortlist for your recruiters to review.

Conducts the first-round screen with every applicant
Asks role-tailored questions with follow-ups
Scores answers against a consistent rubric
Ranks a shortlist with transcripts for recruiters
Keeps consent, AI disclosure, and bias auditing in place

SHORTLIST Interviewing

#1 Maya R. 92 Advance

#2 Devon L. 88 Advance

#3 Priya S. 81 Review

Rubric scored 48 screened this week

Why InterviewAgent.ai

One agent that runs the whole first round

Not a one-way video tool, not a six-figure assessment suite, and not a staffing agency. Interview, score, rank and hand off in one place, shaped to the roles and rubric you already hire on.

Interviews every applicant

A role-tailored screening interview runs by voice or video, with smart follow-ups, on the candidate's schedule. Applicants consent and are told they are speaking with AI, so no qualified person waits days for a first call.

Scores to your rubric

Every answer is scored against the same structured rubric, with transcripts and highlights, so candidates are compared consistently and the scoring stays bias-audited against EEOC guidance and NYC Local Law 144.

Ranks the shortlist

The strongest candidates are advanced into a ranked shortlist your recruiters review. The agent never auto-hires or rejects, it only surfaces who to talk to next, and your team makes every decision.

Good questions

Questions about first round screening

Because candidates screen on demand and scoring is automatic, an entire pool can complete the first round in days rather than the weeks it takes to schedule and run manual phone screens.

A ranked shortlist with a rubric score, a full transcript, and highlighted moments per candidate, so they can quickly review and decide who moves to the next round.

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Stop running first-round calls by hand. Put screening on autopilot.

Set your role and rubric and the agent interviews every applicant, scores each answer, and ranks a shortlist for your team. The agent advances candidates, your recruiters make every hiring decision.

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Role-tailored questions · bias-audited to EEOC and LL144 · human-in-the-loop