They apply at midnight. They ghost by lunch.
Hourly hiring is a speed game: the applicant who hears back in four minutes shows up, and the one who hears back in four days already took a shift somewhere else. The screener answers every application instantly, checks the requirements you set, books interviews by text, and closes the rest politely. A human makes every hire.
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Every applicant answered in minutes, screened on the job requirements you wrote, and scheduled while they still care.
An algorithm deciding who deserves a job. It checks stated requirements; people make hires.
Four applicants overnight. All four answered by 6 AM.
A scripted example, played out on the pipeline itself. Every name is fictional; the four-minute reply is the product.
Line cook · weekend availability asked by text
Line cook · answered all three questions in 90 seconds
Line cook · replied she took another job. Thanked anyway
Line cook · no weekend availability, the posting’s one hard requirement
You woke up to two interviews and zero ghosted applicants. The polite no is part of the product.
Hiring has rules. So does this.
Screening software has a deserved reputation problem. These are the lines this one is built on, in plain sight.
What it checks
- Only the requirements your posting states out loud: availability, certifications, start date, work eligibility questions you already ask.
- Every screening rule is written down where you can read it. No hidden scoring.
- Every applicant gets an answer. Silence is the one outcome we do not allow.
What it never does
- It never guesses at anything about a person; it asks the posting’s questions and records the answers.
- It never rejects anyone on its own judgment: rule-based closes only, and you see each one.
- It never makes the hire. It fills your Thursday with interviews; the decision is yours in the room.
- Built to sit outside automated-decision rules such as New York City’s Local Law 144: no model, no score, no ranking, only the requirements you wrote. Where your state requires an applicant notice about AI in hiring, we supply the wording.
What you get, and who it fits.
Works with wherever your applicants come from: job boards, your site, a QR code in the window.
Included
- Instant reply to every application, any hour, in your voice.
- Requirement questions asked and recorded by text.
- Interviews booked straight into your calendar, with reminders that cut no-shows.
- Polite closes for the rest, and a keep-warm list for future openings.
- A weekly note: applied, screened, booked, showed.
A strong fit if
- You hire hourly staff: kitchens, shops, clinics, crews, front desks.
- Applicants ghost between applying and interviewing.
- Screening calls eat a manager’s afternoon every time you post.
The questions owners actually ask.
Will good applicants mind texting a screener?
Hourly applicants apply from their phones at midnight; a text conversation four minutes later is the least surprising thing that can happen to them. It answers honestly if asked what it is, and the interview it books is with a real person: you.
What does it cost?
A flat monthly amount scoped on the free call, sized to how often you hire. The honest comparison is a manager’s screening afternoons and the shifts that go short while a role sits open.
Is this legal to automate?
Asking every applicant the same stated job requirements, keeping every thread, and having a human make the decision is the compliant shape of screening, and it is the only shape we build. Where your city or state has specific automated-hiring rules, we configure to them and tell you what they require. We are advisors, not your employment lawyer, and the setup notes say exactly what to run past yours.
Where do the interviews land?
On the calendar you already use, in slots you define, with the same reminder machinery as our booking agent. A no-show triggers one polite rebook offer, then the slot goes back to the pool.
Count last posting’s ghosts.
A free 30-minute call: how many applied, how many you reached, how many showed. Then we price answering all of them in four minutes.
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