Does the AI decide who gets hired?

No, and it is built so that it cannot. The AI scores candidates and sorts them into a shortlist, a reserve list and not-progressing — but a person approves the interview questions before a job goes live, and anyone with the right permission can change any outcome. When they do, the AI score is kept beside their decision rather than overwritten, and their reason becomes part of the record. If a hiring decision is ever questioned, you can show exactly what the AI said, what the person decided, and why.

How do I know the scores are not just made up?

Every part of every score cites the exact text from the CV that produced it, quoted verbatim. If the AI produces a quote that does not actually appear in the CV, that evidence is discarded rather than shown to you — so a fabricated claim never reaches a hiring record. The report shows concerns as well as strengths, because a report that only lists the positives is not honest and is not useful.

What about bias — is this fair?

The scoring AI is explicitly instructed to judge only evidence of ability against the requirements you wrote, and to ignore name, gender, age, marital status, nationality, religion, photograph, and the prestige of a university or employer. Because every score cites its evidence, you can check that for yourself on any candidate rather than taking it on trust. A candidate's photo may be shown to your human reviewers — so the person meeting them in the final round has a face to the name — but the scoring never sees it, and you can turn that display off entirely for a fully blind review. AI-assisted hiring is regulated differently by country, so for specific compliance questions in your market, talk to our team.

Can a candidate cheat by using AI to write their CV or answers?

We will not pretend otherwise: a determined candidate can get help, and no screening tool can fully prevent that. This is why the product is positioned as screening rather than as the decision. It narrows hundreds of applications down to a shortlist worth a human conversation — it does not replace that conversation.

Do candidates see their score?

Never. Candidates get a status page showing the stage their application is at, and an outcome email in plain language. They are never shown a number, a bucket name, or how they compared with anyone else. Telling someone a score for a decision about their livelihood is neither kind nor defensible.

What happens to candidates who are not selected?

They are told. Every ending — shortlisted, reserve or not progressing — sends the candidate an email, and outcome mail is deliberately delayed so a rejection never lands seconds after someone applies. Delivery is tracked too: if an email bounces, that is flagged on the candidate, so silence caused by a bad address is never mistaken for a candidate who ignored you.

How is this different from your HRM module?

HRM manages the people you already employ — attendance, payroll, leave, shifts, records. AI Recruiter handles the stage before that: finding and screening people you have not hired yet, and it stops the moment someone is hired. Many companies run both. If you are unsure which you need, tell us whether the problem is hiring new people or managing existing staff.

What if a CV is a scan, a photo, or otherwise has no text in it?

Image CVs are first-class. We accept PDF, JPG and PNG on the upload form (Word and text formats were dropped deliberately, because we need to be able to lift the candidate's photo from the CV for the interview identity check, and a Word CV re-exports to PDF trivially). A photographed or scanned resume is read directly by a vision model rather than treated as empty — in several of our markets a photographed CV is normal, not an edge case. Vision reading is a super-admin setting because it costs more per candidate than reading text; when it is on, a scan is read and then scored the same as any other CV. When it is off, or on the rare occasion the file is genuinely unreadable, the application is held for a human to look at and shown in its own group on the report rather than buried among the rejections — we never guess an unreadable CV into a rejection.

Can I run it on my own domain?

Yes, as an add-on. Your team and your candidates see careers.yourcompany.com with your branding, while the hosting, data and code stay with us. You set up your company through the IoSnack portal once, and after that everyone signs in directly on your own domain.

How is AI Recruiter priced?

It is quoted per deal, because the cost depends heavily on how many CVs you screen and how much AI interviewing you do. The base plan activates everything — CV screening, AI video interviews and hiring analytics — with up to 5 open jobs and the owner seat included. Screening runs on credit packs (500 CVs at a time) and interviews on minute packs, so you pay only for the volume you use; extra team seats, extra open jobs, your own branded domain and API access are add-ons on top. Request a quote and we will size it to your hiring volume.

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AI Recruiter — Automated Screening & Interviews

Name: AI Recruiter — Automated Screening & Interviews
Brand: IO Snack
Availability: InStock
Author: IO Snack

Dedicated Database

You Posted One Job and Got 300 CVs. Nobody Has Time to Read Them.

AI Recruiter reads every CV against your actual requirements and hands you a ranked shortlist — with the exact line from each CV behind every score, so you can check the reasoning instead of trusting a number. Applications arrive through a form on your own website, or you upload the folder of CVs you already have and get the shortlist in minutes. Every candidate is told where they stand. And the AI never decides: it recommends, a person approves the interview questions, and anyone on your team can override a score with the reason kept on record.

Every score shows the exact quote from the CV behind it — nothing unexplainable
Application form embeds on your own website, in your branding
Already have 200 CVs in a folder? Upload them and get a ranked list in minutes
Shortlist, reserve and not-progressing — using thresholds you set per job
Every candidate gets an answer. Nobody is left waiting in silence
AI recommends, a person decides — every override is recorded with its reason

Enterprise / Custom

Custom Pricing

Tailored quote — setup, training & monthly running fee

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AI Recruiter overview dashboard showing open jobs, applications, shortlisted and reserve counts

Scoring Dimensions

100%

Scores With Evidence

Candidates Ghosted

Permission Roles

Quick & Easy

Get Started in 3 Simple Steps

No technical knowledge needed. If you can use a phone, you can use IO Snack AI Recruiter — Automated Screening & Interviews.

Create the Job

Write the title and requirements — or start from a template. The AI drafts interview questions from your requirements, and you review them. A job cannot go live until a person has approved those questions.

Collect Applications

Drop the application form onto your own careers page, in your own branding. Or upload the CVs you already have in bulk and skip the waiting entirely.

AI Reads Every CV

Each application is scored against your requirements across five dimensions, with the exact quote from the CV behind every part of the score. Anything the AI cannot point to in the actual CV is discarded, not shown.

You Decide

Candidates land in shortlist, reserve or not-progressing using your thresholds. Change any decision — the reason is kept on record beside the AI score, never replacing it.

Everyone Gets an Answer

Outcome emails go to every candidate, held back so a rejection never lands seconds after they applied. Delivery is tracked, so an email that bounced is never mistaken for a candidate who ignored you.

See It in Action

Screenshots & Preview

Here's what you'll get — a clean, intuitive interface designed for speed.

One Screen for Where Hiring Actually Stands

Open jobs, applications, shortlisted, reserve — the four numbers you open the tab to see, in that order
A "needs your attention" list surfaces stalled drafts and flagged interviews before they become someone chasing you on WhatsApp
Busiest jobs of the week ranked by new applications, so you know which posts are working
Plan usage sits on the same page — CV credits and interview minutes with what is left, no separate billing hunt

AI Recruiter jobs list showing application counts per job

Every Open Role, and Exactly Where It Stands

One row per job with live shortlist, reserve and needs-review counts — no spreadsheet to keep in sync
Each published job gets its own application link and embeddable form, on your domain if you want one
Publishing is a separate permission from editing, so a job only goes public when someone is meant to publish it
Applications are screened as they arrive — the counts move without anyone opening a CV

Candidate screening result with cited evidence from the CV

A Score You Can Point At the Evidence For

Every score cites the line in the CV that produced it — you read the evidence, not just a number
Green, yellow and red thresholds are yours to set per job, not fixed by us
Anyone with permission can override an outcome; the AI score is kept beside their decision, never overwritten
The model is instructed to ignore name, gender, age and nationality when scoring

Hiring manager approving the AI-drafted interview questions before the role is opened

The AI Does Not Decide — You Approve What It Will Ask

The AI drafts questions from the job description — a permitted human accepts, edits, removes or adds their own before the interview can run
Duration, tone and language are yours to set per role, not baked in
The interviewer is instructed never to ask about name, age, gender or nationality — and it stays on the approved list only
Every edit and approval is stamped and kept — if the choice is ever questioned, the trail is there

AI Recruiter interview room in progress with the AI presence wave and the candidate camera feed

A Real Interview, Not a Form With a Camera

The AI presence wave moves with the interviewer's real voice and takes its colours from your brand — the room reads as your product, not ours
Camera and mic run in the browser, no app to install; a one-minute unscored practice question runs before the clock starts
A live caption shows the latest AI utterance, and the candidate can ask for any question to be rephrased without penalty
Reconnects transparently if the internet drops mid-answer — nothing already recorded is lost

Recruiter reviewing a recorded interview with transcript and per-question scores

Rewatch, Jump to Any Answer, See Why It Scored

The full video is kept and playable — question markers on the scrub bar jump you straight to a specific answer
A searchable transcript sits beside the video; clicking any line jumps the player to that moment
Per-question scores (green / yellow / red) each cite the exact sentence that produced them — no black-box "the AI liked it"
Drift warnings are marked on the timeline, so a flagged interview takes seconds to audit rather than a re-watch

Hiring report with shortlist and reserve list

The Shortlist, Ready to Hand to the Hiring Manager

Shortlist, reserve and not-progressing, grouped and ranked — the output of the whole pipeline in one page
Interview scores fold into the same report, so screening and interview evidence sit together
Overrides carry a reason and stay in the record, so a questioned decision can be reconstructed
No candidate is left without an answer — outcome emails are queued and delivery is tracked

Everything You Need

Complete Feature List

Every feature built to help your business run faster and smarter.

Screening You Can Check

Scored across five dimensions: technical fit, experience, education, communication and role fit
Every sub-score cites verbatim text from the CV — quotes the AI cannot find are dropped, never shown
Concerns cited alongside strengths, so the report is not just flattering
Accepts PDF and image CVs (JPG/PNG) — a photographed or scanned resume is read by a vision model rather than treated as empty (Word/text formats are refused on upload so the identity-check photo can always be lifted from the CV)
Thresholds set per job — a senior role and a junior one need different bars
Two scoring tiers — Regular for high-volume roles, Expert (top-of-the-line reasoning models) when the role warrants every nuance being caught

AI Video Interviews — First Round on Autopilot

Browser-based interview room — no app, no download, works on a phone
AI conducts the interview with realtime voice, live-transcribed, in the language you picked for the job
Candidate answers on their own time — you save an hour of your senior person per candidate
Every interview is scored the same way, against the same rubric — same fairness as the CV screen
Photo-and-face check on the Expert tier — the person in the interview matches the person on the CV
Recording, transcript and score fold into the same candidate report — you never juggle tabs

Applications From Your Own Site

Embeddable application form, restricted to the domains you authorise
Works properly on a phone, where most candidates actually apply
Bulk upload up to 200 CVs at a time, deduplicated automatically
One person applying twice stays one candidate, not two
Candidates check their own status any time, without an account

Runs on Your Brand, Not Ours

Optional custom domain — careers.yourcompany.com with SSL configured for you
Every candidate email carries your logo, colours, signature and a footer note you control
Downloadable interview report — print or PDF — carries your branding, not ours
A candidate never has to know which tool you use — the whole journey looks like it belongs to your company

A Person Stays in Charge

AI-drafted interview questions must be approved before a job goes live
Override any score — the AI verdict is kept beside yours, never overwritten
Every override needs a reason, and that reason is the record
Internal notes on any candidate, never visible to them
Full audit trail of who did what, when, and why

Nobody Gets Ghosted

Outcome email at every ending — shortlisted, reserve, or not progressing
Delivery tracked, so a bounced email is never mistaken for a candidate who ignored you
Sending held back so a rejection never lands seconds after someone applies
Candidates are never shown their score, ranking, or how they compared with anyone else
Unresponsive candidates get a nudge before the door quietly closes

Fairness Built In

The scoring AI is instructed to ignore name, gender, age, marital status, nationality, religion and photo
Every score cites its evidence, so bias can be checked, not just claimed
Fully blind review mode — a candidate's photo is never shown to reviewers if you turn it off
Same scoring rubric applied to every candidate on the same job — no "who screened it" variance
90-day recording retention by default — GDPR-friendly, extendable on request

Reports, Talent Pool & Analytics

Final report per job: shortlist, reserve, and anything needing a human look
CSV export, gated on its own permission separate from viewing
Talent pool across every job — the candidates you already paid to screen
Hiring analytics dashboard — funnel, time-to-shortlist, conversion by source
Five built-in roles: Owner, Manager, Hiring Manager, Recruiter, Viewer — with distinct permissions for publish, settings, team and deletes

Automation That Just Runs

Auto-shortlist as CVs cross the threshold you set — the shortlist grows without anyone opening the page
Auto-close a job on its close date, or when the shortlist is full — no forgotten-to-close jobs collecting stale applications
Automatic interview invitations to shortlisted candidates, in your branded email shell
Retry logic on failed AI calls — a provider blip never silently drops a candidate on the floor

Built to Cost Less to Run

Interview minutes counted from what actually ran — disconnected time is never charged
Automatic prompt caching cuts the AI bill by ~85–90% on repeat context — your rate stays low as volume grows
Screening credits and interview minutes bought as stackable packs — pay only for what you use
Regular tier for high-volume roles, Expert tier only when the role warrants it — you control the ratio

Integrations

REST API and webhooks to push shortlists into your existing ATS or HR system
Application form embeds via a one-line script tag on any website you own — restricted to the domains you authorise (iframe-free by design, so the origin allow-list can actually gate embeds)
SMTP email delivery — bring your own credentials or use the platform default (Brevo) with your own from-address and branding
CSV export of the final job report — shortlist, reserve and needs-review, gated on its own permission

Built for Your Industry

Who Is This For?

One AI Recruiter — Automated Screening & Interviews, multiple industries — with features tailored to each.

Companies Hiring in Volume

One advert brings hundreds of applications and nobody has two days to read them. The shortlist is ready before anyone opens the first CV.

Call centres retail chains logistics hospitality BPO

Small Teams Without a Recruiter

When hiring lands on a founder or an office manager alongside their real job. Templates make the second job take a minute, and nothing needs a specialist to operate.

Startups agencies family businesses professional practices

Teams With a Backlog of CVs

The CVs are already sitting in an inbox or a shared folder. Upload them against a role and get a ranked list the same afternoon — no waiting for new applicants.

Companies that advertised elsewhere or kept CVs from a previous round

Anyone Who Has to Justify a Decision

Every score points at the line in the CV that produced it, every override carries a reason, and the AI is instructed to ignore name, gender, age and nationality. If a decision is ever questioned, the record is there.

Regulated industries public sector suppliers EU and GCC employers

Reading CVs by hand vs AI Recruiter

What Changes the Week You Switch

The same 300 applications, handled differently.

Minutes

Not two days per shortlist

100%

CVs read, none skipped

Candidates left in silence

Hiring Today

With AI Recruiter

Someone spends two days skim-reading CVs before the shortlist starts

Every CV read against your requirements and ranked in minutes

Good candidates missed because they were at the bottom of the pile

Ranked on fit, not on the order they arrived in

"Why did we reject this one?" — nobody remembers a month later

Every score cites the exact line from the CV behind it

Most applicants never hear anything back

Every candidate gets an answer, automatically, held so a rejection never lands seconds after they applied

Whoever screens applies their own unwritten standard

One consistent standard, written down as the job requirements

The CVs from your last hire are lost in an inbox

Every screened candidate stays in your talent pool for the next role

A first-round interview eats an hour of your senior person for every candidate

AI conducts the first round on video, scored the same way, on the candidate's own time

Rejections and offers depend on who is having a good day

Same job, same scoring rubric, every candidate — a human still decides, with the reason on record

300 CVs. Zero left unread. Every candidate answered. See what it saves you in the calculator below.

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See What It Saves You Every Month

Drag the sliders to your real hiring volume. The numbers update instantly using our published pricing.

Applications Per Month 300

501,5003,000 CVs/mo

First-round Interviews Per Month 30

0150300 interviews/mo

OLD WAY

In-house Recruiter

Reading + interviewing by hand

Recruiters needed 1

Salary per recruiter $1,500/mo

Total work hours needed 55 hrs

Coverage of CVs actually read Skim, not read

Monthly Cost $1,500

SMART WAY

AI Recruiter

Pay-as-you-go, no salary

Base plan $15/mo

CV screening packs 1 × $4

Interview minute packs 1 × $87

Coverage of CVs actually read 100%

Monthly Cost $106

$1,394

Monthly Savings

93%

Cost Reduction

55 hrs

Hours Saved/Month

100%

CV Coverage

* Recruiter salary uses the average for your region. Assumes ≈ 12 CVs skim-read per hour, 1 human-hour per first-round interview, and 132 productive hours per recruiter per month — beyond that a second recruiter is needed. AI cost uses live packs: $15 base + $4/500-CV pack + $87/1000-min pack, at 30 min per interview. Note: even at low volume where a single recruiter is cheaper on cash alone, they can only skim — AI reads every CV in full.

Enterprise Solution

What's Included in Your Custom Setup

Every AI Recruiter — Automated Screening & Interviews deployment is tailored to your business — base capabilities plus the optional capabilities you need. Pricing is custom-quoted per client.

Screened Applications (500)

CV screening runs on credit packs â€” each pack covers 500 screened applications (about Rs 2 per CV). Covers both the application form and bulk CV uploads. Credits are used as work happens and do not come back when a candidate is deleted.

Extra Open Jobs (10)

Your base plan covers 5 open jobs at a time. Each pack adds 10 more. Closed and archived jobs never count against the limit.

Extra Team Seat (1)

Your base plan includes the owner seat. Each pack adds one more active team member. Deactivating someone who has left frees their seat without deleting their history.

API Access & Webhooks

REST API and webhooks to push shortlists into your existing ATS or HR system.

Your Own Domain

Run the whole hiring experience on your own domain with your branding — careers.yourcompany.com. We configure DNS and SSL for you.

AI Interview Minutes (1000)

AI video interviews are part of the base plan; the minutes they run on come in packs â€” each pack adds 1,000 minutes, roughly thirty-three 30-minute interviews (about Rs 30 per minute). Minutes are counted from what actually happened, and disconnected time is never charged.

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