Screen 500 Candidates in Hours,
Not Weeks.
Your recruiters spend 23 hours per hire just screening. AI phone interviews every qualified applicant with the same structured questions, the same scoring rubric, zero fatigue, and zero bias.
Click each stage to learn more. AI handles the top of the funnel so your team focuses on the final 1%.
The Australian Recruitment Bottleneck
Australian businesses are losing top candidates to slow screening processes. With unemployment at historic lows and 400,000+ job vacancies nationally, the cost of a slow hire is higher than ever. Every day your role sits unfilled costs your business productivity, morale, and revenue.
Average recruiter time per hire on screening alone
RCSA Australia 2025
Average cost-per-hire in Australia
AHRI Workforce Report
Average time-to-fill across Australian industries
Seek Hiring Insights
Of candidates drop out due to slow hiring processes
Indeed Talent Insights AU
The bottleneck is not finding candidates — it is screening them. 78% of recruiter time is spent on candidates who will never make the shortlist. AI handles the repetitive top-of-funnel screening so your team spends 100% of their time on the candidates who actually matter.
How AI Phone Screening Works
Structured, consistent, and bias-free. Every candidate receives identical treatment, scored against the criteria your hiring manager defines — not the recruiter's energy level at 4:30 on a Friday afternoon.
Step 1: Candidate Applies
Application received from any job board, career page, or referral. Automatically enters the screening queue.
Step 2: AI Schedules Call
The AI sends an SMS or email to schedule a 10-minute phone screen at the candidate's preferred time — including evenings and weekends.
Step 3: Structured Phone Interview
The AI conducts a consistent, structured interview: role-specific questions, competency assessment, availability check, and salary expectations.
Step 4: Instant Scoring & Ranking
Each candidate is scored against your rubric immediately after the call. Top candidates are ranked and flagged for human review.
Step 5: Shortlist Delivered
Your hiring manager receives a scored shortlist with transcripts, key highlights, and red flags — ready for panel interview decisions.
How Much Is Manual Screening Costing You?
Adjust the sliders to match your recruitment volume. See the exact dollar impact of switching from manual phone screens to AI-powered screening.
Your Recruitment Volume
Manual Screening Cost
Screens per month
320
Recruiter hours
80 hrs
Monthly screening cost
$4,400
AI Screening Cost
Cost per AI screen
$5.50
Monthly AI cost
$1,760
Your Savings
Monthly
$2,640
Annual
$31,680
Reduction
60%
Plus 80 recruiter hours freed up every month for high-value hiring activities.
Manual Screening vs AI Screening
Side-by-side comparison across the metrics that matter most to Australian hiring teams. The numbers speak for themselves.
| Metric | Manual | AI Screening | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to shortlist | 3-4 weeks | 2-3 days | 85% faster |
| Screening capacity | 8-10 candidates/day | Unlimited simultaneous | 50x throughput |
| Cost per screen | $42-65 per candidate | $3-8 per candidate | 87% cheaper |
| Interviewer consistency | Varies by mood/fatigue | 100% identical questions | Zero variance |
| Candidate experience | Days waiting for callback | Screened within 24 hours | 4x faster response |
| Bias risk | Unconscious bias present | Structured, auditable criteria | Legally defensible |
| After-hours screening | Not available | 24/7 including weekends | Always on |
Fair Work Compliant. Anti-Discrimination Assured.
AI screening in Australia must comply with federal employment and privacy law. Our system is designed from the ground up for Australian legal requirements, not retrofitted from a US product. Every screening decision is auditable, explainable, and defensible.
Fair Work Act 2009
All screening questions are reviewed against Fair Work Act requirements. The AI never asks about union membership, workplace claims history, or any other protected workplace right. Screening criteria are documented and directly linked to the inherent requirements of the role, providing a clear audit trail if a candidate lodges a Fair Work complaint.
Anti-Discrimination Law
The AI does not access candidate names, photos, or demographic data during scoring. Questions comply with the Age Discrimination Act, Disability Discrimination Act, Racial Discrimination Act, and Sex Discrimination Act. Every candidate receives identical questions with identical scoring thresholds — eliminating the unconscious bias that affects 73% of human screening decisions according to AHRI research.
Privacy Act 1988
Candidate data is handled under the Australian Privacy Principles. Collection notices are delivered at the start of every screening call. Data is stored in Australian data centres (Sydney region), encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.3. Candidates can exercise their APP 12 access rights and APP 13 correction rights at any time. Retention periods are configurable and automatically enforced.
Reasonable Adjustments
In accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, candidates can request reasonable adjustments before the screening begins. Options include extended time, a text-based alternative for hearing-impaired candidates, simplified language mode, and scheduled breaks. All adjustment requests are logged for compliance documentation and do not affect scoring outcomes.
Quarterly Bias Audits
We run quarterly statistical audits across all screening campaigns, analysing pass rates by protected attribute category (where voluntarily disclosed). If any statistically significant disparate impact is detected, the screening rubric is immediately reviewed and adjusted. Audit reports are shared with your HR and legal teams. This goes beyond current Australian legal requirements — it is best practice for defensible hiring.
Australian Data Sovereignty
Unlike offshore screening tools that route data through US or EU servers, all candidate data remains within Australian borders. Call recordings, transcripts, and scoring data are processed and stored in AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2). We do not use any third-party sub-processors outside of Australia. This matters for government and regulated industry clients with data sovereignty requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions from Australian HR leaders and recruiters considering AI screening.
Stop Drowning in Applications.
Start Hiring Faster.
Australian companies using AI screening reduce time-to-shortlist from 3 weeks to 2 days, cut screening costs by 87%, and improve candidate experience scores by 34%. Every candidate gets a fair, consistent assessment — and your hiring managers get their time back.
Book a 15-minute demo to see how AI phone screening works with your job descriptions, your scoring criteria, and your ATS integration. No obligation, no lock-in contracts.