AI voice screening for recruiters

You got 200 applications.
Here are the ten worth a call.

Add one line to your job post. Every applicant gets a short voice screening, and you get a shortlist where each name comes with a report and the quotes behind it.

Get early accessTry it as a candidate (3 min)

Early access: I set up your first role with you, free.

Before247 unread
j.okonkwo@mail.comApplication: Frontend Engineer — CV attached
mariapetrova.dev@mail.comRe: Frontend Engineer role — following up
devjobs.alerts@mail.comApplication: Frontend Engineer (React)
a.silva.frontend@mail.comFrontend Engineer — my portfolio
contact@mail.comApplication: Frontend Engineer
hello@mail.comApplication: Frontend Engineer
After10 screened
Candidate ASuggested: advance
Candidate BSuggested: advance
Candidate DCompleted
Candidate FNudged
Candidate HSuggested: advance
Candidate Creport ready
Notice period: 2 weeks
“I can start in two weeks, my notice is short.”

Hear it before you trust it

Take the screening yourself as a candidate for a made-up Customer Success role. Four questions, about three minutes, right in your browser. A minute later you’ll see the report a recruiter would get, with every line quoted from what you said.

Try it as a candidate

Fictional role. Your recording is deleted after 7 days.

01

Your evening disappears into a folder of CVs that mostly say the same thing.

02

Booking twenty first calls means twenty rounds of phone tag before anyone speaks.

03

The person you’d hire is in there somewhere, under the applications that read better.

The maths

One role used to eat the whole week

Reading, chasing, rescheduling, writing it all up. Put your own numbers in and see what’s left of it.

Hours you get back17 h 6 minper role, on your own assumptions below.
Doing it yourself18 h 11 min of your time
Reading applications6 h 11 min
First calls8 h 20 min
Arranging them2 h
Writing it up1 h 40 min
With Callback AI1 h 5 min of your time
Ten reports to read and ten decisions to make. That’s the job you actually wanted.
No schedulingZero emails spent finding a slot.
One tabEvery report in the same place, same shape.
Five minutes to startCreate the role, paste one line, done.

Assumes about 1.5 minutes to skim each application, a first call for the top 8%, and 25 minutes per call plus 6 minutes to arrange it and 5 to write it up. With Callback AI: 6 minutes per report for a shortlist of 10, plus 5 minutes of setup.

How it works

Five steps, and only the last one is yours.

  1. 01Add your apply addressOne line at the end of the job post you already wrote.
  2. 02Applications arriveEvery CV lands in the role, not in your inbox.
  3. 03Everyone gets a linkA short voice screening they can take any time. Nudges included.
  4. 04Shortlist with reportsEach name comes with quotes and a suggested next step.
  5. 05You decideAdvance or hold. Nothing leaves without your press.

Sift

Your apply address does the rest

Create the role, paste your apply address into the job post, and get back to work. Every application that arrives gets a voice screening invite, and anyone who hasn’t finished gets a nudge.

Nobody is rejected automatically. You get a shortlist with a suggested next step and the reasons for it, and you make the call.

Your apply address
frontend-eng.ac41@apply.usecallbackai.com
Northgate Labs · 12 employeesHiring · 2h

We’re looking for a Frontend Engineer to join our four-person product team. React, TypeScript, and a lot of ownership.

To apply, email your CV to frontend-eng.ac41@apply.usecallbackai.com

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Works with any job board, or your own site. Applications arrive as ordinary email.

Frontend Engineer247 applications · 10 shortlistedClick a row to open the report
CandidateStatusSuggested
Candidate CReport ready

Seven years, mostly product teams under six people. Answers stay concrete.

Notice period2 weeks
“I can start in two weeks, my notice is short.”
React / TypeScriptMigration, four apps
“I moved four apps onto the new component library, one team at a time.”
Team sizeSmall, wide ownership
“I like being the person who ships it and then supports it.”
Salary expectationNot established
Nothing is sent until you confirm.

Voice screener

The first-round call, without the calendar

Candidates open a link in their browser and talk for five to eight minutes, whenever suits them. You get the written report about a minute later.

app.usecallbackai.com/screen/ac41-8f2
Frontend Engineer · Northgate Labs

A short conversation about your application

Six questions, five to eight minutes. The same questions every applicant for this role is asked.

5–8 minutes · browser and microphone only
Screening report · Candidate C7 min 12 s · verbatim
Notice period2 weeks
“I can start in two weeks, my notice is short.”
React / TypeScript depthOwned a design-system migration
“I moved four apps onto the new component library, one team at a time, and wrote the codemods myself.”
Team size preferenceSmall teams, wide ownership
“I like being the person who ships it and then supports it.”
Salary expectationNot establishedAsked, answered indirectly. Nothing has been inferred.
Suggested: advanceYour decision, as always.
No schedulingCandidates screen at 7am or 11pm. No diary, no app.
Same questions, every candidateSame wording, same order, so reports compare cleanly.
Answers, not accentsIt judges what someone says, never how they sound.
Quoted or not establishedEvery claim carries the candidate’s words. Gaps stay gaps.

Why you can trust the shortlist

Verbatim, not paraphrasedEvery line in the report quotes what the candidate actually said.
Checked twice before you see itEach claim is matched back to the transcript before the report is released.
One question set per roleNo improvised follow-ups that only some candidates get.
You always make the callAdvance or hold is a button you press. Nothing is sent without you.

Who it’s for

Solo recruiterFour roles open, no coordinator, and the first calls keep slipping to next week.
Small recruiting teamThree of you screening the same role, and everyone asks it slightly differently.
Founder / hiring managerYou posted the job on Tuesday and now hiring is eating the week you needed for product.

Simple pricing, once we open up

One plan while registration is invite-only. No seats, no per-call meter, no annual contract.

  • Your first role free, no card needed
  • Up to 3 active roles and 200 completed screens a month
  • Screen every applicant, without a per-call bill hanging over you
  • Set up with me personally
  • Cancel anytime
Founding recruiter
£39 / month
Locked in for life for the first 20 recruiters.Get early accessYou won’t pay anything until your first role has been screened and you’ve decided it’s worth it.

Who’s building this

Shakil, founder of Callback AI

I’m Shakil. I’ve spent about ten years at early-stage startups, taking products from zero to one, several of them at YC-backed companies.

I started Callback AI after seeing how draining it is for a small team to post a new role and then face a flood of CVs, plus a round of first calls, before anyone actually gets hired. The screening I built puts every applicant through the same questions and shows you exactly what they said.

It’s just me for now, so when you email, you get me, not a sales team. I reply within a few hours on UK working days.

I’m based in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Your candidates’ data is hosted in London.

Book 20 minutes with meLinkedInarshakil.com

Questions people ask

Yes, before anything starts. The page says it in plain words and they tick a consent box for the recording. Nobody is screened without knowing.

Get early access

I’m onboarding the first recruiters personally. Tell me about a role you’re hiring for and I’ll set it up with you.

Where do you post jobs?
No card. I’ll email you within 24 hours.