ShortlistIQ conducts first-round screening as a conversation rather than a form. The interviewer persona is configurable down to name, appearance and communication style, questions probe follow-ups rather than reading from a list, and each candidate comes back with a scoring report.
First-round screening is genuinely broken at volume. Four hundred applicants means either a recruiter giving each two minutes or a keyword filter discarding people for the wrong reasons, and a conversation that asks a real follow-up question is better than both. Human-like typing speeds and interaction cues are there to keep candidates engaged rather than talking to a form.
UNIT01 offers a free trial and an ROI calculator but publishes no pricing. The harder questions are candidate-side: people increasingly resent being screened by software before meeting anyone, automated scoring of interview answers carries well-documented bias risk in hiring specifically, and a configurable persona sits close to a line about disclosure that employers should decide deliberately.
