AI agents that screen candidates and book interviews
Botcadence works as an AI bot for candidate screening: it asks every applicant your screening questions by chat, text or phone, books qualified candidates into interview slots and gives recruiters each candidate's answers and transcript.
Free plan, then chat plans from $39 a month. Voice AI plan: $299 a month with 1,500 minutes, then $35 per 200 extra minutes.
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How does an AI bot for candidate screening work?
Recruiting teams use Botcadence as an AI bot for candidate screening and interview scheduling. Applicants answer the screening questions you write for each role (work authorization, licenses, shift availability, location and pay expectations) on your careers page, by text, in a phone screen or on WhatsApp. Candidates who meet your must-haves book an interview on the recruiter's calendar, and recruiters get the answers and the transcript. Greenhouse, Lever and Workday are reached through Zapier or a webhook. For hourly roles, see AI phone screening for hourly hiring.
Who it is for
Which hiring teams is it built for?
What you can automate
What does it take off a recruiter's plate?
A reply when they apply
Candidates who text, call or chat get an answer right away, and new applications can trigger a screening text or call through Zapier or a webhook.
Structured screening
Every candidate for a role answers the same questions, such as work authorization, required licenses, shift availability and pay expectations.
Interview scheduling
Books qualified candidates on Google Calendar, Calendly or Cal.com and handles reschedules in the same conversation.
Phone and text screens
Candidates without time for a form can screen by text or phone, and outbound calls reach applicants who started but didn't finish.
Recruiter summary
Recruiters get each candidate's answers, the transcript and the booked time, ready for review.
ATS handoff
Greenhouse, Lever and Workday are reached through Zapier or a webhook, so screening results land in your ATS.
How it works
What happens after someone applies?
A candidate applies
Someone applies on your careers page or a job board, or texts or calls your recruiting number.
Screening questions
The agent asks the questions you set for the role, the same way for every candidate.
Interview booked
Candidates who meet your must-haves pick an interview slot on the recruiter's calendar.
Reminders go out
Confirmation and reminder texts or calls go out before the interview, and candidates can reschedule in the same thread.
The recruiter gets the summary
Answers, transcript and booked time go to the recruiter, and to your ATS through Zapier or a webhook.
See hiring AI screen a candidate
Book a demo to map candidate screening and interview scheduling onto Botcadence for one role family.
Common Questions
What do recruiters ask before using AI screening?
The screening questions you write for each role: work authorization, required licenses or certifications, shift availability, location or commute, pay expectations and relevant experience. Every candidate for a role gets the same questions, and the answers go to the recruiter with the transcript.
Only if you tell it to book candidates who meet your must-have answers, such as a valid commercial driver's license. Recruiters review everyone else. If automated scoring will make or substantially assist hiring decisions, check local rules first; New York City, for example, requires a bias audit for automated employment decision tools.
Greenhouse, Lever and Workday are reached through Zapier or a webhook, so screening answers, transcripts and interview times can create or update candidates in your ATS. Interviews book directly on Google Calendar, Calendly or Cal.com.
Yes. Candidates can answer in careers page chat, by text, in a phone screen or on WhatsApp, and an outbound call can reach applicants who started an application but didn't finish it. For hourly roles, see AI phone screening for hourly hiring.
The agent offers open times from the recruiter's or hiring manager's calendar on Google Calendar, Calendly or Cal.com, books the slot and sends a confirmation. Reminder texts or calls go out before the interview, and a candidate who needs to move it can reschedule in the same thread.
Chat screening works in 50+ languages, so candidates can answer in the language they are most comfortable with. Voice screening supports the languages of the voice model you choose. Test your questions in each language before you go live.
Product and channel paths
How does it work on WhatsApp, careers pages and reminder calls?
Start with screening for one role
Begin with candidate screening and interview scheduling for one role family, then add phone screens once your questions are consistent.
- Reader-first workflows
- Human handoff when needed
- Grounded in your content