Sistava

AI Resume Screening | Score and Rank Candidates Automatically

AI Recruiting Workflows

Surface the best candidates from thousands of applications

Your AI recruiter reads every resume the moment it arrives. It parses work history, skills, education, and achievements, then scores each candidate against your specific job requirements. No keyword matching tricks, real comprehension of qualifications and fit. Top candidates get surfaced immediately with a match score and detailed breakdown. Your recruiters stop scrolling through hundreds of mediocre applications and start reviewing only the candidates worth their time. Most teams set this up as a three-tier funnel: strong matches move forward automatically, weak matches receive a polite decline, and everyone in between routes to a recruiter for a human call, so the borderline judgment always stays with a person. Bias is reduced because the AI evaluates qualifications consistently. Same criteria, same rigor, every time. No resume gets skipped because it arrived at 4pm on a Friday.

Benefits

How It Works

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At a Glance

1,000+
Resumes screened per week
<10 sec
Time to score one resume
70%
Reduction in screening time

Consistent Screening Eliminates Hidden Bias

Human screeners evaluate the 50th resume of the day differently than the 5th. Names, school prestige, and formatting influence perception unconsciously. AI screening applies your criteria identically to every applicant, every time. The result is a shortlist based on qualifications, not on when the resume arrived or how it looks.

Speed-to-Screen Wins Top Talent

The best candidates have multiple options. A 3-week screening cycle means they accept another offer before you make first contact. Same-day screening with immediate outreach to top matches puts you ahead of every competitor still working through their stack manually.

FAQ

Does AI screening miss qualified candidates?

The AI evaluates qualifications against your criteria with equal rigor on every resume. Unlike human screeners, it does not skip resumes due to fatigue, time pressure, or formatting differences. You can review borderline candidates at any time.

Can I set different criteria for different roles?

Yes. Each open position gets its own scoring profile with unique must-haves, preferred qualifications, deal-breakers, and weighting. A sales role and an engineering role use completely different criteria.

How does it handle non-standard resume formats?

The AI reads PDFs, Word documents, plain text, and LinkedIn profile exports. It understands resume structure regardless of formatting and extracts the relevant information.

Does the AI ever reject a candidate without a person reviewing the decision?

Not for the judgment calls that matter. You set the thresholds: clear matches advance automatically and clear non-matches get a decline, but anything borderline routes to a recruiter for a human decision. That keeps a person in the loop exactly where hiring regulation is heading, with every score and every reviewer decision logged for later audit.