First-round interview automation
Automate first-round interviews without losing context
Zivaro's AI interviewers handle introductions, follow-ups, and scoring so recruiters can focus on coaching candidates and closing offers.
- Every candidate experiences the same structured conversation guided by your rubric.
- Recruiters receive summaries, audio clips, and recommended next steps for each applicant.
- Candidates get feedback and clear expectations within hours, not weeks.
Consistent screening
Never skip crucial questions because of time pressure. Zivaro follows the script you approve and adapts the depth based on answers.
Recruiter productivity
Coordinators stop juggling back-and-forth scheduling and instead review shortlists, prep hiring managers, and deliver a better candidate experience.
Candidate-friendly
Interviews fit candidates' schedules, allow natural speech, and provide immediate status updates.
Zivaro handles the first conversation for you
The agent greets candidates, builds rapport, and keeps the conversation moving while collecting the insight you need.
- Set opening questions, qualifying criteria, and disqualifiers once.
- Agents probe deeper if a candidate references experience or tools that match your needs.
- Structured scorecards highlight strengths, risks, and suggested questions for later rounds.
- Automated follow-up emails thank candidates, request next steps, or share gentle rejections based on your templates.
Manual first rounds create bottlenecks
- Calendars fill up quickly, delaying first impressions and causing drop-off.
- Screening notes vary wildly, making it hard to compare candidates later.
- Recruiters spend more time scheduling and summarizing than actually advising hiring teams.
- Candidates wait days for a response, hurting your employer brand.
4x faster
From application to decision
Teams move candidates to hiring manager screens within a day instead of a week.
Single source
For notes and clips
Recruiters, coordinators, and managers access the same evidence-backed summary.
Candidate updates
In hours
Automatic nudges keep applicants engaged, reducing ghosting and no-shows later in the funnel.
How it works
Get started in four steps
Capture your first-round playbook
Document the questions, competencies, and red flags your best recruiters use. Zivaro turns them into reusable templates.
Invite candidates instantly
Send invites automatically from your ATS or trigger them manually for niche roles. Candidates pick a time or join on-demand.
Review shortlist packages
Recruiters see summaries, transcripts, highlight clips, and recommended next steps to brief hiring managers.
Hand off to human interviewers
Share notes with hiring managers, log decisions in your ATS, or reroute candidates to nurture pipelines with a click.
Keep humans where they add the most value
Automation frees up time for coaching and closing rather than repetitive screening calls.
- Use recruiters to prepare candidates for final interviews, not to ask the same qualifying questions.
- Equip hiring managers with context so their conversations start deeper.
- Let talent ops focus on reporting, enablement, and candidate experience initiatives.
See how the first-round automation flow operates
We'll set up a template with your questions, trigger a candidate interview, and review the shortlist package together.