AI pre-screening for recruiters and HR

Only talk to the people who actually fit.

Candidates – whether they apply to a job ad or you found them on LinkedIn – complete a role-specific pre-screening in 10–15 minutes. You get a green, yellow or red rating with reasons, and only book interviews with candidates who meet the criteria.

For recruiters, HR and headhuntersWorks with LinkedIn candidatesProfessional merit, no name, age or photo

Illustration for a campaign with 5,800 applicants. Ratios depend on the company’s settings.

The problem

Too many applicants, too little time to talk to everyone

In high-volume hiring, thousands apply: a Hungarian discount chain received nearly 5,800 applications for about 450 jobs at its new distribution centre. For specialist roles it’s the other way round: applying on LinkedIn takes one click, so the few good candidates have to be found among hundreds of CVs. Either way, the best ones are gone before you reach them.

5,800applications for ~450 jobs at a single warehouse (VG, Sept 2026)
10–15 minfor the candidate to finish, on a phone, even in the evening
3 coloursgreen, yellow, red, with reasons per criterion
30 sto build a full flow from a pasted job ad
How it works

Four short steps for the candidate, one ranked list for you

Each position has its own questions and scoring criteria. You build them from a job ad in minutes and can change them any time.

01 · DETAILS
B2 English? YesNo
Start within 30 days? YesNo

Knock-out questions

Yes/no questions on the real requirements: schedule, language level, start date, licence. People who don’t qualify don’t waste time on the rest: a “No” closes the application automatically, and the candidate can ask for a human review.

02 · TEST
2/5

Short skills test

Five practical questions on the basics of the role: coding fundamentals, an accounting rule, pallet maths or a safety rule.

03 · SITUATION

A real workplace situation

A short scene from a hard moment in the job, then two open questions: “What do you do?” This is where you learn the most.

04 · SCORING
Green
Green
Yellow
Red

AI scoring for you

The AI scores against the company’s criteria and shows a quote from the candidate’s answer for every point. You decide who to invite.

LinkedIn candidates

LinkedIn finds them, Prime AI Hire screens them

Most highly skilled professionals are found on LinkedIn. Applying and messaging there is easy, but deciding who is worth an hour of your time is hard. Every position gets a pre-screening link that fits into your LinkedIn workflow.

Template message · sampleHi Anna, thanks for applying for the Senior Java developer role. The next step is a 12-minute skills pre-screening that works on a phone: [link]. I’ll get back to you within 2 working days.
1

Job posts on LinkedIn

If your post sends applicants to an external application page, use the pre-screening link. Everyone then answers the same questions instead of sending a CV with one click.

2

Easy Apply applicants

Send one-click applicants the link in a short template message. Serious candidates finish it in 10–15 minutes, and a missing must-have shows up right away.

3

Sourced candidates

When you reach out to someone, the link is step two: before your week fills up with calls, the candidate shows in a few minutes how they think through typical situations in the role.

We don’t collect data from LinkedIn and never log in to your account. Candidates complete the pre-screening themselves, after reading the notice.

Fair hiring

Decisions on professional merit, not name, age or photo

In manual screening, a name, a photo, an age or an address influences people without them noticing. In Prime AI Hire every candidate gets the same questions, and the assessment is based on their answers alone. This reduces the risk of discrimination by age, gender, skin colour, origin or any other protected characteristic.

The AI doesn’t see who the candidate is

Only the professional answers reach the AI. Not the name, email address, photo, age, gender or origin.

The same standard for everyone

The same questions, criteria and weights for every candidate, fixed and documented in advance.

Anonymous profiles for decisions

The hiring manager or client gets a profile without name or contact details and chooses who to interview on professional content.

Language mistakes don’t count

It scores content, not spelling or style, so non-native speakers aren’t at a disadvantage.

Helps you operate in line with equal treatment law and the EU AI Act. The final decision is always made by a person.

The recruiter view

A ranked list in the morning, not 300 CVs

Candidates in order, with colour and score. One click shows why they got the rating and exactly what they answered.

  • Reasons per criterion, backed by the candidate’s own words
  • Interview invitations with a time slot and automatic notification
  • Weights and colour thresholds set per position, with a slider
  • Excluded and red candidates can still be reviewed, nobody gets lost
See the recruiter view
Order picker · 412 applicants138 green
Lilla Tóthtoday 09:12 · 3 shifts, chilled zone: yesGreen91
Anna Kovácstoday 08:41 · forklift licenceGreen84
Eszter Vargayesterday 17:05 · new to the tradeYellow63
Dániel Nagyyesterday 11:48Red38
Why green? · Lilla Tóth✓ Separates the damaged goods and deals with the slip hazard. “I wipe it up because it’s a slip hazard”✓ Reports the problem to the shift manager.✓ Skills test: 5/5 correct.
For recruiters, headhunters and agencies

Clients only interview the candidates who genuinely fit

Positions from several clients on one platform. Candidates go through pre-screening against each client’s requirements, and the client receives an anonymised profile and only interviews matching candidates.

180

Applicants

For a Java developer role, from LinkedIn, job ads and the database.

96

Meet the requirements

5+ years of Java, B2 English, start within 30 days, hybrid.

22

Rated green

Technical test and a live incident: rollback, diagnosis, communication.

6

Profiles for the client

The client chooses from 6 anonymous profiles, not 180 CVs.

Profile for the client · sample

K.A. · Senior Java backend developer

Green 86/100
5+ years Java, Spring BootB2 EnglishStarts within 30 daysFast recovery (rollback)Incident communicationPrevention: ask in the interview

Summary: restores the service first, finds the cause from metrics and traces, and keeps the client regularly informed.

What the recruiter gains

  • Fewer technical interviews per placement, and the client’s time is saved too
  • One application can be matched to several clients’ positions
  • Each client gets its own requirements, tests and criteria
  • Anonymised profiles: the client decides on professional merit
ROI

Calculate it for your own hiring

Time spent on screening and interviews, today and with Prime AI Hire. Pick an industry and enter your own numbers.

Other assumptions (minutes per applicant, interviews, hourly cost) are preset per industry. You can change all of them on the demo’s ROI tab.

1,330HR hours saved
166working days
9.3million HUF in HR cost
Today, manually1,835 h
Prime AI Hire505 h

Screening and interviews combined. HR reviews green and yellow candidates with a ready summary and red ones as a group, and fewer interviews are needed per hire.

Detailed calculation in the demo
Pricing

A low monthly fee and a one-off customisation

No fee per candidate and no long lock-in. We quote based on the number of positions and how much customisation you need.

Subscription

Monthly fee

Everything you need for day-to-day pre-screening.

  • A pre-screening link for every position
  • Recruiter view with green, yellow and red ratings
  • AI scoring with reasons and quotes
  • Anonymous profiles and a review log
  • Candidate pages in Hungarian and English
Custom quoteGet a quote
One-off fee

Customisation

The system tailored to your roles and process.

  • Question sets and situations for your roles
  • Calibrated scoring criteria and weights
  • Your own branding on the candidate pages
  • ATS, email and calendar integration (on request)
  • CV matching against must-have criteria (on request)
Custom quoteGet a quote
Responsible AI

The AI recommends, people decide

AI used in recruitment is high-risk under the EU AI Act. Prime AI Hire is designed for that from the start: transparent, explainable, and after AI scoring the decision stays with you.

Human decision

The system ranks and explains, and a person decides which assessed candidates are invited or rejected. The exception is the knock-out question: a “No” closes the application by a fixed rule, without a person. Candidates can request a human review of their application at any time.

Explainable scoring

Every point is backed by the criterion and the candidate’s own words. No black box, and the company sets the criteria.

No face or voice analysis

We don’t analyse faces, voices or emotions. We only score what the candidate answers.

Transparent for candidates

In the first step candidates learn that AI supports the pre-screening and how their data is used.

Bias monitoring

During and after the pilot we check that results don’t differ unjustifiably between groups.

Data protection

GDPR-compliant processing, retention periods and deletion. We provide data protection documentation before you start.

Getting started

A one-position pilot in four weeks

No need to change everything at once. We measure on one real position how much time it saves and how well it selects.

Week 1

Set-up

We build the questions and criteria from your job ad together.

Week 1

Calibration

5–10 of your current employees take it, so the good ones really come out green.

Weeks 2–4

Live hiring

Candidates complete it via a link, a LinkedIn message or a QR code, and you invite from the list.

End of week 4

Results

Hours saved, number of interviews, quality of invitees: decide on next steps.

Frequently asked questions

How does it work with candidates from LinkedIn?

Every position gets a pre-screening link. Use it as the external application page of your LinkedIn post, send it to Easy Apply applicants, or to sourced candidates before the first call. We don’t collect any data from LinkedIn.

How does it reduce discrimination?

The AI only receives the professional answers, not the name, email address, photo or personal details. Everyone gets the same questions with the same criteria, and the client sees an anonymous profile. It doesn’t replace conscious, fair HR work, but it removes a lot of unconscious bias.

How much does it cost?

A low monthly fee and a one-off customisation fee, both quoted individually based on the number of positions and how much customisation you need. There is no fee per candidate. Ask for a quote and we reply within 1 working day.

Won’t a test put candidates off?

It takes 10–15 minutes on a phone and gives immediate feedback. In many places candidates wait days for any reply, so this is faster and more predictable. For specialist roles, candidates appreciate being able to show what they know, not just their CV.

Who decides about the candidate?

For assessed candidates, a person. The system recommends and explains, and yellow and red candidates can be reviewed too. A “No” to a knock-out question closes the application automatically, but the candidate can ask for a human review.

How long does it take to set up a new position?

From a job ad, the AI builds the whole flow in about half a minute. You review it, edit it, and it can go live.

Can it connect to our current systems?

It works straight away via link and QR code, and results can be exported. ATS, email and calendar integrations are part of customisation.

Get a quote

Let’s try it on one of your positions

Tell us which roles you’re hiring for. Within 1 working day we send a custom quote, and in a 30-minute online demo we build the flow live from your own job ad.

  • A custom quote for the monthly fee and customisation
  • Live demo on your own position
  • A pilot proposal for one position

Prime AI Hire is a product of Prime AI Tech, and a sibling of Prime AI Score.