An AI-Assisted Interview Screening lets an AI interviewer speak with a candidate by video about one of your roles, using questions you choose. You get a transcript, a recording and an assessment on your Screen page. Each screening costs 1 credit and runs up to 15 minutes.
Who you can screen
You can screen candidates you've already connected with, meaning someone you've unlocked or who has shown interest in your company. They also need an active Cherrypicker account. Their job seeker status doesn't matter, so this includes candidates who are Hidden from the Talent Network, unless they've blocked your company.
This service isn't available for candidates located in Illinois, Texas or Washington. If you pick one of them, a message tells you, and you won't be charged.
How to start a screening
- Click Screen in the sidebar, then Start Screening. You can also click Screen on a selected candidate in My Candidates or the Talent Network.
- Select Candidate and choose the Job Project. It must be an active job, and the interviewer uses its description to frame the conversation. Click Next.
- Choose your Questions. You can select up to 25, and the interviewer asks a subset that fits the time. To write your own, use Add your own. It's saved for next time.
- Click Start Screening, check the cost, and click Confirm.
For later candidates on the same job, the questions from last time are already selected, so candidates stay comparable. You can change them.
Screening people from outside Cherrypicker
To screen people you found elsewhere, such as applicants from a job ad, upload their resumes.
- On the Screen page, click Upload Resumes.
- Choose an active job and add up to 100 resumes, as PDF or Word (.docx) files up to 4 MB each.
- Check the name, email and location we read from each resume. Fix anything that's wrong, or remove anyone you don't want to screen. A row is highlighted if a resume lists Illinois, Texas or Washington.
- Choose your questions. Everyone in the upload gets the same ones.
- Read and accept the disclosure, then click Send.
Each person costs 1 credit, and you're only charged for invites that go out. Keep the page open until sending finishes. If someone can't be invited, or was already invited for this job, you'll see a message and you won't be charged.
Uploaded people appear on your Screen page with an Uploaded label, and only your company can see them. They aren't added to Cherrypicker's Talent Network or sourcing database. If you upload someone you've already connected with on Cherrypicker, the screening uses their existing profile.
To remove an uploaded person, click the menu on their screening and choose Delete candidate and resume. This permanently removes their details, resume and results. If they haven't taken the interview yet, it's cancelled and your credit comes back.
What the candidate experiences
The candidate gets an email explaining that the interview is with an AI interviewer, with a link to pick a time. The link stays valid for 7 days. Once they book, they get a calendar invite with the link to join and a reminder.
Tracking your screenings
The Screen page lists each screening with its status: Invited, Scheduled, In Progress, Completed, Expired, Cancelled or Failed. You can search by name or job project, or filter by status.
The teammate who started the screening gets an email when the candidate books and when they finish. Everyone on your team sees it in Notifications.
Reading the results
Click a candidate's name to open their results. Depending on how the interview went, you'll see:
- A suggested next step
- A summary of the interview
- Strengths and Areas of Concern
- What to ask in your interview, if there's anything to follow up on
- The Transcript
- A recording you can watch
No numeric score is shown. The results are there to help your team decide, and the hiring decision is always yours.
Cancelling and refunds
To cancel, click the menu on a screening and choose Cancel and refund the credit. You can do this any time before the interview starts.
Your credit also comes back automatically if the candidate doesn't book before their invite expires, or misses the time they booked. See the Credit refund policy for more.
To tidy your list, choose Remove from this list on a finished screening. Nothing is deleted. Click Show archived to see it again, then Restore to my list.
Questions? Ask the in-app assistant or email support@getcherrypicker.com.