AI Candidate Screening
400 applicants. Here are the 10 that matter.
Candidharbor screens and ranks every application against your real job requirements, then explains each ranking decision in plain English. No black box, no mystery.
Screening is where good hires get lost
Your team reads every resume the same way: quickly. Under time pressure, with inconsistent criteria, early in the morning or late on a Friday. The strongest candidates and the weakest get the same 45 seconds.
Candidharbor applies your job requirements systematically to every application, before human eyes touch the pile. Not to replace your judgment, but to make sure your judgment is only applied to the candidates who actually qualify.
How the screening worksHow It Works
From job post to ranked shortlist in minutes
Three steps. No training data setup. No ML team required.
Paste your job requirements
Upload your JD or list your must-have and nice-to-have criteria. Candidharbor structures them into a scoring rubric.
We screen every application
Every resume and cover letter is evaluated against your rubric. Results arrive in minutes, not days.
Review ranked shortlist with reasons
Each candidate comes with a score and a plain-English explanation of why they rank where they do. No black box.
What You Get
Screening built for how recruiters actually work
Requirement-matched scoring
Every score is traceable to your actual job criteria. Change one requirement and every candidate is rescored instantly against the updated rubric.
Plain-English explanations
Instead of a number, get a sentence: "Matches 8 of 9 requirements. Missing enterprise sales experience but strong track record in growth-stage SaaS."
ATS-native integration
Connects to your existing system. Scores appear inside your ATS workflow, no new tab required. Setup takes under 15 minutes.
Bias-aware evaluation
The system evaluates experience and skills, not names, schools, or addresses. Consistent criteria applied to every candidate equally.
Results in under 8 minutes
A 400-application pool returns a ranked shortlist in under 8 minutes. Post a role Friday afternoon, start interviews Monday morning.
Configurable for any role type
Works for engineering, sales, operations, and executive searches. Rubric templates for 40+ common role types included.
Integrations
Works with the ATS your team already uses
From the Field
What recruiting teams say
From pilot customers who replaced their manual screening workflow
"We went from spending two days on first-pass screening to getting a ranked list in 20 minutes. The explanations are what sold our team. They actually read them."
"I was skeptical until I tested it on a backlog of 180 engineering applications. It ranked the three candidates we ended up interviewing in the top five. That's hard to argue with."
"The consistency alone is worth it. Before, screening quality depended on who was doing it and what mood they were in. Now every applicant gets evaluated against the same bar."
Start screening smarter this week
No long contracts, no IT setup. Connect your ATS and run your first shortlist today.