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The world seems to move at a slower pace when you’re on hold.
It’s as if time itself decides to take a nap while you listen to the same elevator music loop that replays 1,000 times. A small, but irritating moment we all know and love (not). It’s incredible how a few minutes of waiting can make you feel disconnected from everything else; how something so minor can make us even more aware of how fast everything else is moving. In other parts of our life, we’ve been accustomed to things just happening quickly. We send over a text and get a reply almost immediately. We order food online, and it’s at our door in minutes. We click this and that, then expect it to be done fast, easy and efficient.
Yet, in hiring, we’re often in many drawn out processes, leaving us waiting far longer than we’d like. A lot of times, and due to countless factors, it’s not always feasible to have any sort of delay.
To reduce the delays in candidate screening, agencies have been replacing those indefinite pauses with a more fluid hiring experience, where AI voice interviews move things forward with intention bringing your hiring decisions closer to completion. As expectations spring up and time becomes an even more precious commodity, companies are reimagining processes to be in line with the pace of modern recruitment. Let’s take a look below at how candidate screening software like AI voice interviews are making recruitment more efficient and actionable.
What Is An AI Voice Interview?
An AI voice interview is a virtual conversation between a candidate and an automated system, powered by artificial intelligence. The questions and structure for these AI interviews are generally set during the agent preparation where you specify your needs, and some AI interview tools even have features to automatically generate suggestions that guide you. This kind of automation in talent acquisition shrinks time to hire considerably, and eliminates the reliance on manual interview scheduling through platforms like Zoom, Teams, Calendly etc. Additionally, the biggest benefit is the ability for recruiters to standardize their candidate assessment efforts at a highly amplified rate.
That’s the ‘what,’ but what about the ‘why’?
Let’s turn our attention to the larger trends in recruitment that are making this technology so impactful.
The Key Trends Impacting Recruitment With AI Candidate Screening
Solving Screening Challenges
Perception Drives Hiring Appeal
- The perception of AI tools accounts for 42% of a company’s attractiveness to job seekers, highlighting how a positive view of AI can significantly boost a company's appeal to top talent.
Faster Response Times
- 70% of applicants say quicker response times are the most significant advantage, followed by ease of use, improved quality and objectivity of the hiring process, and better user experience.
Lower Cost Per Hire
HR Professionals Embrace AI
Why AI Voice Interviews Are Becoming Common in Recruitment
If you’ve been following our blog, you’ve probably heard us mention the impact of AI voice interviews in staffing and recruiting a million times by now. Thanks for sticking around! For those new to the conversation, we’re glad you’re here. Rather than just explaining why they’ve become so common, we thought we would show you, through a simple scenario comparison on how this change is unfolding for many.
So, let’s imagine the traditional hiring process for a minute. Without AI, it looks a lot like this:
Monday: Post the job
Tuesday: Review resumes
Wednesday: Review resumes and outreach
Thursday: Schedule initial calls
Friday: Schedule initial calls
Next week: Start first interviews
Zoomed out, it looks like a lot of back-and-forth, and a lot of waiting. This is how things can flow with AI voice interviews on board, where your screening starts the day you share an open role:
Monday: Post job and candidates begin AI interviews
Tuesday: Review responses, identify top candidates
Wednesday: Follow up and final assessments as needed
Thursday: Submit viable candidates to clients for review
Friday: Review more applicants, and schedule interviews with top picks
Efficiency from AI talent assessment in the process gives us the space to better understand the people behind the roles, making it more about them than the task at hand. Remember how hiring used to be, constantly rushing through resumes, hastily scheduling calls, and trying to make quick decisions to please others. It was all about urgency. With AI voice interviews, that frantic pace is no longer necessary, and you are met with higher quality hires a lot sooner.
Getting the Best Results from AI Voice Interviews
Getting the best results from these virtual interview platforms starts with understanding how the AI learns from us.
Building Your Interview Agent
You're essentially teaching it what’s important for your roles. This is super powerful, but it’s also something we need to be careful with. As journalist Hilke Schellman puts it, “One biased human hiring manager can harm a lot of people in a year, and that's not great.” We have control when we co-create an experience with AI. We actively guide it by choosing what it collects and assesses, so be mindful. Before going live, they give us a chance to:
- Review questions before they are asked
- See patterns in how different candidates are evaluated
- Make adjustments when we notice any unfair trends
- Create standard questions that are objective and treat everyone equally
To Get Optimal Results
- Use clear and inviting language everyone can understand
- Prioritize the skills that align with the job, not only background
- Give all candidates the same opportunities to share their experience
- Review and update your interview questions regularly
- Review candidate experiences and be open to accommodate certain needs
Technical Setup
Implementing these systems can seem like a lot at first. 46% of hiring teams admit to facing technical difficulties in integrating AI, and these tips should help make it a lot more manageable:
- Provide clear, step-by-step setup instructions
- Test the system internally, then with a small group
- Have a support person available for help, and a designated team or individual to oversee things
- Offer training to make sure everyone feels confident using them
An AI Employee for Conversational Interviewing: Efficient Hiring Through HeyMilo AI
HeyMilo has earned recognition from Bessemer Ventures and a spot in the a16z AI voice agents market map, positioning the company as a leader in AI-driven hiring. It’s tools amplify a recruiter’s conversations with job seekers through both voice, and video. Here's what happened for real teams that started using the platform:
- 3x Screening Capacity: Handled more applicants without extra staff.
- $12K Savings: Completed 475 interviews in just a few days, saving over $12K.
- 30 Days Reduced: Cut 30 days of interviews down to just a few days.
- 70% Faster Screening: Reduced screening time from weeks to days.
- Lower Turnover: Improved hires reduced employee churn.
Head over to the Milo blog for more case studies and see how other teams are using HeyMilo for hiring efficiency.
Conclusion
Organizations witness a dramatic productivity gain when AI voice interviews are applied to recruitment. The most accessible, and dependable way to introduce these AI tools for recruiting into your organization is to start testing AI voice interviews in one department for one role. Pay close attention to, and use the data you collect to make necessary revisions to your process. You’ll know exactly where and what your gaps are when testing this way. Phasing your approach and making iterations incrementally lets you and your team get comfortable with the system, knowing that with each stage, the AI becomes more trustworthy and predictable.
Start using HeyMilo’s AI voice interviews for hiring efficiency today, at your own pace. New users that sign up on the platform get access to 10 free interviews to help you get going. The platform is easy to use, and if you ever need assistance, we’re here to support you along the way. You can always send us a message on our socials, or contact hello@heymilo.ai for further assistance!
