Screen 900 applications into a 50-person shortlist

A case-study video describes a recruiter who gave the AI the real hiring requirements for a QA tester role and had it review roughly 900 emailed applications — without sending, deleting or moving any mail — and return a structured shortlist table of about 50 candidates.

How it works

Recruiter shares hiring requirements
The AI reads ~900 application emails
Scores experience, skills and completeness
Builds a shortlist table (Shortlist / Review / Not a Match)
About 50 shortlisted
Recruiter decides

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent read a live inbox of 900 applications but was fenced off from sending or deleting anything — screening power without inbox risk.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on instagram.com. See the original ↗

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