AI voice agent that sources and interviews candidates in real-time over phone
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#4Hey HN!
We built an AI recruiting agent that conducts actual voice interviews with candidates over the phone. It sources from 220M+ profiles using semantic search (natural language search), then autonomously calls and interviews them.
Try it yourself: Call +1 (256) 915-2911 and experience an AI interview firsthand. The agent will ask you screening questions and adapt based on your responses. Takes ~5 minutes.
Full platform handles sourcing → calling → interviewing → ranking candidates.
Tech stack: - Gemini LLM for conversational intelligence and real-time response generation - Custom speech-to-text + text-to-speech pipeline for natural voice interaction - WebRTC for low-latency audio streaming (open-source components) - ML models for keyword extraction, skill scoring, and behavioral analysis - Real-time orchestration layer that manages interview flow and timing
The interesting challenge is making the conversation feel natural at scale. We're handling multi-turn interviews with dynamic follow-ups, interruption handling, and context retention across the entire conversation.
Current limitations: - Still struggles with noisy environments - Latency around 800ms could be better - Limitation scoring for soft skills
Architecture questions we are curious about: - How would you reduce latency further? We're at ~800ms response time - Better approaches for handling conversational interruptions? - Thoughts on evaluating "soft skills" algorithmically?
Call the number and let me know where the AI breaks down or if you'd like to know more.
Re: AI voice agent that sources and interviews candidates in real-time over phone
#5This sounds terrible and I would immediately not want to work with someone who cannot even be bothered to talk to me in person. I certainly would not appreciate a random phone call from a robot asking me personal questions about my work or ideas of my future. Also Having used an essentially identical product from jack and Jill I did not like discussing with their robot either. That being said Jack and Jill’s email agent is somewhat good at finding jobs I find interesting. But actually the best part of the jack and Jill interaction so far has been discussing with a real person who wanted to know why I stopped using their product. Sorry to be so negative but I prefer interacting with humans. Humans provide a level of trust in an interaction because you understand that they understand the human experience. A robot does not.
Re: AI voice agent that sources and interviews candidates in real-time over phone
#6This sounds terrible and I would immediately not want to work with someone who cannot even be bothered to talk to me in person. I certainly would not appreciate a random phone call from a robot asking me personal questions about my work or ideas of my future. Also Having used an essentially identical product from jack and Jill I did not like discussing with their robot either. That being said Jack and Jill’s email ag…
Thank you for the feedback, the problem at the moment is that it's not AI vs Humans, it's job seekers applying to hundreds of jobs and never hearing back from the recruiters. It's not AI vs Humans it's AI vs being ghosted, AI vs application void, AI vs keyword filters. Our platform allows people to showcase their skills at least rather than getting blocked by an ATS.
Re: AI voice agent that sources and interviews candidates in real-time over phone
#7This sounds terrible and I would immediately not want to work with someone who cannot even be bothered to talk to me in person. I certainly would not appreciate a random phone call from a robot asking me personal questions about my work or ideas of my future. Also Having used an essentially identical product from jack and Jill I did not like discussing with their robot either. That being said Jack and Jill’s email ag…
Thank you for the feedback, the problem at the moment is that it's not AI vs Humans, it's job seekers applying to hundreds of jobs and never hearing back from the recruiters. It's not AI vs Humans it's AI vs being ghosted, AI vs application void, AI vs keyword filters. Our platform allows people to showcase their skills at least rather than getting blocked by an ATS.
Yeah, I get all that. But I think the problem is that companies are beholden to shareholders instead of to customers and employees. This inhuman void that job applications go into is a symptom of that, and it won't be solved by technology.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you for the feedback, the problem at the moment is that it's not AI vs Humans, it's job seekers applying to hundreds of jobs and never hearing back from the recruiters. It's not AI vs Humans it's AI vs being ghosted, AI vs application void, AI vs keyword filters. Our platform allows people to showcase their skills at least rather than getting blocked by an ATS.
Yeah, I get all that. But I think the problem is that companies are beholden to shareholders instead of to customers and employees. This inhuman void that job applications go into is a symptom of that, and it won't be solved by technology.
Actually no, the problem is that technology has removed all friction in the application process which means that anyone anywhere with any skills can apply to any jobs at no cost and no time investment. The result is talent acquisition teams flooded with thousands of applicants. They have no choice but to reply on dumb ATS filters which arbitrarily block applicants. We are providing an alternative, a way for candidates to showcase their skills through a video interview with an AI that understands them.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, I get all that. But I think the problem is that companies are beholden to shareholders instead of to customers and employees. This inhuman void that job applications go into is a symptom of that, and it won't be solved by technology.
Actually no, the problem is that technology has removed all friction in the application process which means that anyone anywhere with any skills can apply to any jobs at no cost and no time investment. The result is talent acquisition teams flooded with thousands of applicants. They have no choice but to reply on dumb ATS filters which arbitrarily block applicants. We are providing an alternative, a way for candidate…
Well, I guess making the interview process incredibly unpleasant and dehumanizing is one way to reduce the flood of applicants.
This also largely eliminates a very important aspect of interviews: they're two-way streets. The applicant is interviewing the company as much as the company is interviewing the applicant. Being unable to talk person-to-person makes that impossible.