I Automated Our First-Round Hiring Process with AI (30 Days → 3 Days)

Hey HN,

I spent 23 hours/week screening CVs for our startup. It was killing our ability to ship product.

So I built EasyHire — AI that handles CV screening and first-round interviews automatically. We went from 30-day hiring cycles to 9 days.

The AI conducts structured video interviews 24/7, ranks candidates by fit, and gives you transcripts + scores. You only meet the top 3.

We've been using it for 3 months. Hired 15 people. Spent ~2 hours total on first-round screening.

Beta tested with 127 other founders. Average results: 70% faster hiring, 50% fewer no-shows.

Live now: https://easyhireapp.com

Happy to answer technical questions about the implementation (GPT-4 + HeyGen + custom scoring algorithms).

What I'm most curious about: Would you trust an AI to interview your candidates? Why or why not?

I am totally against this. Sorry, but back in the day when Myers-Brigg was all the rage, companies did the same thing, using it as a pre-screening tool, which the authors at the time explicitly said shouldn't be done.

Using AI to evaluate someone's background and resume are fine, but it should NEVER be used to make decisions a HUMAN should be doing. Sorry, this isn't controversial for me, even though I am an AI advocate and engineer.

You most likely shafted many qualified candidates in your first round. I hope the people you hire don't regret working for you.

The enshitification of life.

The question is whether you would like to work for a company that doesn't want to allocate human resources for your interview. It gives the same or even worse vibe as when the interview is disorganised or borderline. Often, the interview and the short contact with people is the only thing you will have in order to decide if you would like to work with those people or not.