Enterprise · Recruiting

AI recruiting agent

Applicant FAQs from the job doc you approved, structured screening into a table, packets to hiring managers. Humans still decide who gets an offer.

Applicants ask the same five questions. Coordinators paste the same answers. Managers still miss the strong packet because it lived in email.

A recruiting agent faces candidates in customer-facing mode, reads the role doc, writes screening fields, and escalates humans for interviews. It should not silently reject people unless you built and accepted that rule.

Doc

Job as source of truth

Answers from the req you maintain

Fields

Screening you can sort

Must-haves as columns, not prose

Human

Offers stay human

Default is collect and route

Traditional tools

Careers mailbox + ATS + a FAQ chatbot that cannot see the req.

With Maicos

Job doc, form, candidates table, and agent in one hiring workspace.

What this agent does

Consistent FAQs and structured packets. Not an unattended firing squad.

FAQs from the req

Location, visa, salary band — only what you put in the job doc or table. If it is not written, the agent says it will check with a human.

Structured screening

Must-have questions become fields. A 12-email thread is how details get lost before the manager ever looks.

Manager packet

Above your threshold, @mention the hiring manager with the row, files, and answers attached.

Screens via booking

Once a human says yes, the booking agent offers times. The recruiting agent should not invent interviewer availability.

How to run recruiting without accidental discrimination machines

Write the req. Store answers. Keep offers with people. Review any auto-reject rule like it will be read in court — because it might.

1

Publish a job doc you would stand behind

The agent will quote it. Vague “culture fit” prompts are how bias sneaks in. Prefer observable must-haves.

2

Map the application to columns

If you cannot sort it, you cannot run a fair process at volume.

3

Default: collect, score, escalate

Auto-reject is optional and should be a documented rule (missing license, cannot work in-region) — not a vibe from the model.

4

Keep candidates outside the company workspace

Customer-facing mode. Résumés in the hiring project, not in a random shared drive.

Worked example: “Do you sponsor visas?”

If the req says no, say no. If it is silent, do not guess.

  1. 1

    Candidate asks on the careers agent

    No employee login.

  2. 2

    Agent reads the job doc

    Visa field is “not offered.” Answer that, cite the doc.

  3. 3

    If they still apply

    Form fields land in the table. Manager can still look; you did not hide the constraint.

  4. 4

    Strong must-have match

    Packet to the hiring manager. Booking only after they accept the screen.

Consistency is the product. A model that “sounds encouraging” about visas you do not offer is a liability.

Answer from the req. Stop when the req is silent.

Candidates deserve the same answer at 2am as at 2pm. That only happens if the source of truth is a document, not the model’s mood.

"Does this role sponsor visas, and should I advance this applicant based on the must-have fields?"
client-intake.mform · 12 responses
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AI: 3 respondents need budget follow-up

Tools this agent uses in Maicos

The same apps you already work in — not a second chatbot that needs uploads.

What this agent does not do

Useful agents have a job description. These limits keep this page honest — and help you pick a different agent when you need one.

Real-world use cases

How people use this every day.

Always-on role FAQ

Quote the official job doc. Unknowns go to a coordinator, not a guess.

High-volume screen

Must-have fields in a table; managers open packets, not inboxes.

Skills quiz

A Maicos Quiz for a defined skill, then a score column. Still not an offer.

Contractor vs employee

Different job docs. Do not let one agent blur employment type.

Frequently asked questions

What is an AI recruiting agent?

A candidate-facing hiring assistant that answers from your job materials, stores screening data in tables, and hands qualified packets to hiring managers. Offers stay human.

Does it reject candidates automatically?

Only if you build an explicit rule. The default described here is collect, score, and escalate.

Where do résumés go?

Files and form fields in the hiring project, next to the candidates table.

Is this compliant everywhere?

You are responsible for local employment law. This page is product capability, not legal advice. Review auto-decisions with counsel.

Can employees apply through it?

They can, but internal mobility often belongs on a different form with different visibility. Do not mix internal notes into a public candidate transcript.

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