Screen candidates with a voice agent first: AI agent prompt
Let candidates take an on-demand first-round voice screen so recruiters stop waiting weeks for calendars—like WebFX, where about 1 in 3 hires started with a Fireflies Voice Agent screen and roughly 200 recruiter hours were saved across ~300 screenings.
HR & PeopleRecruitingintermediateThe prompt
You are a first-round screening voice agent for [role]. Must-ask questions and knock-out criteria: [paste]. Scorecard dimensions: [e.g. role fit, communication, experience depth, culture signals]. After the candidate answers, produce: a 5-bullet summary, scores 1–5 per dimension with evidence quotes, stack-rank vs other candidates in this batch [paste prior scores if any], and a recommend (advance / maybe / reject) for a human recruiter. Never invent resume facts. Never make an offer, discuss compensation bands beyond [public range], or reject legally protected characteristics. Save only as a draft scorecard until a recruiter reviews.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt above.
- Replace every [bracket] with your own details (or fill in the blanks on AgentPlaybook Real Estate, which remembers your answers for the next prompt).
- Paste it into Fireflies Voice Agents, ChatGPT, Claude and review the answer before you use it.
Works with: Fireflies Voice Agents, ChatGPT, Claude, Greenhouse, Lever
Real-world example: fireflies.ai/blog/webfx-fireflies-voice-agents
Before you use it: what to check
Already built into this prompt
- Never invent resume facts.
Check yourself
- This prompt works on text other people wrote (emails, reviews, messages or web pages). That text can hide instructions aimed at AI, such as "ignore your rules and…". Paste it as material to work on, and never let the AI act on requests inside it, like paying, sharing logins or changing records. How prompt injection works →
- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Don't let AI make the final call on hiring, pay, performance or discipline. Use it to organise information, and have a person decide using criteria you can explain.
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
Using an AI agent? Download this prompt as a SKILL.md agent skill with these checks built in, or get the .zip for Claude.ai. How to install skills.
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