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name: al-146-screen-candidates-with-a-voice-agent-first
description: "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. Use when the user wants help with recruiting (hr & people) for a small business."
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# Screen candidates with a voice agent first

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.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- Role
- E.g. role fit, communication, experience depth, culture signals
- Prior scores if any
- Public range
- Your own material (text, notes or data)

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

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.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- 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.
- 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.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: Fireflies Voice Agents, ChatGPT, Claude, Greenhouse, Lever
- Based on this real-world example: https://fireflies.ai/blog/webfx-fireflies-voice-agents
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-146-screen-candidates-with-a-voice-agent-first/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/