AI CV screening for freelance recruiters, with a quote behind every score
Paste the job description, drop in the CVs and get a ranked list. When a client asks why you picked this person, the answer is a sentence from their own CV.
Free plan with 150 AI credits a month. No credit card.
What is AI CV screening?
AI CV screening means software reads each CV against a job description and ranks candidates for you. For a freelance recruiter, a score only helps if a client can check it. TalentsGrid grades each requirement, quotes the CV as evidence, drops matches it cannot support, and leaves the decision to you.
How is AI CV screening different from reading CVs yourself?
One role can bring in dozens of CVs, and you read them alone. By the twentieth your eyes have settled into a pattern, and a strong candidate with a badly written CV is easy to skip. Software reads every CV the same way. A bare 82 out of 100 still leaves you stuck when a client asks where the number came from.
TalentsGrid does the repetitive reading. It splits the job description into requirements, looks for signs of each one in the CV and quotes the sentence it found. Judging the person stays with you.
Can I trust an AI score?
A score earns trust when you can check it. In TalentsGrid:
- Each requirement has a grade: core, important, supporting or minor. A missing minor skill barely costs points, and a missing core skill costs a lot.
- Every matched skill lists the signs found in the CV. Every covered responsibility carries a quote from the work history.
- If the AI says a skill matches and the profile shows no sign of it, that match is thrown out.
- The formula is fixed at 60% skills and 40% responsibilities. The AI finds the evidence and plain code does the arithmetic, so the same evidence gives the same score.
Scoring one CV against a job takes about 1.5 seconds. Each rule is explained on the CV scoring with evidence page.
How do I defend a shortlist to a client?
Send the client the breakdown: each requirement, its grade, the signs in the CV and the quote. When they ask why candidate A ranks above B, you point at a line.
You can also change the criteria in plain words, for example "TypeScript is a must, testing matters less", and the list re-ranks. Each change is saved as a criteria version you can undo. If some candidates were scored on an older version, the AI names no winner until you rescore them.
Does the AI reject candidates?
No. The AI recommends and you decide. Whatever the CV does not show is marked "not proven by the CV" instead of failed, and it becomes an interview question with weak, fair and strong answer guides. The questions are generated and are not editable today. See interview kits.
Adding a candidate, creating a job, importing data or moving a stage shows a preview that waits for your approval. Outreach emails go out only after you confirm you read each one.
Can I run several clients at once?
Each client gets a workspace of its own, one click apart. Free includes 1 workspace, Pro includes 5 and Business has no limit (see pricing). The app and the copilot work in English and Vietnamese, and the copilot answers in the language you write in.
If you hire for IT roles in Vietnam and want to know the market before you agree a salary band with a client, talent mapping shows who is hiring a similar profile and what they pay, in VND. It searches five job sites and covers IT roles only.
Where are candidate CVs stored?
In your own Google Drive or in TalentsGrid storage, your choice. In Drive, TalentsGrid sees only the files it creates. Stored tokens and sensitive data are encrypted with AES-256, and sign-in runs through Google's Firebase Authentication.
Export candidates to CSV or sync reports to Google Sheets whenever you like. TalentsGrid does not use your CVs to train AI models. Your candidate list is part of your professional work, so you can take it with you. The privacy policy has the details.
How do I start?
- Create a free workspace.
- Paste a job description, or ask the AI to draft one from a few lines and approve the draft.
- Drop CVs into the chat. The AI fills each profile and you review it before saving.
- Read the scores and evidence, compare two to five candidates and pick your shortlist.
Reading a CV into a profile and writing interview questions are separate AI steps that cost 1 credit each. Scoring a CV against a job takes about 1.5 seconds.
Frequently asked questions
Does AI replace a recruiter?
No. AI does the repetitive reading: it splits the job description into requirements, finds evidence in the CV and computes the score. Judging people, negotiating and deciding stay with you. TalentsGrid never accepts or rejects a candidate on its own, and every change waits for your approval.
Can AI invent skills a candidate does not have?
It can try, and TalentsGrid has a guard for it. If the AI says a skill matches and the profile shows no sign of it, the match is thrown out. Each match comes with a quote from the CV so you can check it. Read the evidence before you send a shortlist to a client.
Is there a free AI CV screening tool?
TalentsGrid has a Free plan that costs $0 forever: 150 AI credits a month, up to 500 candidates, 1 workspace and no credit card. Each AI step, such as reading a CV or scoring it, costs 1 credit. Pro costs $4.99 a month and includes 1,500 credits.
Does it work with Vietnamese CVs?
Yes. The app and the AI work in Vietnamese and English, and the AI answers in the language you write in. TalentsGrid is built Vietnam first, so a recruiter hiring in Vietnam can run the whole flow in either language.
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