ShortlistAI: Screen 10 Resumes in 60 Seconds with AI

Hiring is broken. The average corporate job posting receives 250 resumes, and most hiring managers spend less than 7 seconds scanning each one. That means qualified candidates get overlooked, biases creep in, and the entire process takes weeks when it should take hours. ShortlistAI, the new resume screening feature inside Craft Resume AI, changes this completely. Upload up to 10 resumes in a single session, paste a job description, and let Gemini AI rank every candidate by fit, skills, and experience — in under 60 seconds.

Here is how ShortlistAI works. First, you create a screening session by pasting or typing your job description. The AI parses the JD to extract required skills, preferred qualifications, experience levels, and role-specific keywords. Next, you upload candidate resumes as PDFs or paste their Craft Resume AI public profile URLs. If a candidate built their resume on craftresumeai.com, the platform already has structured data — meaning the AI analysis is even more accurate because it does not need to parse formatting from a raw PDF. This is what we call the "platform URL bonus": structured data yields better scoring.

Once all resumes are uploaded, Gemini AI evaluates each candidate across multiple dimensions: ATS keyword match, years of relevant experience, skill alignment, education fit, and an overall job match percentage. Every candidate receives a composite score from 0 to 100, and the results are displayed in a ranked list with the strongest candidates at the top. You can click into any candidate to see a detailed AI breakdown explaining why they scored the way they did — which skills matched, which were missing, and how their experience aligns with the role requirements.

The real power of ShortlistAI is the shortlisting workflow. After reviewing the ranked results, you mark each candidate as Shortlisted, Maybe, or Rejected with a single click. These tags are saved to your session, so you can revisit and adjust your decisions anytime. When you are done, export the entire shortlist as a CSV file — ready to import into your ATS, share with your hiring team, or use as a reference during interviews. No more spreadsheets, no more sticky notes, no more guesswork.

ShortlistAI is available on every Craft Resume AI plan. Free users get 3 screening sessions per month with up to 5 resumes per session — enough for small teams or occasional hiring. Pro users get 20 sessions per month with 10 resumes per session and up to 20 candidates when using platform URLs. Premium users get 20 sessions per week with CSV export included. Whether you are a startup founder hiring your first engineer or an HR manager screening for multiple roles, ShortlistAI scales to your needs.

The traditional approach to resume screening involves printing resumes, reading them one by one, and making gut-feel decisions. Enterprise ATS tools automate some of this, but they cost hundreds of dollars per month and require complex setup. ShortlistAI gives you AI-powered screening with zero setup, no integrations, and no enterprise contracts. Just upload resumes and get ranked results. Try it free at craftresumeai.com/screening — your next great hire is already in that stack of resumes, and ShortlistAI will find them for you.