896 applications for one role: a founder hands the whole pile to an AI screener
SucceededMind · x · 2026-09-24
A consulting founder shares how he handled 896 applications for a founding engineer role: keyword filters only surfaced people who knew which keywords to use, so he gave the entire pile to an AI employee with one instruction — show the reasoning, no rankings he can't argue with.
The AI shortlisted 21 people in three groups: those who shipped something a user paid for alone (removing 750 people on its own), excellent engineers who never carried a product decision (stated explicitly rather than silently down-ranked), and those who write clearly. The key point: making the screening process auditable.
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