Extend Robotics
Robotics and VR tech company
- Size
- Nearly 20 staff
- Where
- UK
- Tool
- Employment Hero (Hero AI recruitment agent)
What the AI did
One HR person used an AI recruitment agent to sift CVs and run screening interviews for seven roles at once.
The result
CV screening time fell by around 70%.
Cut CV screening time by around 70% ... Reduced end-to-end hiring time by around 50%
Check before trusting
Read the CVs it scored lowest as well as the top ones. Check the shortlist for patterns that could be unfair, and keep the final decision with a person. The firm grew from 10 to nearly 20 staff over the period described.
Prompt to try it
Test the job on your own material before buying anything. Replace the highlighted brackets.
Here is the job description for [ROLE] and [NUMBER] anonymised CVs. Score each CV against the must-have criteria [CRITERIA_LIST], give one line of evidence per score and list three screening questions for each shortlisted candidate.
Source
Employment Hero ↗, 10 April 2026 · vendor story
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