Serviced apartments and hotel operator (Urban Rest)
- Size
- About 150 staff
- Where
- Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and UK
- Tool
- Employment Hero AI Recruitment Agent
What the AI did
Thirty shortlisted candidates for a new hotel's front-of-house roles did an AI-led interview instead of a phone screen. The one-person HR team then reviewed responses and called around 10.
The result
One hiring campaign saved 5 to 10 hours and hired 4 people from 1,300 applicants.
Check before trusting
Check right-to-work and fairness rules in your own country before letting AI run any part of an interview. The page gives about 150 staff in one place and 130+ in another.
Prompt to try it
Test the job on your own material before buying anything. Replace the highlighted brackets.
I'm hiring [NUMBER] [JOB TITLE] staff for a [TYPE OF VENUE]. Write a 10-minute first-round interview script with 5 questions covering right to work, relevant experience, problem-solving and a common workplace scenario. Add a simple scoring guide and a short message telling candidates how the interview works and how their answers will be used.
Source
Employment Hero ↗, 24 July 2026 · vendor story
This source was written or published by the supplier of the tool, so treat the claim as a sales story.
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