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High-volume hiring

# The maths of the first round

High-volume hiring breaks at the first conversation. That is the one thing high-volume hiring software has to fix. Here is the arithmetic.

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## One posting, one week

200

applicants

15 min

each, by phone

50 hours

of one recruiter

More than a full working week, spent before the real interviews start. Most of it on people you won’t take forward.

## What changes

-   ### They run at once
    
    Two hundred candidates can answer the same evening. Nothing queues behind your calendar.
    
-   ### Nobody books a slot
    
    The link opens on any device, at any hour. No app, no login, no scheduling.
    
-   ### You read instead of dial
    
    Each interview comes back as one scorecard: criteria, quotes with timestamps, the full transcript.
    
-   ### Drop-outs carry on
    
    If the signal drops, the candidate can return to an active interview and continue after their last saved answer.
    

Volume is one reason to automate the first screen. There are others: what [recruitment automation software](https://getkira.com/recruitment-automation-software) does and doesn’t do.

[Hiring for warehouses →](https://getkira.com/use-cases/warehouse-and-logistics)

## When this is overkill

Volume is what makes it pay. Without volume, the setup costs more than it saves.

-   Six applicants for one role. Just call them.
-   A senior hire you would want to interview yourself anyway.
-   A role where the first conversation is the sell, not the screen.
-   A policy that rules out automated assessment — though collect-only mode records and transcribes without scoring.

Best fit: hourly and frontline roles that draw hundreds of applicants per posting.

## Volume questions

### What counts as high-volume hiring?

No fixed threshold. In practice: one posting drawing hundreds of applicants, or many openings for the same role. Retail, warehouse, support, delivery, seasonal intakes. The bottleneck is the first conversation.

### How do you screen 500 applicants?

Send one link. All 500 can answer the same evening, on their own devices, with no slot to book. Each interview returns a scorecard: band, criteria, timestamped quotes, and the full transcript.

### Does it work for candidates on a phone?

Yes. Candidates can interview in their phone’s browser, with no camera, app download or Kira-AI account needed. If the connection drops, they can return to an active interview and continue after their last saved answer.

### Can one setup cover several sites?

Run a vacancy per site or per shift pattern; both plans carry unlimited vacancies. Questions, criteria and language are set on each one, so a warehouse in Rotterdam and one in Lyon differ.

## Point it at your busiest role

25 interviews free, no card. $149 a month when you’re ready.

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