Voice AI Screening: The Future of Candidate Pre-Qualification in India
AI voice calls screen 50 candidates while your team handles 5. TRAI-compliant calling windows, DND scrubbing, and structured scorecards.
Phone screening is the most time-consuming step in recruitment. A recruiter makes 30-40 calls to reach 15-20 candidates, has 10-minute conversations with each, and produces notes in a spreadsheet. That's 3-4 hours per day spent on repetitive conversations asking the same questions.
How Voice AI Changes the Game
Voice AI conducts natural-language phone conversations with candidates. The AI introduces itself, explains the opportunity, asks pre-screening questions (notice period, salary expectations, key skills, location preference), and delivers a structured scorecard to the recruiter.
TRAI Compliance Is Non-Negotiable
In India, automated calling must comply with TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) regulations. This means: calling only between 10:30 AM and 6:30 PM IST, scrubbing against the DND (Do Not Disturb) registry before every call, disclosing AI involvement at the start of the call, using registered 140-series numbers, and providing immediate opt-out capability.
SourceIQ's voice AI integration handles all of these requirements automatically. You can't accidentally violate TRAI regulations because the system won't let you.
The ROI Math
A recruiter costs ₹4-6L per year. They can phone-screen 15-20 candidates per day. Voice AI can screen 50-100 candidates per day at a fraction of a recruiter's salary. One Voice AI system replaces the phone screening capacity of 3-5 recruiters — while your human recruiters focus on relationship building and closing.
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