AI-Native Recruiting Acceleration

Recruit in 7 days.

Save 7+ hours per role.

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For Recruiters

Save 7-14 hrs/hiring

AI Agents screen, phone-interview, rank applications, co-ordinate meetings etc.

For Hiring Managers

Qualified interviews in 7 days

Better pipeline as AI Agents interviewed more candidates

For Growth Managers

Pace up, costs down

Accelerate your growth teams

Shortlist • Senior backend engineer

01SMS. MertensScreening call 15.07. • BerlinStart: 01.10.26 | min. €70k8/8 skills verified0.0

02AKA. KowalskiScreening call 15.07. • MünchenStart: 01.11.26 | €70-80k7/8 skills verified0.0

03JBJ. BraunScreening call 15.07. • RemoteStart: immediate | €65k7/8 skills verified0.0

04LWL. WinterScreening call 15.07. • HamburgStart: immediate | €69k6/8 skills verified0.0

05TRT. RothScreening call 15.07. • KölnStart: 01.11.26 | €70-80k5/8 skills verified0.0

Agentic AI | Built in Berlin | GDPR first

Shortlyst screens every résumé +++ runs real screening phone-calls with your candidates +++ books the best ones straight into your calendar +++ you see all evaluations and responses and can decide +++

How it works

You do 3 things. Shortlyst the rest.
You save 7+ hours per role to hire.

You do 3 things only

SHORTLYST

Day 1

01Upload the Job Description

01Extracts skills and agrees criteria with you

02Upload the résumés (applications)

02Scores every résumé

03Phone calls qualified candidates for a real 30 minutes screening

Days 2-6

04Scores each call with transcript evidence

05Ranks the shortlist

Day 7

03Confirm the shortlist

06Books interviews into your hiring manager's calendar

Days 7-10

07Hiring manager(s) conduct interviews with your top candidates

No candidate is ever rejected by a machine. You see everyone, you can override anything, you decide every hire.

7 days to hiring summary:

Day 1: hiring / JD liveDays 3-7: screening calls runDays 7-10: your interviews happen

Who it is for

Built for the people who actually hire.

Recruiters

Accelerate your job.

Handle the flood of (AI-written) applications
Shortlyst AI Agents can do phone screening-calls for you
Higher quality pipeline thanks to more candidates in screening-calls
You steer

For recruiters ›

Hiring managers

High quality interviews in 7 days

Stop waiting 2 to 4 weeks
Evidence based shortlist
You decide
AI Agents book candidates in your calendar

For hiring managers ›

Founders & growth

Pace up, costs down.

Scale hiring at nearly no costs
Growth needs people yesterday
You drive it
Interviews in 7 days

For founders ›

The problem

The flood is real.
Your calendar is not coping.

AI made applying effortless. One job post now pulls 200+ résumés, half of them generated in the same minute they were sent. Meanwhile screening them still works like 2015: eyeball the pile, chase people by phone, play calendar tennis, lose your best candidate to whoever moved faster.

résumés per role

0+ hrs

of screening each

0-4 wks

to first interview

0 wk

when your best candidate takes another offer

Control

You steer the AI.
Not the other way around.

Your criteria, agreed up front.

Shortlyst reads your JD and proposes evaluation criteria. You edit and approve them before a single résumé is scored.

Your essential questions, always asked.

Salary expectation, notice period, work permit, languages. Every candidate, every call, same questions.

Your override, one click.

See every candidate ranked, promote anyone into the call queue, and confirm every rejection yourself.

Evidence, not vibes.

Every score links to the résumé line or the transcript quote that produced it. Download a 3-page report per candidate.

FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

What is Shortlyst?

Shortlyst is an AI recruiting platform from Berlin that screens résumés, conducts real screening calls by phone in German and English, and books shortlisted candidates directly into the hiring manager's calendar. Humans set the criteria and make every hiring decision; Shortlyst does the repetitive screening work.

How fast is it really?

A campaign goes live on day 1. Screening calls run on days 3-7. First hiring-manager interviews are typically booked between days 7 and 10. Speed depends on your candidates' availability, which is why Shortlyst calls, emails, and reschedules automatically.

Does AI reject candidates?

No. Candidates below your scoring threshold are parked, never rejected. A human sees the full ranked list, can promote anyone into a screening call, and confirms every rejection personally. This is a deliberate design decision for GDPR Article 22.

What does Shortlyst cost?

Screening costs 4 cents per application. Each agentic phone interview costs €15, €13 from 200 interviews and €11 from 400. Active sourcing costs 5% of the hired candidate's first-year fixed salary, payable only when you hire. There is no subscription. A typical agency charges 25-35%. All prices exclude VAT.

Do candidates know they are talking to an AI?

Yes, always. Every call starts with a clear disclosure and explicit consent, and candidates can request a human alternative at any point.

Which languages and markets?

German and English screening calls, DACH-first. The platform and all candidate communication run in both languages.

Your next hire is 7 days away. With Shortlyst.

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