The flood
Hundreds of applications per role, and the shortlist still gets built by hand in Excel and WhatsApp.
CV screening for HR teams and recruiters
500 CVs in. An evidence-backed shortlist out, in minutes.
ShortlistKit scores every CV against your job criteria and quotes the exact CV lines behind each score. Names stay hidden until you shortlist, and a person makes every call.
Set up in minutes · Bring your own AI key · Cancel anytime
- A quote behind every score
- Names hidden until shortlist
- Works with Google, OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter
Best on desktop — set up your workspace on a computer.
Hiring is drowning in applications
Polished, AI-written CVs
Keyword filters now pass almost everyone. Reading for evidence is what separates candidates.
Black-box screeners
“The system ranked this higher” is not an answer a hiring manager will accept.
How it works
- Paste the job description. We draft the criteria; you edit and confirm them. Nothing saves without you.
- Drop in the CVs. PDFs, Word files, phone photos and scans, in bulk. Duplicates are flagged, never dropped.
- Read the ranking. Each score sits beside the exact CV lines that earned it.
- Share and decide. Send the shortlist to your hiring manager as a no-login link. You confirm every decision.
See it in action
Real screens from the live demo — no mockups, no stock art.
Free forever. Standard if you want more.
Start on Free with no card. Standard is one flat monthly price for the whole team, with no per-seat fees and no annual contract.
Free forever
Free
Free
No card needed. No time limit.
Access is approved personally by the founder — message us and you're in.
The full core product: AI-drafted criteria, CV scoring with quoted evidence, and review links for hiring managers.
Start freeOptional
Standard
₹2,799 / month
$29 / month outside India
Everything in Free, plus unlimited CVs under fair use, priority founder support and early features.
Standard arrives 14 November.
Choose Standard| What you get | Free | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Create jobs with AI-drafted criteria | Included | Included |
| CV upload with GDPR-minded anonymization, all markets | Included | Included |
| Scoring with evidence quoted from each CV | Included | Included |
| Review links for hiring managers | Included | Included |
| Your own AI key, paid to your provider directly | Required | Required |
| CV volume | Normal hiring volume | Unlimited under fair use |
| Support | Email support | Priority founder support |
| Early features | Not included | Included |
Bring your own AI key: we don't provide model API keys; you pay your AI provider (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter) directly.
Cancel anytime. Prices in ₹ for India billing; USD global.
Built so you can trust the shortlist
- A person decides. The AI never rejects anyone. You confirm every decision.
- Evidence, quoted. Every score carries a verbatim quote from the CV. No quote, no credit.
- Anonymised first. Candidates stay anonymised until you shortlist them.
- Your key, your data. You bring your own AI key, and we never train on your data.
- No Aadhaar. No Aadhaar numbers collected.
- DPDP- and GDPR-minded. Keep candidate data only as long as you need it, and hard-delete on request.
Questions HR teams ask
Do I need an AI key?
Yes. ShortlistKit scores CVs with your own key from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter, and you pay that provider directly for what you use. We don't sell AI credits. Step-by-step key guides take a few minutes.
What does it cost?
Free costs nothing and has no time limit: create jobs, upload CVs, get scores with quoted evidence and share review links. Free access is approved personally by the founder — no card, no time limit. Standard is optional, at ₹2,799 a month ($29 outside India) for your whole team, with no per-seat fees and no annual contract. It adds unlimited CVs under fair use, priority founder support and early features. On either plan, your AI provider bills you separately for the scoring you run.
Who sees candidate data?
Only people in your workspace. Names stay hidden until you shortlist, and a hiring manager sees only the shortlist you share by link. CV text is scored by the AI provider on your own key, and we never train on your data.
What if our ATS or HRMS pushes CVs via API?
Create an intake key in your workspace and post CVs to the intake endpoint; they land in the job you name and are scored like uploads. See the intake API guide.
How is a score justified?
You set the criteria. For each one, the score shows the exact words from the CV that support it. No quote, no credit.
Does the AI reject candidates?
No. It ranks and explains; a person makes and confirms every shortlist and rejection decision.
Is it DPDP and GDPR minded?
Yes. Names are hidden until shortlist, no Aadhaar numbers are collected, and you can hard-delete any candidate.
What if a CV is a photo or a scan?
Upload it as it is. Photos and scanned pages are read like any other CV, and the quotes still come from the page.
Your next shortlist, with the evidence attached.
Create your workspace, add your AI key and drop in the CVs for one open role.
- Bring your own AI key — you pay your provider directly
- Setup takes minutes, cancel anytime
- Candidates' identities stay hidden until you shortlist
Best on desktop — set up your workspace on a computer.