CV shortlisting — rank a whole applicant batch in minutes
Drop in 10 to 500 CVs plus the job spec. CV Intel scores every applicant against the role, flags likely AI-generated applications, and returns a ranked shortlist with a written rationale for each candidate.
Screening at volume without losing defensibility
A single UK vacancy can draw 300 applications, and manual first-pass screening burns days while still being inconsistent between reviewers. Batch scoring applies identical role-derived criteria to every CV and produces the same judgement on candidate 1 and candidate 300.
Every position in the ranking comes with a rationale citing the evidence in that CV, so the shortlist can be explained to a hiring panel — or to a candidate who asks why they were rejected.
Automated decisions and UK GDPR
Article 22 UK GDPR restricts decisions based solely on automated processing. CV Intel is built as a ranking and triage aid rather than a decision-maker: the shortlist is a recommendation, a human sign-off is recorded, and the automated-decision safeguards are logged so you can evidence the human step to the ICO or a tribunal.
All CVs are purged within 60 minutes and never used to train models, which keeps candidate data handling proportionate to the recruitment purpose.
What the batch returns
- Ranked list of every applicant with a fit score
- Written rationale and cited evidence per candidate
- AI-written CV flags for review
- Missing-requirement summary across the whole applicant pool
- Exportable shortlist for your ATS or hiring panel
Frequently asked questions
- How many CVs can I upload at once?
- Between 10 and 500 per batch, with live per-document status as they process.
- Is automated CV shortlisting legal in the UK?
- Ranking and triage are permitted; a decision based solely on automated processing with legal or similarly significant effects is restricted under Article 22 UK GDPR. CV Intel records a human sign-off step and logs the safeguard so the process stays compliant.
- Can candidates be told why they were not shortlisted?
- Yes — each ranking carries a rationale citing the evidence used, which makes feedback and any subsequent challenge straightforward to answer.
- What happens to the documents I upload?
- Every uploaded file is permanently deleted from DocumePro servers within 60 minutes under our Non-Persistence Guarantee. Nothing is retained for analytics, shared with third parties, or used to train AI models.