Hundreds of applicants. Far less reading.
Applications scored as they arrive, whole shortlists invited at once, and rules you can switch on to keep things moving.
Free to start. No card.
- First pass
- Scored as they arrive
- Invites
- Whole shortlist at once
- Interviews
- No scheduling
- Rules act on
- Fit, or time in stage
- Rules
- Off until you switch them on
The problem
With Winkle
The problem
The pile never shrinks
Applications arrive faster than anyone can read them.
Applications arrive scored, so the first pass is done.
The problem
Scheduling doesn't scale
Booking hundreds of first rounds is its own job.
Invite the whole shortlist at once. No calendars.
The problem
People fall through
Good candidates wait too long and go elsewhere.
Opt-in rules move people on by score or time in stage.
How it works in Winkle.
- 01
Scored on arrival
Applications are read against the role with a fit score and reasons (AI screening credits apply).
- 02
Invite the shortlist at once
Send a skills test or AI interview to many candidates in one go; each gets their own link.
- 03
Act in bulk
Shortlist, reject or move many candidates at once.
- 04
Interview without scheduling
AI interviews run whenever each candidate is ready.
- 05
Keep it moving
Optionally switch on rules that flag or move by score or time in stage, and suggest rejections for you to confirm.
One invite. Everyone on their own time.
Send a test or an AI interview to the whole shortlist in one go. Each person gets their own link and takes it when they’re ready, so nobody books a slot.
AI interview · first round
6 invited in one go · 0 finished
Just sent
- HWHannah W.Their own link, no bookingSent
- LMLucas M.Their own link, no bookingSent
- SLSara L.Their own link, no bookingSent
- DKDaniel K.Their own link, no bookingSent
- SMSofia M.Their own link, no bookingSent
Niles D.Their own link, no bookingSent
Illustrative. Each candidate takes it whenever they’re ready.
Rules keep it moving. You hold the switch.
Act on fit, or on time in a stage: advance, move, flag or reject. Every rule starts off, and the one that rejects asks before it goes on.
Anything a rule does is recorded under its name, so you can always see why someone moved. Try the switches.
When Fit is 80 or above
Then Advance to Screened
When No activity for 5 days
Then Flag for a person
When Fit is below 45
Then Suggest rejecting
Illustrative counts. Every rule starts off.
What you get.
Scored on arrival
A fit score and reasons, no manual first pass.
Bulk invites and actions
Invite or move a whole shortlist at once.
No scheduling
Tests and interviews run on the candidate's time.
Opt-in rules
Automate on score or time in stage, only if you choose.
Every decision recorded
Rules suggest rejections; a person confirms each one.
Can Winkle reject candidates automatically?
No. A rule can suggest rejecting candidates below your threshold, and they wait in a queue for a person to confirm or keep them, one at a time or a page at once. Nobody is told anything until a person confirms.
Do candidates have to book a time?
No. Each candidate gets their own link to a test or AI interview and takes it whenever they're ready.
Start with this, free.
Applications scored as they arrive, whole shortlists invited at once, and rules you can switch on to keep things moving.
Free to start. No card.