Why the first round of every interview should be run by AI.
When I and Mohit started WeCP years ago, the mission was simple: help companies ask better questions. Questions are the backbone of human progress. They shape how we learn, how we hire, and how we decide who gets opportunities.
Hiring, unfortunately, has been broken for a long time. Not because people don’t care - but because people don’t scale. A recruiter or hiring manager can only speak to so many candidates in a day. They’re tired, they’re biased (even if unintentionally), and they’re often forced to move too quickly.
The result? Great candidates get overlooked, mis-hires happen, and the cost is staggering.
In fact, data from the U.S. Department of Labor show that a bad hire can cost a company up to 30% of that employee’s first-year earnings, and organizations lose over $14,900 per mis-hire on average.
For the past three months, we’ve been testing something new in private beta: the WeCP AI Interviewer.
Thousands of candidates have already used it. In just five weeks, it generated over $50,000 in revenue, proving that organizations are eager for smarter, scalable, and fairer hiring solutions. And today, I’m excited to finally open it up to the world.
Here’s the feedback we received from candidates who gave their interview on WeCP AI Interviewer during private beta.
Meet Joe, an Orlando based Sales Account Executive in Insurance. He landed an amazing role in 2 weeks. Here’s what Joe shared when we asked him about his feedback.
Hiring is supposed to be about people. But somewhere along the way, we turned it into a numbers game.
Recruiters spend hours every week calling candidates for first-round screens, work that feels like “human touch” but rarely delivers it. A LinkedIn survey found that over 70% of candidates feel overwhelmed by recruiter outreach, and nearly half say the initial calls are rushed and impersonal.
Recruiters recognize this as well. According to SHRM, recruiters spend up to 40 percent of their time on repetitive screenings that do not meaningfully improve hiring outcomes.
What was meant to be a moment of connection has become counterproductive for both sides. Candidates feel like numbers on a spreadsheet. Recruiters feel stuck in a loop of repetitive phone calls. Productivity is burned on something that masquerades as “human” but doesn’t feel human at all.
This helplessness is what we set out to solve.
Why Interviews Need To Change
Think about how the first round of interviews usually goes. A recruiter calls a candidate, asks a few scripted questions, takes notes while trying to listen, then passes along a rough impression. It’s inconsistent, slow, and expensive.
Every candidate dreads the scheduling back-and-forth. Every recruiter dreads blocking their calendar with repetitive screens. Every company worries about missing out on talent.
We knew there had to be a better way.
What We Built
The WeCP AI Interviewer is a system that:
- Interviews candidates in real-time with sub-second latency, so conversations feel natural.
- Adapts questions to the candidate’s resume and the specific job role.
- Evaluates responses fairly and consistently, without fatigue or bias.
- Scales infinitely from 10 candidates to 10,000 without scheduling conflicts.
It doesn’t replace the human parts of hiring. It replaces the wasteful parts: the repetitive phone screens, the endless scheduling, the inconsistent note-taking. It gives recruiters and hiring managers time back, so they can focus on what matters most: building relationships and making better decisions.
What We’ve Learned So Far
During the beta, we saw something fascinating: candidates actually liked being interviewed by AI. They said it felt smoother, more predictable, and less intimidating than a rushed phone call with a stranger. Recruiters loved it because they could suddenly evaluate 5x more candidates with the same effort.
The AI Interviewer doesn’t get tired. It doesn’t run late. It doesn’t forget to ask a key question. It just works.
Why This Matters
If we get hiring right, everything else becomes easier. Companies innovate faster. Teams grow stronger. Individuals find roles that truly fit them.
But if we get it wrong, we waste years of potential on both sides. Candidates get stuck in jobs they hate. Companies stagnate under the weight of bad hires. A single mis-hire can cost a company up to 30% of that employee’s first-year salary.
Our bet is simple: AI can interview better than humans in the first round. Not because it’s smarter, but because it’s more consistent, more scalable, and more fair.
The second, third, and final rounds should always involve people. But the first round? That’s where AI shines.
The Future We See
We imagine a world where:
- Every candidate, no matter where they live, gets a fair shot.
- Every recruiter can evaluate 10x more people without burning out.
- Every company can make hiring decisions based on evidence rather than gut feeling.
The first step is making interviews faster, smoother, and fairer. That is what the WeCP AI Interviewer does today.
The next step is making interviews more predictive, using behavioral data, multimodal signals, and longitudinal outcomes to understand not just who says the right thing, but who can actually do the work. That’s where we’re headed.
Try it now
We’re proud to finally bring this out of private beta. Starting this week, anyone can try the WeCP AI Interviewer.
Whether you’re a startup hiring your next 10 engineers or an enterprise hiring your next 10,000 associates, we think this can change how you work.
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This is just the beginning. The first round of every interview in the world will one day be run by AI, and WeCP intend to build the best one.
— Abhi, Founder of WeCP
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